PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of the text? A. Jesse Owens used his platform after his win at the Olympics to bring attention to how white and black athletes are treated differently. B. Even after Jesse Owens returned from the Olympics, he continued to better himself as an athlete and compete.
C. When Jesse Owens returned from the Olympics, he demanded respect and to be treated like the hero he was.
D. Jesse Owens didn't allow the racial discrimination he faced at home or abroad to keep him from doing what he loved and succeeding at it.

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.