The fictional book journey to the west describes . A. Encounters with new cultures along the silk road from China all the way to North Africa
B. The travels of a Chinese monk who brought Buddhism to China from India.
C. The epic naval battles resulting in the Chinese conquest of Japan during the late Song Dynasty.
D. The adventures of an Indian monk who brought daoism to India from China

What’s the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature.

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.

How does hughes’ poem, “let america be america again,” represent the idea of the failure of the american dream?