https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u Instructions: Write a literary analysis thesis statement in relation to "The Flowers" or "The Comet." Your thesis statement should be focused on 1 of the literary criticisms (Critical Race Theory OR Marxist Theory). en-us 2021-01-25 01:22:04 UTC 2021-02-11 04:32:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185048369 Du bois uses vivid imagery, in conjunction with the comet as a recurrent motif, to highlight the transient nature of tension in society, both between the classes, and between the races. ]]> 2021-02-09 23:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185048369 https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185048847 In her short story, The Flowers, writer Alice Walker utilizes setting description to contrast the gruesome and innocent nature of systemic racism through the eyes of a naive child.]]> 2021-02-09 23:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185048847 https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185049370 In The Flowers, Alice walker brings light to the topic of systemic racism by using alliteration and descriptive diction to hint at prejudice roots within America.

]]> 2021-02-09 23:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185049370 https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185049413 In the Comet, by W. E. B. Du Bois the author is able to reveal the differences between class status and race through the use of physical metaphors, and detailed imagery to then express how class and race should no longer matter.]]> 2021-02-09 23:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185049413 https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185050213 In "Flowers," the author Alice Walker uses critical race theory to demonstrate how racial inequality forces young POC, like Myop, to grow up quicker than the white counterpart. ]]> 2021-02-09 23:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185050213 https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185051248 In his short story "The Comet", W. E. B. Du Boius argues that through the relationship of the two characters, race is an irrational concept, that if it were to be removed from society, we would be able to find such classifications as absurd. ]]> 2021-02-09 23:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185051248 https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185051544 Walker uses characterism of Myops growth from innocence to represent how reality changes a person, specifically referring to the darkness that systematic racism has taken the innocence from many. ]]> 2021-02-09 23:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185051544 https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185051878 In her short story "The Flowers", Alice Walker uses a young girl to show an experience that forces the young girl to change her view of seeing life, Walker also illustrates themes of growing up and the lost of innocence. ]]> 2021-02-09 23:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185051878 https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185052585 Author, Alice Walker, uses a switch of moods from youthful to dark to convey how privilege has blinded the minds of people about deep-rooted racism.]]> 2021-02-09 23:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185052585 https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185052682 In the short story "The Flowers" by Alice Walker, Walker uses imagery to illustrate innocence towards racism in the US.]]> 2021-02-09 23:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185052682 https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185054230 In The Flowers, Alice Walker show racism through the descriptions of the pure and impure parts of nature. ]]> 2021-02-09 23:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185054230 https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185062463 Alice Walker utilizes characterization and tone to show how the main character, Myop, loses her innocence as seasons pass, and her view of the world around her changes from happy to a cruel realization.]]> 2021-02-09 23:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/maleya/swpcwgbsce1clb8u/wish/1185062463