What is the significance of Montag's reading of "Dover Beach? It represents Montag's own loss of faith in the world he knew and subsequent discovery of the value of real human relationships.
It is the first poem he reads out loud to Mildred, after stealing the copy of the Bible from the old woman.
It makes reference to the ongoing war that has destroyed his society.
It is one of the poems that Faber had referenced when he and Montag had met and talked in the park, and it foreshadows Montag's return to Faber for help.

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.