ENG303 A American Literature 7.11 - Unit 7 Test Part 2 (American Realism)
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Realism
Regionalism
Naturalism
(outgrowth of Realism) (outgrowth of
Realism)
Realism is the faithful representation Regionalism depicts the specific
of reality in literature, and this style elements about a geographic region:
of writing was predominant in
local dia lect, traditions, customs and
America following the Civil War.
manners
Devoid of emotionalism, melodrama, America, a country that was
or supernatural elements
growing quickly in size in the 1800s,
Face the gritty realities of life
had a number of
Naturalism shares the
characteristics of Realis
Naturalism believes tha
individuals are the produ
heredity and environme
Naturalism asserts that

i have read the novel roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d. taylor.

1. this isn't like any other story i've read or watched because it is about a black family in mississippi right after slavery in the u.s. had become illegal. most of the novels i have read were about slavery. another point is that the author of the novel used symbolism in a way i haven't seen before. for example she uses thunder as something negative meaning something bad will happen. but by the end of the novel, she made thunder a good thing.

2.   one character that changed during the novel was stacey. stacey is the eldest child of the black logan family. around the begging of the novel stacey was avoiding the white boy jeremy simms. he had a dislike for jeremy's family. but at the end of the novel stacey began to like jeremy.

3. the author starts the novel with the problem that the children of the logan family have to avoid the white kid school bus while walking to school.

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