Plot Points
Where does the story take place?
What is The Street/The Streets of Memphis
Does the boy go on an unwilling quest? (T/F)
True
What does the boy feel throughout the first and second pages of the story?
Whats the full name of the author?
Who is Richard Wright?
What is 2 times?
Who leaves the family?
Who is the father?
What colors did we assume the tea would be (explain briefly their meaning for double points)
What is green and black (explanation varies: hope and chaos)
What does the mother do with the boy at first when he asks for food?
Is this the story a memoir of the author's life. (T/F)
True?
Why does the father leave?
Trick QUESTION! (by Jimmy)
What job does the mother get?
What is a cook?
Is the weapon the boy uses metaphorically or literally the archetype Magic Weapon?
What is metaphorically.
What is a few days?
When was the author born?
What does the mother leave for the boy when she goes to work
What is tea and bread?
Who does the boy threaten after fighting the boys?
Who are the parents of the gang members?
What is the haven in this story (relates to Haven Vs. Wild Archetype)
What is the home of the boy?
A. Why does the boy not want to go back to the street? B. (Bonus for 200 points: How is the boy forced to go back)
A. What is fear of the gang boys / B. What is the threat of getting whipped by the mother
Where was the author born? (City, State)
"It's something little boys eat when they get hungry".
What weapon does the mother give the boy?
What is a stick?
Why does the mother, according to our analysis, want the boy to fight? (don't have to answer in form of ?)
(Along the lines of:) Mother was left to fend for herself when the father left, so he wants the boy to do the same
Is the boy cautious after beating up the gang boys and getting groceries (T/F) when coming back?
What factors led to poverty and crime in the author's childhood. (there are 2 factors, the group that gets all two gets 100 extra points)
What is the aftermath of WW1, and Segregation?
What are the last words of the story? (They get it close)
"That night I won the right to the streets of Memphis"