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strozier40
strozier40
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High School - 10th Grade

How do I parprase lines 189-195 from Black Boy by Richard Wright?

"somewhere in the dead of the southern night my life had switched onto the wrong track, and, without my knowing it, the locomotive of my heart was rushing down a dangerously steep slope, heading for a collision, heedless of the warning red lights that blinked all about me, the sirens and the bells and the screams that filled the air"

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Posted by strozier40 on Tuesday July 24, 2007 at 1:18 PM and tagged with black boy, short paraphase.

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  1. jamie-wheeler Teacher
    College - Sophomore

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    Here is a paraphrase.  Remember that a paraphrase is rewording for clarity, so here you would want to reconsider all of Wright's beautiful, poetic language and restate his remembrance more as fact.

    Wright's life suddenly changed.  He felt he something inexplicable was forcing him into unknown and dangerous territory.  Despite many warning signs, he only dimly percieves the troubles ahead. 

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    Posted by jamie-wheeler on Wednesday July 25, 2007 at 5:57 AM