What makes this an example of irony? Characters are forced to limit intelligence, which is normally a positive attribute.

George is forced to limit his own intelligence, but he does not know it.

Government officials mistakenly think that they are using radios to limit people’s intelligence.

George is extremely intelligent, but his wife, Hazel, has an average intellect.

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.