Read the paragraphs. "I want you to carefully scrutize the plants at your lab tables,” our science teacher, Mrs. Sharma, instructed. My lab partner, Sasha, and I leaned in closer to take a better look at the purple flowers. I took careful note of each segment I could recognize. I wrote them down in my notebook. "What do you observe about their shapes? What different parts can you identify?” Mrs. Sharma asked. Based on the context clues in the paragraphs, what does the word "scrutinize” mean? examine expose disturb connect

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.