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 BACKGROUND TO THE AUTHOR Ralph Waldo Ellison was born March 1, 1914, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Lewis Alfred Ellison, a construction foreman who died when Ellison was only three years old, and the former Ida Milsap, a church stewardess, who used to bring him books she borrowed from the houses she cleaned....

 BATDAVID HERBERTAt evening, sitting on this terrace, When the sun from the west, beyond Pisa, beyond the mountains of Carrara Departs, and the world is taken by surprise ... When the tired flower of Florence is in gloom beneath the glowing Brown hills surrounding ... When under the arches...

 DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHTDylan ThomasDo not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.Though wise men at their end know dark is right,Because their words had forked no lightning theyDo not go gentle into that good night.Good men,...

  BLACK WOMAN("femme noire")Leopold Sedar Senghor   Naked woman, black womanClothed with your colour which is life,with your form which is beauty!In your shadow I have grown up; thegentleness of your hands was laid over my eyes.And now, high up on the sun-bakedpass, at the heart of summer, at the heart...

SUMMARY OF THE COSTLY MISTAKE Chinelo IfezulikePlot summaryUdoh visits Daniel and they discuss the results of their common Entrance Examination which is yet to be released. Udoh is a bit sceptical but Daniel is optimistic. As Daniel escorts Udoh back, they run into Micheal who tells them that the common Entrance result...