Read the excerpt from "a quilt of a country."
what is the connotative meaning of fault lines in this
excerpt?
once these disparate parts were held together by a
common enemy, by the fault lines of world wars and the
electrified fence of communism. with the end of the cold
war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for
hatred and distrust, a sense of national identity would
evaporate, that the left side of the hyphen-african-
american, mexican-american, irish-american—would
overwhelm the right.
something powerful and threatening
something familiar and interesting
something harmless and pleasant
something amusing and impressive