Read the excerpt below and answer the question. stage manager: and as you watch it, you see the thing that they, down there, never know. you see the future. you know what's going to happen afterwards. emily: but is ? why? mrs. gibbs: that's not the only reason why you shouldn't do it, emily. when you've been here longer you'll see that our life here is to forget all that and think only of what's ahead and be ready for what's ahead. when you've been here longer you'll understand. emily: but, mother gibbs, how can i ever forget that life? it's all i know. it's all i had. in at least two hundred words, discuss the importance of memory in act iii of our town. how does the text illustrate this theme? consider the way that memory influences the happiness of the characters, as well as how it fits into the overall theme of universality.

In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. when the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the constitution and the declaration of independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every american was to fall heir. this note was a promise that all men—yes, black men as well as white men—would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. it is obvious today that america has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. instead of honoring this sacred obligation, america has given the negro people a bad check, a check that has come back marked “insufficient funds.” but we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. we refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. and so we’ve come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and security of justice. in this section of the speech, analyze martin luther king’s connection between a defaulted promissory note and the lack of freedom experienced by african americans. which option offers the best analysis? question 3 options: mlk creates this analogy to communicate that america has enough freedom for all, but it needs to live up to its promises. mlk makes the analogy that america has run out of freedom. not everyone deserves to have it. mlk communicates that america should equally distribute funds to all citizens. everyone deserves equal access to the government’s money. mlk demonstrates that america is improving in equality and should keep the forward momentum.