Its better to die young than old and weak .
Answer:
i believe the answer is all of the options so it would be
- A poet is white, and a Negro poet is black.
- A poet fits within the mold of American standardization.
- A Negro poet is not influenced by the standard of whiteness.
- A poet has confidence, while a Negro poet faces many hardships.
The irony is that the "nice" mom---Laurie's mom---is the one with the badly-behaved son. She just doesn't realize at first that Charles and Laurie are the same person. Again, the irony is that she believes only a bad mother would have such a bad kid, but HER own son turns out to be the bad kid.