Answer:
"<em>I open my bag, spread out my little red kayak, and start to pump it up"</em>
The last line indicated excercebates to the underlying tension in the scene.
Salak had purposed in her mind to journey down the Timbuktu river in Africa.
Prior to this scene, she had been advised severally by her guide who even at this point (which is at the edge of the river) says he is unable to proceed any further. According to the narratives, no man had ever completed neither had any woman.
The odds were not in her favour at all.
The more the guide tries to dissuade her, the more her will crystallizes towards the decision to do so.
Finally, in the scene above, she starts to pump the Kayak (a light frame watertight canoe) in readiness to commence the journey amidst degenerating weather conditions.
Cheers!
I've just read today's paper. It's amazing how much of it is composed of advertisements. My mother's first move is to scan the paper's pages for ladies' sales. My father's preference is the editorial section; he diligently reads the editor's columns. He's especially interested in readers' comments and their reactions. I'm a sports fan myself. Doesn't the World Series brand of baseball appeal you? I can't imagine anyone refusing to follow sports; but, then, neither can imagine being interested in the day's sale.
Answer and Explanation:
Let's go with the second option: an "I, Too" poem mimicking Hughes' style. Our speaker is an immigrant.
I, too, sing America.
I am the one they ignore.
They send me to the kitchen
and I cook for them,
hear them laugh,
drink and eat.
I am the one who raises their children.
I know their names,
dreams,
fears.
But they don't ask me
about my own.
Some are there
who want me gone.
Some build walls
literally.
But I still come
and I still work
and I survive.
I, too, am America.
