Hat Symbolism in "Everything That Rises" by Ms. Keenan https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0 Text Graffiti en-us 2017-11-09 13:21:43 UTC 2017-11-09 13:41:21 UTC hello@padlet.com 6. She might as well be made to understand what had happened to her. “Don’tthink that was just an uppity Negro woman,” he said. “That was the whole colored racewhich will no longer take your condescending pennies. That was your black double. Shecan wear the same hat as you, and to be sure,” he added gratuitously (because he thoughtit was funny), “it looked better on her than it did on you. (p. 1236) keenanp https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0/wish/205247293 2017-11-09 13:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0/wish/205247293 5. The vision of the two hats, identical, broke upon him with the radiance of a brilliant sunrise. His face was suddenly lit with joy. He could not believe that Fate had thrust uponhis mother such a lesson. (p. 1234) keenanp https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0/wish/205247294  ]]> 2017-11-09 13:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0/wish/205247294 3. “Wait on me,” she said. “I'm going back to the house and take this thing offand tomorrow I'm going to return it. I was out of my head. I can pay the gas bill with thatseven-fifty.”He caught her arm in a vicious grip. “You are not going to take it back,” he said “I like it.”“Well,” she said, “I don't think I ought. . .”“Shut up and enjoy it,” he muttered, more depressed than ever. (p. 1228) keenanp https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0/wish/205247295 2017-11-09 13:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0/wish/205247295 2. “This hat looked better on me than any of the others, though when shebrought it out I said, ‘Take that thing back. I wouldn't have it on my head,’ and she said,‘Now wait till you see it on,’ and when she put it on me, I said, ‘We-ull,’ and she said, ‘Ifyou ask me, that hat does something for you and you do something for the hat, andbesides,’ she said, ‘with that hat, you won't meet yourself coming and going.’” (pp. 1227-1228) keenanp https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0/wish/205247296 2017-11-09 13:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0/wish/205247296 1. It was a hideous hat. A purple velvet flap came down on one side of it andstood up on the other; the rest of it was green and looked like a cushion with the stuffingout. He decided it was less comical than jaunty and pathetic. Everything that gave herpleasure was small and depressed him. (p.1227) keenanp https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0/wish/205247298 2017-11-09 13:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0/wish/205247298 from "Everything that Rises Must Converge" Using the six pieces of evidence below, determine the symbolic meaning of the hat and how it reveals a central theme. keenanp https://padlet.com/keenanp/u9csp53o35p0/wish/205247300 Text Graffiti
·         For each piece of evidence below:
  1. Write what you think the effect of the symbol might be and why you think so.
  2. Explain what the line makes you wonder about the symbol.
  3. Write what the the tells you about the characters, conflict, or theme.
  4. Tell how this line reminds you of something in your own life or in the world. What? How?
  5. Tell how this line reminds you of something else you have read. What? How?
  6. Write to extend or elaborate upon a response to someone else’s graffiti thoughts.

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