REALLY NEED ANSWER In the Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
What is Odysseus’ dream?
Why is it deferred? For how long?
Which image do you think is going to apply most closely to how Odysseus reacts? Why?

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

In at least 150 words, explain how richard wright use of dialogue in the short story "the man who was almost a man" contributes to the overall meaning of the story.

Make a list of 5 things you need and 5 things that you want