MAMA. You making something inside me cry, son. Some awful pain inside me. WALTER. Don't cry, Mama. Understand. That white man is going to walk in that door able to write checks for more money than we ever had. It's important to him and I'm going to help him . . . I'm going to put on the show, Mama.

Q: Which themes does the excerpt most clearly convey?

A. Sometimes children never learn their lesson; life can often be painful and hard to bear.
B. Money is not the key to the American Dream; never do demeaning things to get what you want.
C. To conform to society, you must keep your individuality; the family must be kept together, no matter what.
D. One should never sacrifice one's dignity; to meet society's expectations, one must give up one's individuality.

I think the answer is D

Explanation:

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1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.