HELP ME PL In the poem “My Father and the Figtree,” the father is seen through the eyes of his daughter (the speaker of the poem). Write an original narrative story that discusses the daughter (the speaker) and the fig tree from the point of view of her father. In your story, use what you have learned about the characters to convey the father’s relationship with the daughter and the fig tree over time.

Organize your narrative story to highlight the relationship between the father, daughter, and the fig tree and the details from the poem. Use relevant, concrete and sufficient details from the poem to support your story as told from the father’s perspective. The details you reference may be explicitly stated in the poem or logically inferred from the poem.

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.