Questions:
"American Literature Since the Civil War"
Please see the attached PDF document, "Week Fourteen: A Century Ends and a New Millennium Begins Part II" from the book "American Literature Since the Civil War".
Question 1: In Walker's "Everyday Use" what does Dee (Wangero) mean when she implies that her mother and sister "don't understand" their "heritage"?
Question 2: In this section, "Night March", what is significant about how this chapter is structured - is it completely linear? What purpose do Paul's day dreams serve? Why does Paul attempt to keep himself distant from the other men? What does Cacciato mean when he tells Paul, "You'll do fine... You got a terrific sense of humor"? How is humor important?
Question 3: In Beattie's "Janus" what is Andrea's relationship with the bowl? How does it compare to her relationships to the men in her life? Though written in 1986, how does this story speak to our modern sense of materialism?
Question 4: In Cisnero's "Woman Hollering Creek" how is the title significant? What is the significance of Cleofilas remembering her father and childhood at the beginning of the story? How do Cleofilas and Felice differ?
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