Lesson 2, HW, Reading Comp. Passage #8

[ellenb]

Dear Powerscore,

For this passage I got most of them right except question #4, please let me know, why D is wrong and why C is the right answer?

Thanks

Ellen

[Jacques Lamothe]

Hi Ellen,

The passage characterizes Posner as critical of the law-and-literature movement because of flaws he sees in the movement's approach to interpreting law in literature. In lines 22-35, the author claims that Posner criticizes the movement for using law and legal questions largely as metaphors for general workings of society. The author suggests that Posner thinks legal analysis would be uniquely useful in cases where a lawyer could instruct a reader on a specific legal question (lines 25-27).

Answer choice (D) seems to fall under the first category. Since legal controversy would only function as metaphor for a moral conflict, Posner would presumably think legal training would not be a useful tool for interpretation. Answer (C) is correct because is describes a situation in which a lawyer explaining the correct way to answer a legal question would be useful to the reader.

I hope that helps!

Jordan