1.A long walk to water
2. The clay
Thats all i got but i know those are right cuz i read them in 7th grade hope it helps
Here's my answer he used many different internal tragedies in all the passages because he wanted to tell you about his life and how hard it was while he was a slave. I hope this helps.
pop culture.
It's referencing Superman.
You could argue that Superman stems from a body of famous literary work (that is, the source comics), but that's probably not what they're looking for. As Superman is best known from a combination of comics, cinema, TV and merchandise, it's basically a pop culture reference.