Lesson 6.1 Journal Entry: "Back to My Own Country: An Essay" Comprehension and Analysis Respond to the following questions in complete sentences. Each response should include the information in the question as well as your answer. These questions will help you check your understanding of your reading as well as help you to prepare for the test. Comprehension 1. What was the status of the author's parents when they were living in Jamaica? How did that status change when they got to England? 2. When Levy was growing up, why was she "indifferent to Jamaica"? 3. What inferences did you make while reading the essay? What, specifically, did these inferences help you understand? Analysis 4. What incident does the author describe at the beginning of the essay? What is the importance of this opening incident in the essay? 5. What does this assimilation suggest about the family's beliefs about that culture? 6. What key difference about education about slavery in Britain and education about slavery in America does Levy point out? 7. According to Levy, why is the acknowledgment of history so critical? 8. At the conclusion of her essay, Levy makes the claim that "It is time to put the Caribbean back where it belongs-in the main narrative of British history." What three pieces of evidence do you think most strongly support Levy's argument