English, 27.08.2019 16:40 jaymoore9542
Read the excerpt below from a long way gone by ishmael beah and answer the question that follows.
the four of us had started a rap and dance group when i was eight. we were first introduced to rap music during one of our visits to mobimbi, a quarter where the foreigners who worked for the same american company as my father lived. we often went to mobimbi to swim in a pool and watch the huge color television and the white people who crowded the visitorsâ recreational area. one evening a music video that consisted of a bunch of young black fellows talking really fast came on the television. the four of us sat there mesmerized by the song, trying to understand what the black fellows were saying. . i was impressed that the black fellows knew how to speak english really fast, and to the beat.
what do the details in setting reveal about beahâs personality?
he is passionate about music and friends.
he doesnât like the foreigners who live in mobimbi.
he only likes rap music because it is foreign.
he misses his father after his fatherâs remarriage.
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