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When was Notes of a Native Son created
Notes of a Native Son was created in 1955.
What symbol from the Raisin in the Sun most likely represents the expectations to conform to society
What central metaphor runs throughout James Baldwin's Notes of a Native son
What is one possible theme of A Raisin in the Sun
Embracing ones identity can be empowering
As part of the central metaphor in Notes of a Native Son what does James Baldwin consider to be an illness
Read the following excerpt from Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin Once this disease is contracted one can never be really carefree again for the fever without an instant's warning can recur at an
It compares hate to a disease that cannot be cured.
What was one major achievement of the civil rights movement during the 1940s or 1950s
The Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
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Which option is the best example of someone using a rhetorical device
A bush that blossoms whenever good times are coming
In what way does James Baldwin use a narrative structure
The essay tells a story about race relations in Harlem.
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What danger does the narrator discover after attacking the waitress
The danger his hatred poses to himself
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What argument does James Baldwin make that resolves one of his central ideas
That hatred or acceptance are choices one must
What rhetorical device is James Baldwin most clearly using in this passage
What is a tension that runs throughout the entire story
The tension of segregation
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Why does the narrator find it hard to totally hate white America
A. Because carrying that much hate is self- destructive I check on apex
What adjective best describes the narrators father according to the narrator
In "A Raisin in the Sun" which character best represents the theme of achieving success in a conventional way
My father asked me abruptly, "You'd rather write than preach, wouldn't you" Why does this conversation surprise the narrator
B. Because it is the only real question his father ever asked him