Read the following excerpt from String by Alice Childress: L. V. CRAIG. (Laughs.) You know one thing, man? Now that
I got my bread back... I tell you this much. If I took
somethin' I sure in hell would keep it. Don't never chicken
out! Big enough to do it... go on and see it through. You
sure ain' no thief... you jus' a rascal.
Which statement best explains how the author uses symbolism in this
excerpt?

Explanation:

I think I'd pick the last one.

Joe isn't a thief according to what happens elsewhere in the play. He's just repulsive to ordinary citizens. The most famous thief is the Jesus claims that his return will come like a thief in the night. Only God, he says, knows when that will be.

I don't see any evidence for B at all, although it could be a true statement. There was turmoil and assassinations in the 60s -- tragic assassinations. Still, I don't think this is the answer, even with the word disenfranchisement.

Other parts of the play don't suggest that Joe is a rascal. I think though, that this might be the second best answer.

I choose D only because that speech is intended to make a nasty comment by LV who is successful.  Joe who is not. The lost wallet came back, and LV is shown not to be a very nice person. Others may disagree. If you get an answer you like better, choose it

the first step is to convey the appropriate emotions.

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).