In this section, you will be asked to explain the meaning, s…

In this section, you will be asked to explain the meaning, significance, and context of a given quote from one of the texts studied in class. You should discuss the quote’s relevance to the work as a whole, its themes, and any literary devices used. Avoid simple summarizing or restating the quotation. Instead, talk about the significance of the quote to the passage as a whole.     In no fewer than 3 sentences, explain the significance of the following quote from Charles Chesnutt’s “The Goophered Grapevine”:   “One end of the log was already occupied by a venerable-looking colored man. He held on his knees a hat full of grapes, over which he was smacking his lips with great gusto, and a pile of grape-skins near him indicated that the performance was no new thing.”   Note: be sure to address Chesnutt’s use of the word “performance” in your response.

In this section, you will be asked to explain the meaning, s…

In this section, you will be asked to explain the meaning, significance, and context of a given quote from one of the texts studied in class. You should discuss the quote’s relevance to the work as a whole, its themes, and any literary devices used. Avoid simple summarizing or restating the quotation. Instead, talk about the significance of the quote to the passage as a whole.     In no fewer than 3 sentences, explain the significance of the following quote from Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me:   “Race is the child of racism, not the father.”

Name one characteristic of the slave narrative genre, as des…

Name one characteristic of the slave narrative genre, as described in the reading “Characteristics of the Slave Narrative.” Note: We read this article in the same week as Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and the opening chapters of Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.