A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
A Good Man is Hard To Find
Flannery O’Conner
Howl
Allen Ginsberg
Sonnys Blues
James Baldwin
Maus
Art Spiegalman
Sexy
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Weight of Our Living: On Fire Escapes
Ocean Vuong
A Raisin in the Sun MAIN IDEA
systemic racism
mama wants to put a downpayment on the house
Ruth wants to save money for the baby otherwise she will terminate it
Beneath wants to save money for med school
Walter accepts bribe, mother stops him and tells Walters son to watch
A Good Man is Hard to Find MAIN IDES
Grandmother values being a lady
shows that clique southern Christian values aren’t what is going to save you
three appeals to misfit!!
manners
social status
Christianity
misfit says if the gospel were true there would be nothing left to do but drop everything and follow him (christ)
Howl MAIN IDEA
lament of self-destructive behaviors for the people he knew
children being sacrificed
crucifying them by leading them to self destructive behaviors
Sonnys Blues MAIN IDEA
Sonny is heroin addict
brother promises to take care of him, eventually follows through on a promise
narrator/brother’s daughter Gracie dies which leads him back to Sonny
Brother shows unconditional love
sonny gives brother permission to grieve
Maus MAIN IDEA
the entire first chapter is a broken promise
afraid of stereotyping his father
anything can be of value when you’re stripped of everything
narrative of relationship with father
art had a seemingly traumatizing childhood, shown in epilogue
Sexy MAIN IDEA
Miranda learns how to be independent
dev’s wife is in India
therefore doesn’t think its wrong to be in relations with another woman
relationship dissolves
an internalized lesson that people you love you may never see again
Robin, young boy, sees miranda put dress on
says she looks sexy because he thinks it means loving someone you don’t know (how mom talked to husband)
The Weight of Our Living MAIN IDEA
disaster can strike at anytime
“I want to love more than death can harm”
using poetry to process tragedy
uncle commits suicide