Maya Angelou, "Graduation" In paragraph 43, Angelou says, "The man's dead words fell like bricks around the auditorium
and too many settled in my belly. Constrained by hard-learned manners I couldn't look behind
me, but to my left and right the proud graduating class of 1940 had dropped their heads."
What prompts this reaction from Angelou and the other students? What had the man
said that made them feel this way? Response should be your own explanation, not a
quote from the passage.

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."

is this the question?

explanation:

dear evan hansen is a stage musical with music and lyrics by benj pasek and justin paul, and book by steven levenson.

the musical opened on broadway at the music box theatre in december 2016, after its world premiere at the arena stage in washington, d.c., in july 2015 and an off-broadway production at second stage theatre from march to may 2016.

at the 71st tony awards, it was nominated for nine awards, winning six, including best musical, best score, best actor in a musical for ben platt, and best featured actress in a musical for rachel bay jones.

edmund spenser and john bunyan also influenced hawthorne. : )

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