2. Direct She said, "I have baked a cake
3. Direct He said, "All people
have equal rights"
4. Direct Sharon said, "I may
meet him here
5. Direct She says. "I will go to school tomorrow.''

2. she said that she have baked a cake

3. he said that all people have equal rights

4. Sharon said that he may meet him here

5. she said that she will go to school tomorrow

the author is showing that it is the insatisfaction of basic needs that brings about the protests such as the strikes.if workers do not earn enough to buy food and feed their families and themselves in order to continue working, what is the use of working? besides, another message from the author is that of the owners of factories should be worried about ensuring their furure by having a second and third generation of workers in their industries.if they do not hear the workers demands, they will not have any more workers to make their pockets full.

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."