Read the following passage from langston hughes's "theme for english b" and answer the question.

it's not easy to know what is true for you or me at twenty-two, my age. but i guess i'm what i feel and see and hear, harlem, i hear you: hear you, hear me—we two—you, me, talk on this page. (i hear new york, too.) me—who?

what does the speaker seem to be saying about harlem?

a)that he'd like to go there
b)that it is an important part of his identity
c)that it is foreign to him
d)that it is in new york

B) that it is an important part of his identity.

Explanation: In the given passage from Langston Hughes's "Theme for English B" we can see the speaker is saying that he is what he sees, what he feels and what he hears, and then he says that he hears Harlem, and that he hears New York too. With this description we can say that the speaker is saying that Harlem is an important part of his identity (is a part of what he is), so the correct answer is option B.

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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