Which phrases from the passage support Achebe’s claim that Conrad’s writing dehumanizes the African people? Check all that apply. A: “the savage who was a fireman”
B: “He was an improved specimen”
C: “as seeing a dog in a parody of breeches”
D: “He squinted at the steam gauge”
E: “he was hard at work”
F: “a thrall to strange witchcraft”

A, B, C, and F

Explanation:

A because he calls him a savage.

B because calls him improved, suggesting that other Africans are below average.

C because he compares him to a dog.

F because he compares his hard work to witchcraft, which was looked down upon.

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frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.