Read the excerpt below from a long way gone by ishmael beah and answer the question that follows. the four of us had started a rap and dance group when i was eight. we were first introduced to rap music during one of our visits to mobimbi, a quarter where the foreigners who worked for the same american company as my father lived. we often went to mobimbi to swim in a pool and watch the huge color television and the white people who crowded the visitors’ recreational area. one evening a music video that consisted of a bunch of young black fellows talking really fast came on the television. the four of us sat there mesmerized by the song, trying to understand what the black fellows were saying. . i was impressed that the black fellows knew how to speak english really fast, and to the beat. what do the details in setting reveal about beah’s personality?

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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?

Read the following scene from trifles. sheriff (chuckling). married to the law. (moves toward the other room.) i just want you to come in here a minute, george. we ought to take a look at these windows. county attorney (scoffingly). oh, windows! sheriff. we’ll be right out, mr. hale. (hale goes outside. the sheriff follows the county attorney into the other room. then mrs. hale rises, hands tight together, looking intensely at mrs. peters, whose eyes take a slow turn, finally meeting mrs. hale’s. a moment mrs. hale holds her, then her own eyes point the way to where the box is concealed. suddenly mrs. peters throws back quilt pieces and tries to put the box in the bag she is wearing. it is too big. she opens box, starts to take the bird out, cannot touch it, goes to pieces, stands there . sound of a knob turning in the other room. mrs. hale snatches the box and puts it in the pocket of her big coat. enter county attorney and sheriff.) county attorney (facetiously). well, henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. she was going to—what is it you call it, ladies! mrs. hale (her hand against her pocket). we call it—knot it, mr. henderson. what changes might a director or screenwriter make to the original version of this scene in order to best emphasize the mood? cut dialogue from the scene to make it a more appropriate length update the setting to appeal to a more modern-day audience omit the actions of the characters to avoid confusion and chaos include the use of lighting, camera angles, and sound effects