Is anyone down to talk

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.

That alligator hungry. vittles very scarce that time a season. his belly be pinchin him hard, now. but bruh deer is fat, and so he is in heavy trouble. the alligator there in front of him. the beagles there behind him. what bruh deer gone do? he sees the alligator and he hears the beagles. how does the author readers understand what the word pinchin means?

Why can’t the man get the third fire started?