The character’s backstory in the example best connects to which theme?

But we pulled at the grill [on the ground] and it gave way. and then we saw iron rings as steps leading down a shaft into a darkness without bottom. … it was a great tunnel. its walls were hard and smooth to the touch; it felt like stone, but it was not stone. on the ground there were long thin tracks of iron, but it was not iron; it felt smooth and cold as glass. we knelt, and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead. but there was an unbroken night ahead. what is the most likely explanation for the walls described in the bold text?

Atopic list should contain a. main topics covered in class c. important vocabulary words b. main ideas from the text book d. all of these

What does king believe is the problem with the addressee statement about the events taking place in birmingham