Each selection of readings assigned per weeks 1-9 has questions for reflection. Be sure to answer these questions and upload them to the assignments area for a grade. Please understand. One sentence answers to these questions will not suffice. In fact, I am looking for “substantive” answers from you. I want to see you thinking and processing the material here, and the only way I can see this is by reading your thoughtful and supported responses to the questions you are answering. It is my expectation that you provide between 3 to 5 sentence responses to each question as a minimum. As always, Turnitin will be used to check for originality, so please be sure to provide your own thoughts and reflections as you answer these questions. Chapter 36 Reading Reflection Questions Please use “non-bolded” text for your answers below each question. Again, I’m looking for well thought-out reflections from you here, so please make it clear that you’ve read the material. Reading: 36.3, 36.5, 36.6, 36.7, 36.8, 36.10, 36.11, 36.12 Reading 36.3 The Poems of Langston Hughes 1. To what extent do the circumstances described in these poems (written fifty years ago) still pertain today? Reading 36.5 From Wright’s The Ethics of Living Jim Crow 1. Which of the details in this selection bring to life the plight of young blacks in the American South?
2. Describe the character, Pease: is he a believable figure? Reading 36.6 From King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail 1. What arguments does Dr. King make for nonviolence and negotiation? 2. Evaluate the claim in line 53 that “groups are more immoral than individuals.” What do you make of this statement? Reading 36.7 From Malcom X’s Message to the Grass Roots 1. How does Malcom justify black violence? 2. How do his perceptions differ from King’s? Be specific and use compare/contrast examples. Reading 36.8 From Ellison’s Invisible Man 1. What does Ellison’s main protagonist (main character) mean when he says he is “an invisible man?” Reading 36.10 From Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” 1. How does the figure of Shakespeare’s fictional sister work to make Woolf’s point? 2. How fragile, according to Woolf, is female creativity? Reading 36.11 From de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex 1. What circumstances, according to de Beauvoir, work to make the female “the Other?” 2. Do you feel we still live in “a world that belongs to men?” (line 61) Explain your thoughts. Reading 36.12 Feminist Poems 1. What aspects of the female experience do each of these poems address? 2. How might these poems “empower” women?
