Madison Motley by https://padlet.com/mmotley1/igbzhfgza0o9 Made with panache en-us 2018-12-10 16:29:50 UTC 2018-12-12 17:25:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Invisible Man mmotley1 https://padlet.com/mmotley1/igbzhfgza0o9/wish/313015279 Single Story: all African Americans are uncivilized and need the white man to have fulfilled life and success
Author explains identity of black men
People refuse to see invisible man 
 They would rather see sterotypes
  • Black Man trying to please white man 
  • Mr. Bledsoe
  • Battle Royal 
  • Raz and Grandad( radical balck people “kill them with yeses”)
  • Sambo Dolls 
  • Jim Trueblood (all black men act this way), lives in old slave quarters 
  • Golden Day- white guy thinks everyone is crazy
  • Always trying to please white men
  • White men influence how black people thing
  • Brotherhood- in Harlem white men place their views on black people and what is good for them
  • Pg. 16- grandfather’s speech "Live with your head in the lion's mouth. I want you to overcome' em with yeses, undermine 'em with grins, agree 'em to death and destruction, let 'em swollen you till they vomit or bust wide open"
  • Pg.67, 53-54, 69- liked the stories becuase it appealed to sterotype in his head (trueblood)
  • Pg. 94- Mechanical man "the mechanical man"
  • Author response: Through his journey author makes black man complex
    • He is smart
    • He writes the speech
    • He is aware
    • Starts to hate the brotherhood
    • Starts to hate the university
    • Battle royal 
    • Starts to form his own opinions
]]> 2018-12-10 16:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mmotley1/igbzhfgza0o9/wish/313015279 Bluest Eye mmotley1 https://padlet.com/mmotley1/igbzhfgza0o9/wish/313016165 Single Story: There is only one idea of American beauty, unless you meet American standards you are not seen, only seen with blue eyes
Beauty determins worth
  • The shirly temple cup
  • The dolls (Claudia hates dolls)
  • Pecola’s family
  • Maurine
  • Blue eyes
  • Pg.20- dolls represent everything she is not "To see of what it was made.... what every girl child treasured"
  • Pg.23- Shirley Temple cup "We knew she was fond of the Shirley Temple cup....and see sweet Shirley's face"
  • Pg.38-39 "wore their ugliness"
  • Pg.74- beauty= worth "The Thing to fear was the Thing that made her beautiful, and not us"
Author response: The two sisters show us what is on the inside of black girls and the author allows us not to focus on what “beauty” means to the rest of the world. Pecola and her life makes the audience feel a lot of guilt in how poor little black girls are treated. Looking into her home life we also feel guilt because it forces the reader to see all the aspects of what happens behind closed doors and not form our own assumptions


]]> 2018-12-10 16:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mmotley1/igbzhfgza0o9/wish/313016165 The Woman Warrior mmotley1 https://padlet.com/mmotley1/igbzhfgza0o9/wish/313017181 Single Story: The idea of women and the ideals that they need to conform to in chinese culture, the life of an immagrant and what it means to be a chinese-american
  • Kingston’s relationship with her mother is strained because of the life she wants for herself
-  the struggle of double identiy 
- living in america but growing up in china
- trying to fit two lives
Author response: Kingston goes against Chinese ideals and goes against the typical woman

Pg: 45- “straight A’s” "My American life has been such a disappointment...."
Pg. 20- conflicting ideals "She said I would grow up a wife and a slave...to grow up a woman warrior."
Pg.29 - paradox


]]> 2018-12-10 16:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mmotley1/igbzhfgza0o9/wish/313017181 The House on Mango Street mmotley1 https://padlet.com/mmotley1/igbzhfgza0o9/wish/313017875 Single Story: How women are seen in their own society
Discrimination faced in America
Pg. 24-25 cousin getting pulled over
Pg. 28 they are scared of them
Pg. 13
Pg.9 
Pg. 10- no strong women
Author Response: Through Esperanza she sees how close they all are
Esperanza grows to show a different aspect of Latina women




]]> 2018-12-10 16:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mmotley1/igbzhfgza0o9/wish/313017875 Outline mmotley1 https://padlet.com/mmotley1/igbzhfgza0o9/wish/313278952 Intro:
In her talk “The Danger of the Single Story”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explores the idea and meaning behind the effects the single story has on society. More specifically, she explains how the single story establishes stereotypes that dehumanizes certain groups and draws the attention to what makes everyone different rather than what brings society together. Adichie states, “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” In other words, the single story causes society to limit themselves to their own preconcieved idea of who someone is and what that person represents. (something specific about single story of black experience) Multicultural literature allows us as a society to see beyond the single story and educate ourselves on the pieces that are missing. It allows us to connect to those whom we do not fully understand and gain a deeper knowledge of the full story. Novels such as Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison allow readers to gain a more complete understanding of the African American experience specifically. Both authors challenege the single story in their novels by showing the complexity and struggles of the African American community. 
Body:
Invisible Man: 
  • Introduce “single story” presented in the novel: all African Americans are uncivilized and need the white man to have fulfilled life and success, African Americans cannot be their own person
  • Explain how people refuse to see “invisible man”
  • Go into ideas and situations that enable this idea 
  • Grandfathers speech 
  • Bledsoe 
  • Brotherhood 
  • Quotes: Pg. 16- grandfather’s speech "Live with your head in the lion's mouth. I want you to overcome' em with yeses, undermine 'em with grins, agree 'em to death and destruction, let 'em swollen you till they vomit or bust wide open"
  • Pg.67, 53-54, 69- liked the stories becuase it appealed to sterotype in his head (trueblood)
  • Pg. 94- Mechanical man "the mechanical man"
  • Transition into how Ellison challenges this 
  • He shows complexity of the black man 
  • He is smart
  • He writes the speech
  • He is aware
  • Starts to hate the brotherhood
  • Starts to hate the university
  • Battle royal 
  • Starts to form his own opinions

The Bluest Eye:
  • Transition out of Invisible Man into Bluest Eye
  • Make a connection with black community
  • Introduce single story in novel: There is only one idea of American beauty, unless you meet American standards you are not seen
  • Explain the different layers to this single story
  • Two sisters: Claudia hating dolls 
  • Pecola: wanting blue eyes
  • Pecola’s family: stereotypical poor black family
  • Quotes: Pg.20- dolls represent everything she is not "To see of what it was made.... what every girl child treasured"
  • Pg.23- Shirley Temple cup "We knew she was fond of the Shirley Temple cup....and see sweet Shirley's face" 
  • Pg.38-39 "wore their ugliness"
  • Pg.74- beauty= worth "The Thing to fear was the Thing that made her beautiful, and not us"
  • Transition into what Morrison does to make the audience feel
  • Causes the audience to feel guilt in how people like Pecola are treated
  • Explains the complexity and depth of Claudia and her sister 
  • Allows reader to see all aspects of the situation 
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