What does Gordimer express about South African society by giving details about the attitudes of the housemaid and the wife toward the
unemployed people in paragraph 5? Choose the best two options.
(RL.2.6)
A. There is hope in the society but it is overwhelmed and crushed by fear.
B. Even though people feel badly for those who are suffering, their fear keeps them from taking
action to help
C. The unemployed people deserve to suffer because their behavior is unacceptable and they
don't do enough to help themselves.
D. The society does not do enough to provide for the needs of the unemployed people.