After Joe’s funeral she observes in her unhappiness how Nanny had taken "the biggest thing God ever made, the horizon" and "pinched it in to such a little bit of a thing that she could tie it about her granddaughter’s neck tight enough to choke her." At the end of the novel, though, Janie is able to "[pull] in her horizon like a great fish-net" with a delighted, peaceful heart. Explain why Nanny’s horizon was so restrictive for Janie and what led to its great expanse at the end. Use at least two examples of textual evidence to support your answer. Your answer should be at least two hundred words.

Which passage is the best example of deductive reasoning? a. aaron wants to try something new for lunch. he asks his coworkers what they like and then decides where to eat b. everyone in mr. kim’s class got an a on the test. casey is in mr. kim’s class, so he must have received an a on the test. c. petra sees that all the kids at her school walk home. tomorrow she will tell her mother she doesn’t need a ride home. d. saul is buying a present for his sister. he asks his mother for suggestions and then goes to the mall to find something.

In twelve years a slave, northup realizes he cannot trust anyone after his kidnapping except hamilton and brown god the physician the women who gave him drink

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.