What does the use of the phrase "the lucky ones"
convey about the author's
viewpoint?
what does the phrase "but we never ate enough to
satisfy our hunger" demonstrate about the
author?

1.) He feels worse off

2.) His awareness of the grim situation.

Explanation:

Just took it myself.

 Author´s opinion

Explanation:

Well, the author has expressed his opinion by characterizing persons as lucky ones, since they´re are eating some food; but saying that we never ate enough food to satisfy our hunger make think about an anxious matter, kind of psychological matter.

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can

so is this a rhetorical question?