My class and I did a mock trial mirroring the one from Native Son‚ written by Richard Wright. The class was divided between the prosecution‚ jury‚ defense and the judge. We did this case to interpret the book’s case in our own reality. During the mock trial‚ both sides introduced their claims. The prosecuting side argued that Bigger should be sentenced to death and the defense side argued that Bigger acted upon insanity and should be put in rehabilitation. Each side brought up a witness and each
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few chapters of Sula in chapter 1940‚ Sula is ill and Nel decide to see her. But she was very nervous because they haven’t seen each other in 3 years. Nel wanted to help Sula so she asked if she needed anything and Sula sends her to pick up some medicine at the drugstore. Once they started talking‚ it led to arguing. Sula then tells Nel why she slept with Jude. Nel gets upset with Sula and left saying she isn’t going to come back to see her anymore. At the end of chapter 1940‚ Sula realizes she is
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“Notes of a Native Son” is a first person narrative about James Baldwin who lived with his family in Harlem during a difficult time for the equal rights movement in America. Racism through Baldwin’s experience shows its potential to feed off of itself in a vicious cycle‚ with one person’s hate leading to someone else’s. He has first hand experience with this through his father‚ a man who‚ while considered free‚ felt the pressures of racism throughout his life. The hate Baldwin’s father had towards
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life of Sula and other Black women‚ she helps establish how the backgrounds of Black women are different than their counterparts White. One of the most critical views about this novel is how Morrison focuses on a matriarchal community and the strong relationship between the two main female characters‚ Sula and Nel despite their difference of choice as adults. Morrison introduces Sula as a wild character who experiences life to the fullest while becoming a strong and determine Black woman. Sula has to
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Early versus Late medieval times Christian Art In order to illustrate the return of naturalism from the early to late medieval periods I will be using the artworks entitled The Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes by Church of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo created in the 6th century and the piece God as architect of the world‚ by French Master in 1220 A.D. The first artwork will show the use of the philosophical meaning of Supernaturalism as well as the artistic definition through the use of symbols and
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hated blacks in the 60’s and 70’s because they felt that they were inferior to them and that they were supposed to be segregated. Blacks hated the whites for making them feel inferior and having more opportunities than what they had. The book Native Son is about the segregation of blacks and whites in the 1940’s. Bigger‚ the main character of this book‚ killed a white girl and was sentenced to the death penalty for it. The white prosecutors in the book tried to pin many other crimes on him such
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In the novel Sula‚ Morrison portrays a correlation between the two main characters Sula and Nel. In the novel‚ Nel is seen as normal compared to Sula‚ who is seen as abnormal. When the novel begins‚ these two characters were young‚ but when the novel ends‚ these two characters were old. Despite the fact that Sula sleeps with Nel’s husband Jude‚ Nel and Sula were the best of friends. In the Bottom‚ a normal person will get married and have children. That normal person is Nel. Nel is a mother and
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The Rise of Naturalism The Law of Life RL 2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text. RL 3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story. RL 4 Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone‚ including words with multiple meanings. RL 9 Demonstrate knowledge of early-twentiethcentury works of American literature. L 4b Identify and correctly
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Many critics fail to make a distinction between "realism" and "naturalism." Certainly‚ the distinction does not involve a major critical view. Realism might be most simply explained as an attempt to present life with a large degree of verisimilitude. As a movement‚ realism preceded naturalism‚ and the latter movement is essentially an attempt to carry the position of the realist to a further degree. Sometimes naturalism is called "stark realism." The naturalist thought that the realist had not
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Famous Person Speech Outline General purpose: To inform Specific purpose: The purpose of this speech is to inform the class about Tyler Perry Thesis: Tyler Perry inspires many through his works‚ and gives hope to the hopeless. 1. Introduction * Attention getter: Jackson Brown Jr. once said “Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love‚ prayer and forgiveness.” My famous person never forgot these three things. He is an American Christian actor‚ director
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