Which two themes interact in this short story?
mules and manual labor were used to perform much of the work on farms that is now done by machines
racial inequality still existed even though the slaves were set free after the civil war.
dave is rebelling against his situation and trying to prove that he is a man by buying a gun and escaping by hopping a freight train
african americans were breaking with their past and their ties to the south to search for new opportunities elsewhere.

owen made and ideal hero because he had all the gret aspects of a good superhero

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

c. nature verses humanity is correct