<span>The correct
answer should be “Hally is friendly with Willie and Sam but then demands they
call him Master Harold”. </span>
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Let’s keep in mind that the play is set in a racist, post-WWII South Africa, in
which ruled the ‘white-only’ policy. Harold “Hally” is a 17-year-old teenage
boy who lives with a drunken father, who is a veteran, and a mother who does
not have the strength to stand up to her husband. Both his parents are racist,
and so he’s been taught. But Hally builds a sort of friendship with the two
black servants, Willie and Sam, although this friendship id hidden by the
distance that had to be kept between master and servant. </span>
Answer: A.) stress a significant connection
Explanation: The author discusses her mother’s election in order to stress the commonality between her mother’s priorities and those of the Wyoming voters who elected her, an important piece of evidence for her argument. In this sentence, the author strategically inserts a dash between the phrases “to Wyoming people” and “and to her.” By creating a significant pause between the two phrases, the dash effectively emphasizes the phrase following the dash (“and to her”), allowing the author to underscore the convergence between her mother’s values and those of her supporters.
