Literature Core (1080-01 S2022)
In “Oh she gotta head fulla hair” by Ntozake Shange, the protagonist Allegra uses her hair for a sense of comfort by escaping to an alternate reality. The author depicts Allegra’s action of brushing her hair to cause objects such as a brick house and fancy soap to come out of her head. These objects…
In A Butterfly on F Street, by Edward P. Jones, there is a stark contrast in the living conditions between two families in the story. On one hand, Mildred and her children lived in a well off neighborhood in the Northeast quadrant of D.C. Mildred’s ex-husband and his new wife lived in the Southeast quadrant…
In Ntozake Shange’s “oh she gotta head fulla hair”, Allegra’s hair is her protection. Allegra’s hair allows her to live in a world full of her dreams by growing objects from her hair. This allows Allegra to live in a world of her desires, which she brushes in order to uphold. Shange illustrates this connection…
In the short story “Sweetness” by Toni Morrison, the tenth paragraph within the text examines Sweetness’s perspective of the last two times she saw her daughter, Lula Ann. Throughout this paragraph, we can see that the expression of blackness is hampered and oppressed not by what exists on the inside or where someone originates, but…
Throughout Heads of The Colored People, written by Nafissa Thompson-Spires, police officers assume that fighting between two black characters is gang-related. A fist fight between two avid anime fans turned deadly after two racially motivated cops used excessive force in their arrest attempt. While some relate the fight to a scene in the famous anime…
In “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks, Brooks warns against the consequences that come with rebellion. He uses repetition of the word “we” to promote the idea that this rebellion against authority happens with community. He names the bad things they do such as skipping class and drinking. He speaks about a golden shovel and…
Morgan Parker’s “Let Me Handle My Business, Damn” is meant to be read like a song or a rap, not like a book or research paper. In the poem, there is almost no punctuation save one colon. Because of this, readers get to choose when to take their breaths and which words to emphasize. If…
In “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks, the speaker emphasizes the importance of the collective “We” with the employment of enjambment throughout the poem. With each sentence ending with the beginning of a new one starting with the word “We,” readers are forced to pause before and after each “We.” Given the racial context in…
Irony is used in the text as a way to demonstrate how immature and superficial the Brownie troop of fourth graders are. Many of the girls present lack of intelligence by attempting to overcompensate for this trait. Arnetta and Octavia take pride in saying three syllabled words such as chihuahua and Caucasian, despite not being…
General Rules Each side has a total of 15 minutes to make their case Within that 15 minutes you may call any of the scheduled witnesses (present in the court room) Redirects will be subtracted from your total argument time A single redirect may not be longer than two minutes Generally speaking, the attorney on…