dinaw mengestu opens the essay with a paragraph of commentary before he provides a more chronological account of his early life. what is effect on you as a reader? what do you know about the narrator from his paragraph? how do you interpret the final sentence?

"freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

the four freedoms were goals articulated by united states president franklin d. roosevelt on january 6, 1941"

answer: he would chuck as much wood as he could chuck if he could chuck wood with a wood chuck

the bazaar because it represents the inaccessible land of freedom to the narrator. mangan’s sister because she represents domesticity and routine to the narrator. the marketplace because it represents the suburban lifestyle to the narrator. the church because it represents spiritual healing and renewal to the narrator.

b. our party quickly made its way into the cave / but we failed to find our host [the cyclops] himself inside.