Octopuses have:
-eight arms
-bulbous heads
-three hearts
-blue blood
-ink defenses
-no bones
The ability to fit into small spaces
-intelligent minds (they have been recorded using tools, etc.)
Not too sure how to specify, but nonetheless those are eight characteristics of an octopus. Hope this helps :)
Are you doing Alpha Omega Academy cuz I'm doing the exact same as you haha.
Anyway, basically ms. Gates is teaching the class about Hitler and the persecution on the Jews and how it's bad. She even mentioned that they would never do such thing. But she herself is active on the persecution of the blacks.