Question

What is the point of this splintered whole? What is the point of a nation in which Arab cabbies chauffeur Jewish passengers through the streets of New York—and in which Jewish cabbies chauffeur Arab passengers, too, and yet speak in theory of hatred, one for the other?

In this excerpt, the use of the word splintered has which type of connotation?

positive
negative
abstract
neutral

Answer 1

negative

Step-by-step explanation:

The word "splintered" was used in the text as a negative connotation. A negative connotation is one that conveys a perjorative meaning, which detracts from something or someone. In the excerpt shown in the question above, the word "splintered" was used as a negative connotation, as it aimed to show how the intrigues between different nations is completely irrelevant, since we live in such a diverse country, where everyone depends on each other. The author reinforces this idea by showing that diversity makes the Arabs and Jews who live in America depend on each other and live together, despite the enmity between their countries of origin.