Read this excerpt from the way to rainy mountain. great green and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in the tall grass, popping up like corn to sting the flesh, and tortoises crawl about on the red earth, going nowhere in the plenty of time. why does the author use the simile "popping up like corn to sting the flesh" in this excerpt? to reveal that nature is harsh to humans to convey a long span of time to paint a picture of the heat of the summer to show the movement of the grasshoppers

To show the movement of the grasshoppers

Explanation:

the answer is:  

he is voicing feelings shared by all humans regardless of race.

in paul laurence dunbar's poem "we wear the mask," he replicates the words mask and we to emphasize how people in general -not just black americans- hide their true feelings. he suggests the masks cover people's faces and eyes, which are the main parts that display their emotions. he also thinks people's pain conceal behind those masks, so that they cannot see reality and nobody is able to see one another's sorrow.

you need to explain that more, your grammer just needs to be close to perfect.