Which best describes the theme of "sympathy"?
those who are imprisoned do not understand why they are not free.
those who are trapped eventually forget the feeling of being free.
the psychological pain of being trapped is greater than any physical pain.
those who break the rules of society deserve to be imprisoned.

The option that best describes the theme of "Sympathy", by Paul Laurence Dunbar, is The psychological pain of being trapped is greater than any physical pain. Dunbar's parents were former slaves and through this poem, he states that he knows what the caged bird feels because he knows what oppressed African-Americans felt. The caged bird is expressing those feelings, which are of profound sorrow.

The option that best describes the theme of "Sympathy", by Paul Laurence Dunbar, is The psychological pain of being trapped is greater than any physical pain. Dunbar's parents were former slaves and through this poem, he states that he knows what the caged bird feels because he knows what oppressed African-Americans felt. The caged bird is expressing those feelings, which are of profound sorrow.

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4