LSAT 111 | Section 2 | Reading Comprehension: Q10

RC Question 10 Explanation

DISCUSSION: Bearden’s two dominant traits were:

1. Stylistic innovations.
2. Painting the African-American experience in all of its individual complexity.

Bearden used innovative styles to show how African-Americans lived during the depression.

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1. This is contradicted by line 50: Bearden focussed on poetry. 
2. CORRECT. Lines 35-40 show this is true. Bearden used color to show the pain that resulted from the policies in place during the Great Depression. 
3. We’re not told whether Bearden thought subject matter was more important than style. He seemed to use style to support subject matter. (lines 38-40)
4. Bearden did show injustice. See paragraph 2: he showed African-Americans who suffered because of the great depression. 
5. Bearden opposed those techniques. See lines 46-48.