"And I have known the eyes already, known them all— The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase.
And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,
When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,
Then how should I begin
To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?
And how should I presume?"

The word fix has three different meanings. What phrases from the text suggest each of these meanings? Select all that apply.

-And I have known the eyes already, known them all —
-And I have known the eyes already, known them all —
-The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,
-And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,
-When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,
-Then how should I begin
-To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?
-To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?
-And how should I presume?

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. there was a moment, in time, and in this place, when my brother, or my mother, or my father, or my sister, had to convey to me, for example, the danger in which i was standing from the white man standing just behind me, and to convey this with a speed, and in a language, that the white man could not possibly understand, and that, indeed, he cannot understand, until today. he cannot afford to understand it. this understanding would reveal to him too much about himself, and smash that mirror before which he has been frozen for so long. this excerpt from "if black english isn't a language, then tell me, what is? " is significant because -select all that apply- hughes imagines himself as a black slave. hughes uses black english to emphasize his argument. hughes uses a historical example to explain the origins of language. hughes explains the significance that black english holds for white people.