Answer:
The speaker's ancestors.
The speaker's curls.
Explanation:
Elizabeth Acevedo's poem "Hair" is a powerful poem that delves into the issue of self acceptance and identity. In this poem, the writer narrates how the hair became a piece of personal identity that sets the Latinas apart and how they are expected to try to be like normal people, meaning the white people.
In the given lines, the speaker reveals how they, the speaker and her ancestors, tried hard to find ways to "straighten" their curls and be more like the white people. She also strongly points out the fact that while her ancestors<em> "call[ed] them wild curls, [I] call them breathing"</em>, showing her acceptance of who she really is and letter her natural hair be as it is.
Thus, the "them" in the given lines refer to the ancestors as well as her curls.
A linking verb, as the name itself says, is used to link, or to connect parts of a sentence. In this sentence, there are two verbs - went and is. However, went is not a linking verb but rather a main verb. This means that the linking verb is IS.
We can see here that the narrator of this excerpt can best be described as optimistic.
<h3>Who is a narrator?</h3>
Narrator is actually known to be a person or a character in a story who describes or narrates a story.
We see here that the narrator talks about "another day another dollar". This shows optimism.
Learn more about narrator on brainly.com/question/860877
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