In "Who Understands Me but Me," the speaker describes conditions in a maximum security prison. What do the details in the poem suggest is the main aim of such prisons? a) to destroy inmates' hope and individualism
b) to develop inmates' compassion for others
c) to prevent inmates from learning new things
d) to teach inmates coping skills ​

A) To destroy inmates' hope and individualism

Explanation:

The poem has a very hopeless and defeated theme in the beginning, and it is clear that the goal of this jail is to make inmates miserable as punishment. The narrator is forced to find the beauty in this situation by himself, hence the title "Who Understands Me but Me"

invention of the washing machine

in the past, people used sticks and stones or scrub boards to clean their clothing. as it was sweaty, backbreaking work, we owe a world of to james king because he created the model for the modern washing machine in 1851. the most important issue was that this machine cleaned clothes while a person cranked the handle. doing this made people who used it develop strong muscles in their arms. later, in 1908, alva j. fisher created an electric washing machine named thor. this one was not the first automatic washing machine. however, it was one of the most popular models at the time.