Mama, i’m hungry,” i complained one afternoon.
“jump up and catch a kungry,” she said, trying to make me laugh and forget.
“what’s a kungry? ”
“it’s what little boys eat when they get hungry,” she said.
in this excerpt, wright’s mother is
attempting to teach her son a lesson.
misunderstanding her son’s feelings.
using humor to her son feel better.
presenting a solution to her son’s problem

My best friend is a white girl named denise — we look at boys together. she sat in front of me all through grade school because of our names: o'connor, ozawa. i know the back of denise's head very well. why does the speaker share details about race, friendship, and names in this stanza? check all the correct answers. to indicate that the students were already segregated and isolated to emphasize the idea that all americans were treated as equals prior to the attack to reveal the extent of the impact resulting from the attack on pearl harbor to identify the compassionate response following the attack on pearl harbor