Look up “Gordon Brown Speeches” online (or something similar). Your task is to listen to just ten minutes of a speech by the previous UK prime minister and try to note where your attention first wanders. Then answer the following questions: What is the Internet address of the speech you listed to?
At what point did you notice yourself first thinking of something else or “zoning out”?
What is Gordon Brown saying in the first ten minutes of his speech and how much of it do you remember?
Why do you think your attention wandered?

Recall that garrett hongo’s poetry often explores themes about the topics of alienation and discrimination, particularly of asian american people. which elements of the poem "the legend” support themes about these topics? check all that apply. imagery of an “asian, thai or vietnamese” man who is alone and wearing dingy clothes diction, such as “just done his wash for the week” imagery of snow falling softly one evening in chicago diction, such as “dressed as one of the poor / in rumpled suit pants” and “a babbling no one understands” the perspective of a boy who gets lost in the crowd