Weakness and fragility, but also, roses symbolize love and innocence, but lilys represent death.
100
Are there mainly short sentences or long?
Short
100
What tense is this story in?
Present.
200
Why does Roselily want to leave Panther Burn?
She wants to be free from poverty/have a chance to restart.
200
What religion can you infer the fiance is?
Muslim
200
What is the significance of the cars on the road?
They represent moving forward, mobility, freeing yourself from being stuck.
200
What technique is most noticeable in this story?
Juxtaposition (thoughts vs whats happening)
200
What is an important recurring idea in this story?
A. Marriage
B. Her children's thoughts about the fiance
C. Starting over
C.
300
Roselily is detatched from everyone except ______
her mother.
300
What does he mean by letting Roselily rest?
Getting married, having children, tending to the house and children
300
Which do the robes and veil symbolize?
A. Freedom
B. His religion
C. Being imprisoned
A.
300
What type of tone does the diction set?
Tired/regretful.
300
What happened to her fourth child?
She gave him to the father.
400
What is one of Roselily's main struggles?
She doesn't love her fiance.
400
Does he look down on just white people or everyone in Panther Burn?
Everyone in Panther Burn
400
What does her fiance (and all the other men) symbolize? How?
He symbolizes all men of the time, in Walkers perspective. That all men just want to get a woman pregnant and leave her to care for the child/house and not have a job.
400
How does the syntax affect the story?
It flows faster
400
How does Walker's personal views affect her writing?
Her activism and feminism are portrayed though the main character, Roselily.
500
What is the condition that her husband understands that Roselily refers to?
Her not being a virgin
500
Where is he bringing Roselily?
Chicago
500
What does Roselily's character represent?
She represents the whole civil rights movement. Also feminisim.
500
Why does Walker juxtapose her thoughts and just the vows?
She does this to show the unsure feeling Roselily has, and how each vow sends her thinking frantically.
500
Why does Walker use 3rd person instead of first?
This way, the reader can see through Roselily's eyes, and the lack of thoughts from the people around her make her own thoughts sound more intense.