Read the passage from claude mckay's “outcast,” then answer the question.

“my soul would sing forgotten jungle songs.
i would go back to darkness and to peace,
but the great western world holds me in fee…”
"outcast." claude mckay, 1922.

to what does mckay allude?
a. war
b. education
c. slavery
d. farming

The speaker in the “to a mouse” regrets that the mouse runs away so fast because the

If a sentence is a run-on, correct it. if it is correct as written, write correct. 1.)i looked down. i saw that the well was apparently dry. 2.)we read the preamble to the constitution, our group felt anew the power of those words. 3.)the boy had trouble with the decimal point when multiplying he always put it in the wrong place. 4.)the thermometer broke, the mercury spilled onto the floor. 5.)i mislead my car keys, my house keys were also gone. 6.)it is against the law litter, neveretheless, people do it. 7.)ann threw away the check, but she eventually recovered it. 8.)i generally like the climate of the area where i live i do not enjoy subfrezzing winter temperatures. 9.)everyone should be polite, however many people are rude. 10.)i made my own chili to eat it one needs an iron stomach.

The story is about a postmaster who is trying to adapt to the new life in the village of ulapur. in what way is the postmaster's life different from his life in urban calcutta?