Actions and ethics practiced on the sports field
a. have no impact on our ethical character
b. often mirror our ethics in everyday life
c. are totally separate from the rest of our life
d. don't have the same importance as our behavior at school

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."

fearlessness is your answer