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Petry/Childress Assignment
Please read both chapter 1 of The Street by Ann Petry
Petry/Childress Assignment
Please read both chapter 1 of The Street by Ann Petry and the excerpts from Like One of the Family by Alice Childress then respond to three (3) of the following writing prompts. Your response should be a minimum of one and a half pages and double-spaced with 12-point font:
After reading both texts, determine how these stories either follow or go against Richard Wright’s Blueprint for Negro Writing (Week 10 Folder).
Additionally, provide a reaction to the literature: what did you like or dislike about the stories? Are these stories relatable? Are they realistic? Do they identify societal issues of the Black experience?
How do you think domestics decided where to draw the line in what they would and would not put up with in employment in white people’s homes?
In what ways does Petry and Childress’ writing reflect Hurston’s idea of Black art and vernacuar/language?
Why do you suppose the author has her protagonist read malice and danger in the eyes of both the woman and the man she encounters in the apartment building? What related images of scrutiny, spectacle, objectification, watching, and being watched does the chapter develop?
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