My best friend is a white girl named denise — we look at boys together. she sat in front of me all through grade school because of our names: o'connor, ozawa. i know the back of denise's head very well. why does the speaker share details about race, friendship, and names in this stanza? check all the correct answers. to indicate that the students were already segregated and isolated to emphasize the idea that all americans were treated as equals prior to the attack to reveal the extent of the impact resulting from the attack on pearl harbor to identify the compassionate response following the attack on pearl harbor

The speaker shares ideas about race, friendship and names in order to:

"to indicate that all Americans were treated as equal prior to the attack"

and

"to reveal the extent of the impact resulting from the attack on Pearl Harbour"

Prior to the attack, the speaker and Denise were best friends, they spent time together talking about boys and they went to class together, sitting close because of their names (O'Connor and Ozawa).

After the attack, we the speaker uses a past tense (sat) to indicate that she does not sit behind Denise anymore. After the attack on Pearl Harbour, Americans of Japanese descent like the speaker (Ozawa) were segregated, rejected and even sent to concentration camps (Executive Order 9066) because they were feared to be collaborating with the Japanese army.

to emphasize the idea that all Americans were treated as equals prior to the attack

to reveal the extent of the impact resulting from the attack on Pearl Harbor