Examples of Oratory
Example of oratory on page 29
What is the narrator's speech for his scholarship?
Example of music on page 8
What is ¨What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue¨?
They said ¨Black men! Brothers! That's not the way. We're law-abiding. We're a law abiding people and a slow to anger people.¨
Who is the narrator?
On page 297, a reference to the song, "Black Water Blues", in which an excerpt from the lyrics is,
"Black water blues done called me to pack my things and go, 'Cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more"
What is the theme of eviction and the concept of white society taking the freedoms and belongings of black families?
Sings ¨What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue¨
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Example of oratory on pages 94 and 95
What is the vet's comments made to the narrator and Mr. Norton?
Example of music on page 35
What is ¨A Mighty Fortress is our God¨?
They said ¨I ought to ill you an the world would be better off. But you black, mahn.¨
Who is Ras the Exhorter?
Shown by the lyrics,
"O well they picked poor Robin clean
O well they picked poor Robin clean
Well they tied Robin to a stump,
Lawd, they picked all the feathers round from Robin's rump
Well they picked poor Robin clean." (page 193)
What is the way society knocks black men down to ensure they can't reach success?
An example of music on page 115.
Who is the organist?
Example of oratory on page 480
What is the narrator's response to Ras the Exhorter
Example of music on page 452
What is ¨There's Many a Thousand Gone¨?
They said ¨His name was Clifton and he was black and they shot him. Isn't that enough to tell? Isn't that all you need to know? Isn't that enough to appease your thirst for drama and send you home to sleep it off¨
Who is the narrator?
¨He's in the box and we're in there with him, and when I've told you this you can go. It's dark in this box and it's crowded¨ pg. 458
What is the way in which the narrator points out the lack of progress being made in the movement for equality after Clifton is shot by a police officer?
A real world connection that can be made between the speeches of the narrator vs Ras the Exhorter.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. vs Malcom X?
Example of oratory on page 575
What is the narrator's analysis of his grandfather's advice?
Example of music on page 232
What is Beethoven's Fifth?
They said ¨You must realize immediately that much of our week is opposed. Our discipline demands therefore that we avoid situations in which information might be given away unwittingly. So you must put aside your past¨
Who is Brother Jack?
In the beginning of the narrator's first speech with the brotherhood he says, "You see, all I needed was a chance. You've granted it, now it's up to me!" (page 349).
What is an example of irony because the narrator does not yet know that the brotherhood is attempting to control and take everything from him?
On page 312, Brother Jack's reaction to black man singing a work song.
What is an example of Brother Jack wanting to cover up the past of black men in America and take control of the narrator's agenda?