Which of these excerpts from "Freeway 280" by Lorna Dee Cervantes best exemplifies the themes of hope and resilience?

The freeway conceals it
all beneath a raised scar.
old gardens
come back stronger than they were,
trees have been left standing in their yards.
I scramble over the wire fence
that would have kept me out.
Once, I wanted out, wanted the rigid lanes
to take me to a place without sun

A) The freeway conceals it
all beneath a raised scar.

B) old gardens
come back stronger than they were,
trees have been left standing in their yards.

C) I scramble over the wire fence
that would have kept me out.

D) Once, I wanted out, wanted the rigid lanes
to take me to a place without sun

I believe the answer would be B because it says that trees have been left standing in their yards meaning that they were left there for a reason, as in giving hope.

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jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2022-05-16T13:32:58+02:00

The answer that best exemplifies the themes of hope and resilience is B. Old gardens come back stronger than they were, and trees have been left standing in their yards.

What is a Theme?

This refers to the central idea of a text and the message that an author wants to convey to his readers.

Hence, we can see that based on the complete text, there is the narration of how hope and resilience are important and there is the example of old gardens coming back stronger.