Question - You have to come up with a thesis like "what is the author's purpose for writing the story" and then write the paper-based off that.
Topic - Salavation by Langston Hughes
For Discussion and Writing -
1. Why does Hughes cry that night?
2. Hughes's story is told very briefly; how does that brevity make it more powerful? How might a longer version have been less affecting?
3. Connections - Compare the feeling the young Hughes has when he is the last child on the bench to the feeling George Orwell has when the crowd follows him in "Shooting an Elephant". What are the effects of being watched an each?
4. Write about a time when you felt your family held certain expectations for you. Was it a positive experience, a negative one, or both? Why?
5. Looking further - There are people today who profess what some refer to as secular religion. Research this topic, and then describe it. If you could speak to the twelve-year-old Langston Hughes, or to the adult Hughes who wrote "Salvation," what might you say to him about it? How would you relate it to the experience he writes about?
Attachment:- Assignment File.rar