What do the symbols of light and darkness in "sonny’s blues" by james baldwin represent?
a.
illusion and reality
b.
truth and falsehood
c.
hope and despair
d.
purity and impurity

C.hope and despair

Explanation:

In Jame´s Baldwin Sonny´s Blues, he uses the symbols of light and darkness to show hope and dispair, to show the positive aspects of life, accompanied by hope, and to show the difficult aspects and negative aspects of life, accompanied by dispair.

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the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

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