Inge’s Wall (excerpt) The wall was just a few feet from the home Inge shared with her parents. Aside from her school and other crumbling buildings in their neighborhood, their world was a few rooms in a dull, gray concrete flat with no yard and no trees. The wall was part of the view from the only windows they had, and Inge was drawn to the sounds she often heard from the other side—laughter, shouting, music, and the noise of busy traffic.

One day, as she explored the wall imagining what the sounds meant, she came upon a hole. Her heart thumped wildly as she leaned toward it.
Through the hole, Inge caught a glimpse of a whole new world. It was a world of color—reds, blues, and yellows in the dresses of women strolling down the street, the colors of the shirts and ties the men wore, the colors of the ribbons in the little girls' braids. It was a world of people who did not begin and end each day is shades of gray. It was alive and brimming with activity, with living. Inge leaned, transfixed by the view, for hours until she began to feel the stain in her back and leg muscles. Then, pulling herself away, she headed home, knowing she would return again and again.

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Select the correct answer.
Which image does the author emphasize in the excerpt?

A.
the wall as a structure covered in barbed wire
B.
the wall with a colorful world on the other side
C.
the wall as a structure made of sour-smelling cement
D.
the wall with noisy traffic on the other side