One of the men stepped in front of her, so she stepped around him, but he moved again.
“Let me pass,” she said in a low voice.
“Where are you from?” he said.
Luisa glanced up at him. He needed a shave, but otherwise, he looked like most men in East Berlin. Dark clothing, face too thin, eyes haunted.
“Leave her be,” came a sharp reprimand behind them. An elderly woman emerged from the entryway of the apartment building they were next to. She
clutched a threadbare shawl about her bony shoulders.
How does the author’s use of imagery in the fourth and fifth paragraphs convey information about the historical setting?
The imagery shows how people in East Berlin supported one
another.
The imagery reveals how people in East Berlin hated those
from West Berlin.
The imagery implies that people in East Berlin did not get
enough to eat.
The imagery conveys the violence that often occurred in East
Berlin