IB Extended Essay for English language & literature
Book: Little fires everywhere
good sources for information:
https://case.edu/ech/articles/s/shaker-heights
https://images.randomhouse.com/teachers_guides/9780735224315.pdf
https://harvardmagazine.com/2017/09/celeste-ng-little-fires-everywhere
please have a read through the book in the attached pdf of the book, during each point use the quote from book and do close analysis
Outline:
Argument of love/biology
Custody battle symbolises the argument of rights to motherhood, material wealth & opportunities vs. biological blood
Rights to motherhood
What constitutes of a mother/ how to judge the ability of a parent
Raise argument of The ‘right’ way to raise a child
Rights to become a mother
Argument against assimilation – ethical and future implications for Mirabelle to grow up in such environment
How wealth/race differentiate Bebe’s maternal experience from Linda McCollough
Mr Richardson’s comment to Elena regarding how status will always give the individual an advantage, despite the morality of their actions →
The ending: Bebe chose to abduct her baby in middle of night; foresaw that due to her socioeconomic there were slim chances she would Abe able to win, therefore to secure a future she took matters into her own hands and took the baby, no trust the system would give her the baby —> shows underlying systemic racism
How does this convey/insinuate author’s stance regarding who should be the rightful mother
The ‘victory’ of Bebe conveys possible implications regarding how the author view this issue within America, how the implicitly wants to display her own opinion, possibly rooting for the underdogs in this situation
Possible interpretation as author may regard biology as a more critical aspect of motherhood in comparision to materialistics wealth
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What constitutes of a mother
Raise argument of The ‘right’ way to raise a child
Rights to become a mother
Argument against assimilation – ethical and future implications for Mirabelle to grow up in such environment
How wealth/race differentiate Bebe’s maternal experience from Linda McCollough
Mr Richardson’s comment to Elena regarding how status will always give the in
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