What was one central idea that henry louis gates expresses in his piece "mister jefferson and the trials of phillis wheatley"?

Read these lines from "an open boat" and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses,
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat,
 which of the end rhymes below matches the one in the last line of the excerpt? “he’s living, i know. but he’s numbed with the cold.” “and there are no voices or ghosts in that darkness.” “and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.” “come. loosen your fingers. – o god, let me keep him! ”

What did cherry mean when she said, “things are rough all over” ? the outsiders

What is the theme of "the story of the fisherman”?