Transcript Flowers - response

Flowers - response
What is the turning point and how does it
change a young girl’s life in this story?
Read Alice Walker's short
story The Flowers.
Answer the following
questions with a decent
sized paragraph paying
attention to your subject.
Remember:
Title
Author
Reference to Question
Plot Summary
1.
Title - Author -Plot
Summary - Briefly outline
Walker's short story The
Flowers and what happens to
the main character.
2.
Discuss three examples
where Walker uses IMAGERY
to give the reader a specific
feeling or image in their mind.
3.
Why is the story written in the 3rd Person? Would it
have a different feel if it was written in the 1st person?
Explain your answer using an example from the text.
4.
What is Walker alluding to
(suggesting) with the use of the
skeleton, the rope and the "ring?"
5.
Describe how Walker builds up to the climax of her
story, and how by the time the reader gets to the end, her
main character is forever changed.
"3,724 people were lynched in the
United States from 1889 through to
1930. Over four-fifths of these were
Negroes, less than one-sixth of
whom were accused of rape.
Practically all of the lynchers were
native whites. The fact that a
number of the victims were
tortured, mutilated, dragged, or
burned suggests the presence of
sadistic tendencies among the
lynchers. Of the tens of thousands
of lynchers and onlookers, only 49
were indicted and only 4 have been
sentenced."
Now that you have looked at
some of the literary elements
in Walker's short story - come
up with your own original
opinion.
Your quick viewpoint should
include the subject (the
author), some of the literary
elements and something you
can argue with examples from
the text.
What is Walker trying to say?