#6 - Global Reference, Must Be True, Subject Perspective

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (A).

Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E):

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[yrivers]

Hi,

I chose B for this question. Can you share your thoughts on why B and D are wrong? And perhaps why A is supported by the passage?

Thanks,
Yaesul

[Francis O'Rourke]

Choice (B) states that Posner argues that law is rarely used to convey important ideas. However the passage tells us that Posner believes that literature authors "use the law loosely to convey a particular idea, or as a metaphor..." This is close to evidence for choice (B) that I can find, and it makes no claim as to how often law is used. In the next sentence, the passage states Posner's claim that legal issues, per se, are seldom at issue. This tells us that legal questions in themselves aren't at issue, but are rather used along with other literary elements.

Choice (D)'s claim that legal interpretations exclude other important elements is rebutted by lines (28-35). According to the passage here, in legal interpretations, practitioners do the exact opposite: they "end up discussing the law itself far less than one might suppose."

[relona]

Why is A correct?

[Beatrice Brown]

Hi Relona! Happy to explain why answer choice (A) is correct

This question asks us why Posner believes that legal analysis is not generally useful when applied to literature. To answer this question, we want to look for a few lines or a paragraph that explain Posner's view.

Paragraph two discusses Posner's argument against the law-and-literature movement and why legal analysis may not be useful when applied to literature. Specifically, the first line explains Posner's belief, which is that in literature, authors use the law either loosely or as a metaphor rather than discussing legal questions. In other words, legal analysis is not helpful when applied to literature because literature does not discuss legal questions.

Answer choice (A) matches up with this summary of Posner's belief, explaining that the law is used differently in literature compared to how it is used in legal practice. This is exactly what Posner believes: in literature, authors use the law loosely or as metaphor, whereas legal practice concerns itself with specific legal questions. Therefore, answer choice (A) is correct since it accurately summarizes Posner's belief as articulated in the second paragraph of the passage.

I hope this helps, and let me know if you have any other questions!