How does the author use imagery to tell us more about his mother in lines 19-24? How does this imagery help us understand what he feels about her?

Explain how dave’s search for adulthood in ,the man who was almost a man” reflects the africa-american desire to escape the poverty of the south at the time the story was written.

What is the narrator's main conflict in this passage? a. he doesn't like someone mispronouncing his name. b. he has a history of beating up kids he doesn't like. c. he has a violent temper that he cannot control. d. he doesn't like "the kid" he mentions in the paragraph.

What is the meaning of the word "caches" as it is used in paragraph 6