What theme is expressed in this excerpt escape and to live

My best friend is a white girl named denise — we look at boys together. she sat in front of me all through grade school because of our names: o'connor, ozawa. i know the back of denise's head very well. why does the speaker share details about race, friendship, and names in this stanza? check all the correct answers. to indicate that the students were already segregated and isolated to emphasize the idea that all americans were treated as equals prior to the attack to reveal the extent of the impact resulting from the attack on pearl harbor to identify the compassionate response following the attack on pearl harbor

Explain the metaphor beyond the symbol by choosing the phrase that establishes what is similar in the pair of words. select the item that best expresses this. use your notes if you need them. poverty: riches

In the song mallam sile sings in lines 113 through 130 the knife probably represents