Read the excerpt. arsat’s voice vibrated loudly … “i had her there! i had her! to get her i would have faced all mankind. but i had her—and—” his words went out ringing into the empty distances. … then he said quietly— “tuan, i loved my brother.” what is the effect of the story within a story in joseph conrad’s “the lagoon”? it tells arsat’s story and gives insights into his feelings. it tells why the white man and arsat are friends. it explains why the steersman does not like arsat. it describes the white man’s personal struggle and goals.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. there was a moment, in time, and in this place, when my brother, or my mother, or my father, or my sister, had to convey to me, for example, the danger in which i was standing from the white man standing just behind me, and to convey this with a speed, and in a language, that the white man could not possibly understand, and that, indeed, he cannot understand, until today. he cannot afford to understand it. this understanding would reveal to him too much about himself, and smash that mirror before which he has been frozen for so long. this excerpt from "if black english isn't a language, then tell me, what is? " is significant because -select all that apply- hughes imagines himself as a black slave. hughes uses black english to emphasize his argument. hughes uses a historical example to explain the origins of language. hughes explains the significance that black english holds for white people.