Read the two excerpts about pilar from dreaming in cuban.

excerpt 1: they called me brujita, little witch. i stared at them, tried to make them go away.

excerpt 2: another woman, an elderly mulatta, claimed that her hair was falling out from the menacing stares the baby gave her.

which statement is the best synthesis for the two excerpts?

a. most cuban women rely on the services of nannies when raising their children.
b. supernatural experiences are frequently dismissed as being coincidental in cuban culture.
c. inexplicable events are sometimes interpreted as supernatural experiences in cuban culture.
d. many cuban children remember the earliest events of their childhood.

Constructed response paragraph: in the short story, the author describes her life during her “day away” but provides few details about her “normal” life. using information from the text, write a short story that describes events that precede the story above. as you detail the author’s daily routine before her “day away,” be sure your narrative establishes the story’s setting, first-person point of view, and primary conflict.

Compare: what are the similarities and differences between "artificial flavors" and "natural flavors"? why does schlosser explain these two terms in such detail?

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.