How does the first-person point of view affect this story? It makes the narrator a sympathetic character and, therefore, more believable than the villagers. It places the narrator and the reader on the same footing so the reader can predict what the narrator is likely to do. It forces the reader to take sides in the dispute and to draw their own conclusions about who is at fault for the outcome. It allows the reader to experience the narrator’s confusion about the villagers’ ways, which hints at the resolution.

In "tell me, o swan, your ancient tale," to what does the land where no doubt nor sorrow have rule refer? nature heaven the promised land an imaginary country

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.

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