In paragraph 21, Moore uses the following metaphor: If Harlem was a human body, then 125th would be its pumping heart, throbbing all the time.
What does this metaphor mean? (RL.6.4)
a Moore compares 125th street to a pumping heart because Lolly loves being there.
b. Moore compares 125th street to a pumping heart because it's the most active and important street in the
neighborhood.
c. Moore compares 125th street to a pumping heart because Lolly feels anxious when he walks down the
street there.
d. Moore compares 125th street to a pumping heart because the neighborhood would die without it.