Homework: 1. Outline your response to the prompt on Native Son and "After Race" (I have linked an outline that you could use). You will submit at the end of class.
Prompt: [background] The opening of Richard Wright’s book Native Son begins with his use of literary devices to hint at the motif slavery and the enslaved life sentence from the beginning of the text.In the end, Bigger’s “fate” is sealed as he “heard the ring of steel against steel as a far door clanged shut” (Wright 392). [prompt] Antonia Darder and Rodolfo Torres in “After Race” shine light on the root cause of Bigger’s situation and destiny.Using the only the last book of Native Son, “Fate,” and the article “After Race” make clear Darder and Torres stance, analyze how that illuminates the last book of Native Son, and then argue how both these texts suggest actions or solutions.
2. Your revision of the timed write "Thou Blind Man's Mark" is due tomorrow in class. You will have about 10 minutes to have someone give feedback, but that is about it. It will be due in class.