22.) Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

SAM: Of course it is. That's what I‘ve been trying to say to you all afternoon. And it‘s beautiful because that is what we want life to be like. But instead, like you said, Hally, we‘re bumping into each other all the time. Look at the three of us this afternoon: I‘ve bumped into Willie, the two of us have bumped into you, you‘ve bumped into your mother, she bumping into your Dad . . . None of us knows the steps and there's no music playing. And it doesn‘t stop with us. The whole world is doing it all the time. Open a newspaper and what do you read? America has bumped into Russia. England is bumping into India, rich man bumps into poor man. Those are big collisions, Hally. They make for a lot of bruises. People get hurt in all that bumping, and we‘re sick and tired of it now. It's been going on for too long. Are we never going to get it right? . . . learn to dance life like champions instead of always being just a bunch of beginners at it?

HALLY: (Deep and sincere admiration of the man.) You've got a vision, Sam!

What effect does this excerpt from Fugard's "Master Harold" . . . and the Boys have?
a. It develops the theme of the senselessness of apartheid.
b. It shows that dancing teaches more than history lessons.
c. It creates a parallel between dancing and running a country.
d. It reveals the intellectual superiority of those considered inferior.

"Master Harold"... and the Boys is a play by Athol Fugard. It takes place in South Africa during the 1950s, and it depicts how institutionalized racism affects the lives of those living under it.

This excerpt shows how conflict arises constantly, everywhere, through collisions of people against people. The author compares this to dancing among amateurs. He claims that no one knows the correct steps to the dance and people keep bumping into each other. By comparing conflicts that we consider serious, such as Russia vs. United States during the Cold War, or blacks vs. whites during apartheid, to people dancing and bumping into each other, the author wants to highlight the silliness and absurdity of it all. Also, by claiming that they are tired and only need to learn how to dance well, he implies that these conflicts are senseless and the solutions are not that difficult to achieve.