Read the passage from “i know why the caged bird sings.” mrs. bertha flowers was the aristocrat of black stamps. she had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the arkansas summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her. she was thin without the taut look of wiry people, and her printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right for her as denim overalls for a farmer. she was our side's answer to the richest white woman in town. the author’s purpose in including this passage is to explain to the reader the way people dressed in black stamps. instruct the reader on the local customs in black stamps. inform the reader of mrs. flowers’s social position in black stamps. teach the reader how mrs. flowers’s fashion affected black stamps.

C) inform the reader of Mrs. Flowers’s social position in Black Stamps.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "I know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou, we can see a description of Mrs. Bertha, the speaker describes how she dressed (with printed voile dresses and flowered hats) and also how graceful she was. The purpose of this excerpt is to inform the reader of Mrs. Flowers’s social position in Black Stamps, we can see that in the first line "Mrs. Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black Stamps" and in the last line "She was our side's answer to the richest white woman in town."

being buried alive

explanation:

i believe it is the first choice (1.)

because the major theme is(“both the wild and civilization have rules.”)

and also as u said,( based on what buck learns within the call of the wild, "both the wild and civilization have rules".this is true of humans within society as well.