the characters especially dave, are frustrated with the inequalities that exist within their life. we
infer that if he doesn't escape, then he will work on the fields for the rest of his life. an example
within the text is the conversation between mrs. saunder and dave. mrs. saunder say's "lawd,
chill, whut's wrong wid yuh? ". here we seen how she comes for dave in an emotional way.
in at least one hundred words, explain how dave’s search for adulthood in “the man who
was almost a man” reflects the african-american desire to escape the poverty of the south
at the time the story was written.
dave's desire to escape slavery greatly reflects the african-american desire to
escape oppression and poverty. dave is struggling to declare his identity with the occurence of
the rural south in his place. throughout the
story
dave is very irritated because of the way he is
being treated by whites and how he basically has no freedom. his search for adulthood is exactly
how most african-americans felt and acted during that time. dave also gets so fed up that he
wants to actually fight back which is how all the other african-americans felt too. desperation is
a major theme in the story as dave is desperate to experience his adulthood, and african-
americans are desperate to escape poverty.
william zanzinger killed poor hattie carroll
with a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger
at a baltimore hotel society gath'rin'
based on these first lines from the song "the lonesome death of hattie carroll," what can
the audience infer about zanzinger?
he is a wealthy man.
the vietnam war was the first one watched by americans on television. how did this
viewing of the war in their living rooms most clearly affected modern literature in which of
the following ways? select all that apply.
the literature focused on the realities of war.
since people saw the war all the time, the literature focused on happy things.
it was written with a purpose to actually end the war.
