After a long day at the office, the last thing Mark wanted to do was go to his thing. He would much rather have sat out
on his thing with something and watched something
happen.
A. After a long day at the office, the last thing he wanted to do was
go to his party. He would much rather have sat out on his thing
with an iced tea and watched something.
B. After a long day at the office, the last thing he wanted to do was
go to his thing. He would much rather have sat out on his patio
with a tall glass of iced tea and watched the sunset.
C. After a long day at the office, the last thing Mark wanted to do was
go to his birthday party. He would rather have sat out on his patio
with a tall glass of iced tea and watched the sunset spread across
the sky

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.