"Black Boy"
This is how Wright feels about the Jim Crow Laws
hates them; discriminates against black people.
during the Holocaust in a concentration camp
The race of Jesus Colon
Puerto Rican
Freedom
relaxed; makes a joke about it
The way classmates & family reacted when hearing he wanted to be a writer
didn't understand, thought he was sinning
This person survives the 2nd selection
Elie's father
factories, restaurants, dishwasher, porter, busboy, cleared snow & slush
Object that represents the author in the poem
Bird
The way the children responded while watching and days after
Freaked out, couldn't sleep
The reason Wright decided to begin writing
pure idleness; felt like it
The task chosen to decide if you lived or not
running as fast as possible
The name of the poem burnt at the end
If
Cage
The theme of Field trip is
"Expect the unexpected"
The amount Wright was paid for his first published work in the newspaper
nothing; he was not paid.
The person that is told to stay for a second selection process
Elie's father
Jesus's prized possession
If Poem
To break free
Name 3 things that happened unexpectedly in the text
finger came off
woman was not freaking out
said she didn't want the finger if it was white
donkey
etc
The place Wright wants to move to
The north
knife & spoon
Name one line or one idea from the "If" poem
If poem
The reason the caged bird sings
to plea to God for freedom
The place where Nye (the author) states her thesis/main idea.
Why does she do it this way?
At the end,to finish the story in a meaningful way- so that everyone knows what she was trying to say.