If a writer were writing a modern-day story based on the Theseus myth featured in “Cruel Tribute,” what would the story’s plot most likely include? a young man beginning a political career in hopes of one day becoming head of the country a young man learning the family business so he can take over for his father when he retires
a young man preparing to take a trip around the world with his friends and his family
a young man searching through a new city, trying to find his lost friends before they are harmed

Make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not a. something someone else is writing about b. a fact c. something you have written about before

The overwhelming majority of the peoples and nations of the world today want to live in peace

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.