Someone in at least 100 words, explain how the spacing of the numbers at the beginning of “they shot wook kim” conveys one of the poems central themes. use evidence from the text to support your answer.

The poem titled "They Shot Wook Kim" by Bart Edelman is about the murder of a Korean immigrant who was working a night shift at a gas station. The beginning of the poem contain the numbers one to eight randomly scattered across the page. They are meant to represent the amount of times that Wook Kim was shot, revealing how senseless, purposeless and violent his death was. The author used the structure of his writing and irony to reveal in an artistic way how the world of Americans was a complex clash of cultures thrown into chaos. It was a word that the main character wasn't able to relate or understand, but he never really had a chance to.

The poem titled "They Shot Wook Kim" by Bart Edelman is about the murder of a Korean immigrant who was working a night shift at a gas station. The beginning of the poem contain the numbers one to eight randomly scattered across the page. They are meant to represent the amount of times that Wook Kim was shot, revealing how senseless, purposeless and violent his death was. The author used the structure of his writing and irony to reveal in an artistic way how the world of Americans was a complex clash of cultures thrown into chaos. It was a word that the main character wasn't able to relate or understand, but he never really had a chance to.

the theme of universality in town is expressed in ensuring all citizens upon the occurrence of a relevant social circumstance (sickness, unemployment, old age, employment injury, having many children, maternity, disability, loss of the breadwinner, etc.)