That and down
Junkie. Pothead. That’s where I’d been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man. Except the highs hadn’t been about "that", me trying to prove what a "down" brother I was. Not by then, anyway. I got high for just the opposite effect, something that could push questions of who I was out of my mind, something that could flatten out the landscape of my heart, blur the edges of my memory.
(Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama )
Please answer the following questions.
1. What does "that" refer to in the above sentences?
Is it "the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man" or "me trying to prove what a "down" brother I was"?
2. What does "down" mean?
Top answer
Have you added the quotation marks around "that" and "down" or are they in the original? If you have added them to highlight the words, then you shouldn't. It can easily read as if the quotes are part of the original text, which can confuse or change the meaning.
- Have you added the quotation marks around "that" and "down" or are they in the original?
- If you have added them to highlight the words, then you shouldn't.
- It can easily read as if the quotes are part of the original text, which can confuse or change the meaning.
- Instead you can use bold .
- 1.
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Have you added the quotation marks around "that" and "down" or are they in the original? If you have added them to highlight the words, then you shouldn't. It can easily read as if the quotes are part of the original text, which can confuse or change the meaning. Instead you can use bold.
1. It seems to me that one thing is supposed to accompany the other, so "that" refers to both
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