Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. Neither reply nor pity came from him,
but in one stride he clutched at my companions
and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies
to beat their brains out, spattering the floor.

The epic simile in this excerpt shows

how helpless Odysseus’s men are in the clutches of the Cyclops.
how violently and uncivilized the Cyclops behaves himself.
that Cyclops is enormous in comparison to Odysseus and his men.
that there is no possible escape for Odysseus and his men.

the answer is:  

he is voicing feelings shared by all humans regardless of race.

in paul laurence dunbar's poem "we wear the mask," he replicates the words mask and we to emphasize how people in general -not just black americans- hide their true feelings. he suggests the masks cover people's faces and eyes, which are the main parts that display their emotions. he also thinks people's pain conceal behind those masks, so that they cannot see reality and nobody is able to see one another's sorrow.

line a --> main

line b --> young

line c --> atitude