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1 Read the following
Read the following passage which has been written mostly in simple
sentences.
John went shopping. He bought a
newspaper at the newsagents.
Then he went to the supermarket.
He bought some bread and some
butter. Then he chose some chicken
and chips. These were for his evening
meal. He thought he would also like
something sweet. He could not decide
what to choose. He thought about a
fruit pie. He also wondered about
some fresh fruit. He was yery
undecided. He chose some
strawberries. That was everything,
He went home.
2 Rewrite the passage using only a mixture of simple and co-ordinated
sentences.

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.