Which theme is demonstrated in this excerpt from “chicago” by carl sandburg? and they tell me you are crooked and i yes, it is true i have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. and they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: on the faces of women and children i have seen the marks of wanton hunger. and having answered so i turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and i give them back the sneer and say to them: come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. a. a sense of pride in where one lives b. a feeling of shame in one's surroundings c. a feeling of pity toward a locality d. a desire to improve one's living conditions