answer ONE of the following questions on Alexie’s “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” and ONE of the following questions on hooks’ Bone Black selection. Answers should be a hearty paragraph each and include some specific textual details and analysis. Do not use outside sources or websites; just rely on your understanding of the text.
Include any questions you have as well.
Alexie Questions
• Sherman Alexie’s short story makes frequent use of flashbacks to establish the relationships between the two main characters, Thomas Builds- the-Fire and Victor. Describe why the use of flashbacks is necessary in developing the themes of friendship, family, and community identity?
o What is the significance of Victor’s father in the
story and in these men’s lives?
• Is Victor a developing character? Has he changed by the end of the story? Why or why not?
hooks Questions
• What is the purpose of bell hooks’ mixed use of a third person narrator (talking about “the woman”) and first person narrator in Ch. 51 (“my mother”)? o What role does gender play in this marriage and
family?
• Why do you think the daughter doesn’t speak up or explain herself?
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