Unit-3, Lesson-3
Question no. 2 & 3
1. Read the following passage and make a flow chart mentioning the wretched conditions of the Negro. (No. 1 has been done for you.)
The Negro is still not free; the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. The Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
আরো পড়ুন : Unit-2, Lesson-1-এর Flow Chart ও Summary Writing লিখন, ৩য় পর্ব
Write a summary of the following text.
The Negro is still not free; the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. The Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.”
Ans: The speaker of the above passage mentions the wretched conditions of the Negro. He says that the Negro is not yet free in any way. He is chained by discrimination. Even he is exiled in his own land. Nevertheless, the speaker expresses his dream concerning the life of the Negro that one day the American society will be ensured with the truth that all men are born equal.
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