Friday, November 15, 2013
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
An introduction for the final two novels of the semester: Edwidge Danticat's Breath, Eyes, Memory and Julia Alvarez's, In the Time of the Butterflies.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Moving through the Storm
"I Don't Believe He Brought Me this Far (to leave me)"
The storm builds:
- Ruby apologizes (244 - 247)
- The power of God (251 - 252)
- Little Casear (256-58)
- The storm (255-56, 258-59)
- Olphelia's illness (259 - 261)
- Miranda's musings (261-62)
- George "saves the day" (263)
- Miranda's musings, "I believe there's a power greater than hate" (266-67)
- Standing forth (268-69)
- Ruby goes inside (269 - 273)
- George's frustration (273 - 75)
- Miranda's musings, "And now there is that boy" (285)
- George and the Chicken Coop (292 - 297)
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Winning & Losing
The poker game Naylor describes offers insight into the dynamics of winning and losing. (Naylor 208 - 15) Let's reconsider this section using the frameworks Naylor provides, the dirge and gospel song.
A Dirge: a song or hymn of grief or lamentation; especially : one intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites; a slow, solemn, and mournful piece of music
Louis Armstrong, "St. James Infirmary"
Vickie Winans, "Precious Lord"
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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