Literature Core (1080-01 S2022)
Gayl Jones’ short story “White Rat” (1977) involves the narration of a very light-skinned man called “White Rat”, his Black wife Maggie, and their son Little Henry, who has a clubbed foot. It starts in the present tense with Maggie returning to live with the narrator and their son after running off with J.T., who…
The short fiction story “White Rat”, by Gayl Jones, was published in 1977. It follows a light-skinned African-American, known only as “White Rat”, his wife, Maggie, and Little Henry, the first child of White Rat and Maggie born with club-foot. Due to White Rat’s light skin, he is often mistaken for a white person; however,…
Zora Neale Hurston’s 1926 play “Color Struck” tells the story of a couple in the “Jim Crow” South on their way to a cakewalk competition. Because this story is formatted as a play, the text is primarily organized through dialogue. Without much narration, aside from stage directions and how the characters speak their lines, the…
The play ‘Color Struck,’ by Zora Neale Hurston, is about a black woman, Emmaline, in the Jim Crow south and relationship with John, a light brown-skinned man. This play was published in the Magazine “FIRE!” in 1926. The first 3 scenes show a youthful Emmaline and John. Their relationship is a little rocky already because…
Color Struck, by Zora Neale Hurston, is a play that was published as part of the literary magazine “FIRE!!” in 1926. The play revolves around Emma, a black woman, and John, a light brown-skinned man, and their relationship as a couple. The first three scenes take place 20 years earlier than the fourth scene, set…
Désirée’s Baby, written by Kate Chopin, follows the story of an orphan who grows up to marry a plantation owner in Louisiana, sometime before the Civil War. Désirée grows up with Madame Valmonde, and when she is old enough, she marries lifelong friend Armand Augbiny. Armand and Désirée move on to have a baby and…
The short story, Désirée’s Baby by Kate Chopin was published in 1892. The story is set in the time before the Civil War, somewhere in Louisiana on a plantation. It begins when the main character, Désirée, is found abandoned next to a big stone pillar by Madame Valmonde. She raises Désirée and when Désirée is…
By: Nicholas Fursey The literary fiction short story, “Say Yes,” by Tobias Wolff, was published on December 13. I think that the intended audience is everyone, no matter what their race or ethnic background is. Wolff wants to teach anyone reading the text that we as humans need to be more sensitive to people of…