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read the following excerpt from journal of the adventures of a party of california gold-seekers by margaret frink:

on the evening before, the whole family, including my mother, were gathered together in the parlor, looking as if we were all going to our graves the next morning,

how does frink use an idiom in this excerpt?
a. to explain the scene before departing by using colorful and vivid language
b. to suggest that the family didn't expect to be alive the next morning
c. to describe the family's dread before traveling into the unknown
d. to show a contrast between the excitement and the fear of the journey

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.