: Discuss the practicalities of international travel, such as the necessity of return flight documentation or the security processes involved in "flying home" today.
: Describe the feeling of being "suspended" between two worlds—the place you left and the destination.
: Discuss how the poem uses the high-altitude view from a plane to transform the landscape into abstract patterns (e.g., "forests are branches of a tree lying down"). Flying Home
: Discuss the symbolic patterns of race and identity, drawing parallels to the myths of Daedalus or the Phoenix. 2. Poetry Analysis: "Flying Home from Utah" by May Swenson
: Research the training of black pilots during WWII, specifically the Tuskegee Airmen mentioned in Ellison’s work. : Discuss the practicalities of international travel, such
If your paper is for an English or Literature class, it likely refers to Ralph Ellison’s famous short story.
: Highlight the shift from the vast external world to the "room of the mind" as the narrator dreams during the flight. : Discuss the symbolic patterns of race and
3. Personal or Reflective Essay: The Experience of Returning
