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.

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

The author explains that, from birth, she was born into a series of structures and institutions over which she had no control. Moreover, these were sometimes contradictory (like the superiority of Brahmins vs. the inferiority of women) or hard to comprehend (like patriotism for a territory which is not yet a nation). Because of their complicated nature, these structures did not always made sense to her. Her perspective of the world has been influenced by this confusing past.

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explanation:

there is no woman's sides

can bide the beating of so strong a passion

as love doth give my heart; no woman's heart

so big, to hold so much; they lack retention.

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