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Javon Henson

15 October, 22:15

Read the following excerpt from "The Four Hundred Year Old Woman" by Bharati Mukherjee and answer the following question.

I was born into a religion that placed me, a Brahmin, at the top of its hierarchy while condemning me, as a woman, to a role of subservience. The larger political entity to which I first gave my allegiance-India-was not even a sovereign nation when I was born.

Which best describes the author's overall perspective in the above paragraph?

She did not choose to be Brahmin; she was born into it.

Most women in India led lives of subservience.

Much of what she was born into made little sense to her, but this foundation gave her a unique perspective.

India was not yet a sovereign state, but has a great future ahead. d.