Literature Unit 7 pt. 2 – Flashcards
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" Woman Warrior"
-Main character?
-Problem to be resolved?
-Setting?
-Problem w/ American children?
-What did Brave Orchid bring to the airport?
-Why does Brave Orchid refer to the workers as "ghosts"?
-What were Brave Orchid's thoughts ab/ her son the soldier?
-What had not changed after 30 years?
-What had changed the most?
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-Brave Orchid
-to find Moon Orchid
-airport in San Francisco
-they are always wandering off & dont care
-food for her & her niece and blankets
-they are white people
-her son would not survive in Vietnam
-her sister's silliness
-they were both old
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"Everything Stuck to Him"
-What kind of story?
-How does the author set up the inner story?
-Who are the main characters of the inner story?
-What is the economic situation of the couple?
-Why does the boy lose his temper?
-What does the boy choose in the end?
-How do you know when the inner story is over?
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-frame story
-the daughter asks her father about her childhood
-the young couple
-live below a dentist's office
-the baby would not stop crying and he wanted to rest for his hunt // the wife asked him not to go hunting
-he chose to stay with his family
-the father gets up and fills their glasses
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"My Father and the Fig Tree"
-Fig tree symbols what?
-Main idea?
-Comparison to her father's made up stories?
-How does her father show optimism?
-Why is eating the dry fruit important?
-What does the garden represent?
-Where does he find the perfect tree?
-Whats the father's ultimate dream?
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-home
-father trying to remember home
-weaving colorful scarves
-always looking for his fig tree
-wasnt as good as the real thing // she didnt get it
-the stuff he does halfway and does not finish
-Dallas, TX
-to find the perfect fig tree which represents home, where he belongs
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"The Names of Women"
-When did the women receive ther life names?
-What do the names "do"?
-What is the significance of mentioning your own name?
-What is a "catalog" as it relates to literature?
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-when a memorable event happened
-told a story of their experience
-considered vain and prideful
-list of images, detail, people, or events
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"I Chop Some Parsley While Listening to.. Three Blind Mice"
-What is the speaker doing at the beginning of the story?
-Why does this poem begin w/ "And"?
-What does the speaker wonder ab/ the mice?
-What is the speaker's normal attitude toward things like mice?
-What does the speaker question?
-What does "rising softness" mean?
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-cooking // chopping parsley
-the title starts the poem
-how did the mice become blind
-usually cynical // doesn't really care
-their existence
-he starts to get all the 'feels' but blames it on the onions
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"El Olvido"
-English translation of title?
-How is the full thought cycle portrayed in the poem?
-What does the subtitle mean? Why is it included?
-What is the first warning mothers give to their children?
-Describe the daughter's home.
-What time of poetry is this?
-What does it mean to "choke out the voices of the dead relatives"?
-What are the "plaster saints"?
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-"the forgetting"
-its a dangerous thing to forget
-"according to mothers" // she's ridiculing her mom
-dangerous to forget
-bare w/ no pics on the wall // embarrassed of her heritage
-free verse
-ignore your heritage
-Jesus, Mary, Joseph // Catholic Saints
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"Thoughts On an African-American Novel"
-What did the lower classes have in place of novels?
-What kind of novels did the middle class need?
-To what early novel did the author specifically refer?
-What contributed to the rise of the novel?
-What art form had healing qualities for African Americans?
-According to the author, what is African-American literature?
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-songs, dance, ceremonies
-teach you how to behave
-Pamela
-industrial revolution
-music
-hard to define
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"The Man With the Saxophone" by Ai
-What is the form?
-Who is the speaker?
-Who can be "counted on"?
-What is the New York metaphor?
-What is the "bird"?
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-free verse
-lonely man who plays the saxophone // homeless
-solitude // loneliness
-heartland of pure noise
-freedom
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"Salvador Late or Early"
-Describe Salvador's eyes.
-What is the metaphor of the crayons?
-What is the tone of this selection?
-Describe Salvador's home.
-Describe Salvador's life.
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-caterpillars
-fingers
-depressing // sad
-live behind an unfinished wooden door
-has to be like the "man of the house" // house is the color of bad weather // takes care of mom and siblings // has no friends
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"Nineteen Thirty-Seven"
-Describe the setting.
-What event marked the narrator's birth?
-Why is the narrator's mother imprisoned? What is her fate?
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-Haiti // 1950s
-massacre at the river
-accused as a witch // burned after death // beaten to death
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"Ending Poem"
-Who are the 2 speakers?
-How would you describe the style of this poem?
-What's the speaker's likely heritage?
-What links them to their ancestry?
-What symbol represents places of the poets dreams?
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-mom and daughter
-free verse
-Jewish, Puerto Rican, Carribean, American
-a branch // tree
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