Which answer choice best defines the literary genre of allegory?

a. a narrative in which some elements have symbolic meanings

b. a narrative that emphasizes similarities between current and past events

c. a narrative in which the main character symbolizes an abstract idea

d. a narrative in which every element has both a literal and a symbolic meaning

What is most likely the speaker’s reason to open with this? in approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868, when the [fourteenth] amendment was adopted, or even to 1896, when plessy v. ferguson was written. we must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in american life throughout the nation. only in this way can it be determined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws.