Answer:
His mother was what he describes as a "pan-African hippie type of woman who marched in the streets" and named him Baratunde as a way to "get back to Africa."
Answer:
"Woman as gold as the river bottom" means:
An analysis of the combination of the suffering of the creek and the seek of gold in Desoto's that never succeeded.
Explanation:
To understand this we need to understand that author and the background. First of all Joy Harjo was a Feminist, therefore it develops critics surrounding social gender roles in her works. In this poem and line, she develops an analysis of the ideal society has imposed to women and how it is impossible to find it because it was created in the imaginary, the suffering of women to fulfill that role, and the struggle society has as a cause of the creation of the ideal. Thus, it is a stylistic device to think about this phenomenon.
Answer:
A. The right of people to express themselves
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1. I am urging you to give up smoking. It’s so important.
2. I am begging you to lend me the money!
3. I suggest you paint the wall yellow.
4. I promise I will buy you a bike if you get a passing grade.