How does the setting of the story affect how Alejandro understands his mother in "One Thousand Miles"? A. The mournful setting of California helps Alejandro realize why his mother gets sad on this trip.
B. The cheerful setting of Mexico helps Alejandro understand why his mother is so excited to be around her family.
C. The bustling setting of Abuela Lola's house helps Alejandro understand how much his mother values this time with her family.
D. The vibrant setting of Los Angeles helps Alejandro realize why his mother decided to stay in Mexico after her family moved.

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.

What can the reader infer about the fears and values of the ancient greeks based on this description of the cyclops’s island?

Choose the best paraphrase of bashes haiku an old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again a.the pond was silent until the frog jumped in splashing now alternates with quiet b.a pond will never be silent after one frog jumps into it and starts splashing around c. a frog jumps into a quiet pond there is a splash then all is quiet once more d. there was once an accident body of water that a frog splashed into and died