Literature Core (1080-01 S2022)
This week’s story is called “Color Struck”. It is a play compiled within the book, Fire!!, which was published in 1926. The play was written and structured by the author Zora Neale Hurston. The story follows a group of African Americans in the 20th century who are going to perform in a “cake walk”, which…
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…
By Kuan Hu The literary fictional short story, “Say Yes,” by Tobias Wolff, was published on December 13. In my opinion, the intended audience of this short story is everyone. The story starts on an unnamed husband and his wife, Ann, getting into a quarrel about interracial marriage. The husband disagrees with his wife’s perspective…
I will put together final project groups in the next couple days. I will do my best to group students by the text they wish to work on for their final project. As such, please email me indicating which text is your 1st choice; which is your 2nd choice; and which is your 3rd choice.…
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…
Kate Chopin’s Désirée’s Baby, published in 1892, follows the story of Désirée and is intended towards an upper class white audience. Désirée was abandoned as a baby, but then adopted by Madame Valmonde and her husband. Years later, Armand Aubingy, a plantation owner, falls in love with Desiree. The couple gets married and have a…
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…
“Say Yes” is a short story by Tobias Wolff. It was written and published in 1985. The story is mostly in the form of dialogue between a husband and wife. Ann and her husband are in the kitchen doing dishes. When the topic of interracial marriage comes up, Ann sees a look on her husband’s…
All I can do is type.