Responding to the Reading
1. What reason does the doctor give for Phyllisia’s not eating? What reason does Calvin
give? Why do you think Calvin begins what Ruby calls “operation foodstrap”?
2. What news about Randy does Phyllisia hear at Marian’s party? What reason does
Phyllisia give for not seeing Edith? What do you think is the real reason?
3. What happens when Calvin sees Ruby with Orlando? How does Phyllisia react to
Calvin’s new rules? How has this incident changed her view of Calvin?
4. How does Phyllisia discover Calvin’s true feelings toward her and Ruby? How does she
use this knowledge? At this point, what emotions seem to be controlling Phyllisia?
5. What does Phyllisia see her father doing at his restaurant? What important truth does
she face after this visit? How does it represent the climax, or turning point, of the novel?
6. Do you agree with Phyllisia that Calvin had “implied” that he was rich and that his
restaurant was fancy? Do you think you would have reached the same conclusions if you
were in Phyllisia’s place? Why or why not?
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1. In Brooks' poem the front yard is the place where the speaker has to be a perfect young woman in order please her mother's expectations and to give a good image of herself. The speaker believes that the front yard is boring. The backyard is the place where the speaker can be a "bad woman. It is place where she can unwind, be free, and have fun. The backyard symbolizes freedom and fun, and the front yard symbolizes imprisonment.
ReplyDelete2. The speaker's mother seems like an "old school" mother who believes that women should behave in a certain way and frowns upon women who don't act in that way. In the poem it says that the mother sneers and says things like "Johnnie Mae will grow up to be a bad woman. The speaker of the poem seems like a person who does what she is told to do but wishes to be a person who could just have fun without being judged.
3.The speaker of "Hanging Fire" is insecure because she thinks she hasn't done enough in her life. She thinks that if she were to die people would just forget about her which is a sign of low self esteem.
4. The speaker has fear of growing up but she has good attitude because she realizes that it's time to live her, work hard, do as much as she can before it's too late and she regrets it. The last two lines, "and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed." This line shows how the speaker realizes that she is on her own and she has to grow up on her own.
5.The speaker of "Hanging Fire" would feel more sympathy toward Phyllisia because they both share a feeling of loneliness and that the rest of the world doesn't care about them.
Dialogue
Daughter: I was wondering, after school would be okay if I hung out with some friends in the alley?
Mother: What, that absolutely out of the question. How could you even talk girls like that?
Daughter: They aren’t bad people.
Mother: But they aren’t good young ladies either. Look at the way they dress.
Daughter: There’s nothing wrong with the way they dress. They are my friends.
Mothers: Why do you want to associate yourself with those girls.
Daughter: It’s because I’m tired of living this way. I do everything you tell me to do but I never get have fun.
Mother: Is that really how you feel?
Daughter: Yes.
Mother: Well okay then. You can go to the alley but I want you home in time.
Daughter: Thank you mother.
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ReplyDeleteThis was for first period class? If so when did we do that?
ReplyDeleteTHESE WERE THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT WE GOT FOR CHAPTER 9-15! WHAT IS GOING ON??!!!!!
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