Hello Students!
Time to discuss the Pulitzer Prize winning play, A Soldier’s Play!
Please write out the Question AND your Answer.
You should write at least 3 – 4 sentences per question.
Please use paragraph breaks. I look forward to your responses.
1.) What do you think is the moral of the Play? Why?
2.) Who was your favorite character in the Play? Why?
3.) What does the play say about racism? About justice?
4.) Why did Henson think the KKK must be responsible for Waters’s death?
5.) Describe the role of blacks in the military in the 1940’s. How were African Americans treated domestically in America at that time?
6.) Compare Davenport and Taylor. How are they alike? How are they different?
7.) Why are inter-soldier baseball games so significant?
8.) How does race make each character feel about themselves? Waters? Peterson? Byrd? Davenport?
9.) How does the social climate influence the resonance of the play? How does it reflect the 1940’s (when it is set)? How does it reflect the 1980’s (when it was written)? Are there any themes you see as relevant to today’s society?
10.) What did you think about the ending?
11.) Did you like the play overall? Why or why not?
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