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Mystery Passages
Mystery Passages
Mystery Passages
100
"And in the distance I could see the sparkling lights of Laramie, Wyoming".
What is a sign of hope for the town of Laramie? (Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project)
100
"I had the strange feeling when I was suddenly catapulted into the leadership of the bus protest in Montgomery several years ago, that we would have the support of the white church...Instead, some have been outright opponents, refusing to understand the freedom movement".
What is King's frustration with the responses of the white religious leaders in Montgomery? (Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.)
100
"I really didn't know what to think about the veil. Deep down I was very religious but as a family we were very modern and avant-garde".
Why is Marji conflicted about the veil? (Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi)
200
"With our dead, there has always been a powerful inclination against showing the naked face. The photographs taken by Gardner and O'Sullivan still shock because the Union and Confederate soldiers are lying on their backs, with the faces of some clearly visible".
How do we photograph our dead? (Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag)
200
"I hope that I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide anything in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support".
Does Anne's diary provide her with comfort and support? (Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank)
200
"Just them crackers behind them desk-es that ain't hearing us though/We starvin! We livin like Haiti without no government".
What is the point of view of those living in poverty in post-Katrina New Orleans? (Get Ya Hustle On by Juvenile)
300
"Ah-listen to me, I got the remedy/Save your money up and find out who got them for 10 a ki'/Bubble, if you don't hustle don't use your energy/Cause you gon' be a cellmate or wind up as a memory".
What is the impact of poverty in New Orleans? (Get Ya Hustle On by Juvenile)
300
"Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar because of a higher moral law involved. It was practiced superbly by the early Christians who were willing to face hungry lions and the excruciating pain of chopping blocks, before submitting to certain unjust laws of the Roman empire".
How does King use logos through religious references to support his argument for civil disobedience? (Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.) DAILY DOUBLE!!!
300
"History has been so "whitened" by the white man that even the black professors have known little of the black culture of millenniums ago...It's a crime, the lie that has been told to generations of black men and white men both".
What does Malcolm X think about history? (Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X)
400
"The reason for my shame and for the revolution was the same: the difference between social classes".
What connection to Marji make between her "shame" and the cause of the revolution? (Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi)
400
"Here, I made you another bread-swan. It is the uncle of the first one".
What is a symbol of Uncle Anoosh's love for Marji? (Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi)
400
"'Where is God? Where is he?' someone behind me asked...For more than half an hour [the child in the noose] stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes...And I heard a voice within me answer him: 'Where is he? Here he is-he is hanging there on this gallows'".
How does Wiesel question his faith because of his experience during the Holocaust? (Night by Eli Wiesel)
500
"So far as we feel sympathy, we feel we are not accomplices to what caused the suffering. Our sympathy proclaims our innocence as well as our impotence".
Why is sympathy not an ideal response to photographs? (Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag)
500
"So far as we feel sympathy, we feel that we are not accomplices to what caused the suffering. Our sympathy proclaims our innocence as well as our impotence".
What is a misguided response to photographs? (Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag)
500
"I wanted to see myself in the mirror hanging on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me".
How was Wiesel changed by his experience? (Night by Eli Wiesel)