PART A: Which statement identifies the main theme of the poem? Telephone Conversation

Racism:

"HOW DARK?" . . . I had not misheard . . . "ARE YOU LIGHT

OR VERY DARK?"

Explanation:

The poem tells a story about a landlady and a man. They have a very pleasant conversation until she finds out he is black. Then is when questions about the shade of darkness of is skin begin. “Are you light-skinned or very dark-skinned?”

The speaker tries to satirize the racism problem, telling the landlady that there are many types of dark. This poem is very dehumanizing and tells about peoples’ ignorance.

according to the options stated, the one that is correct is the second option. the author most likely includes the panel to hint at the strong bonds among his family members. besides, the image from art spiegelman’s maus is common to show and portray the innocence and naivete of the children during the holocaust as well as the fact that millions of innocent jews were rounded up and taken by train to camps.