Midterm Southern Literature
You will need to answer the questions with a topic sentence, provide a quote from the text, and analyze
how the evidence supports your topic sentence. You will be graded on your topic sentence and analysis
of the evidence. You should have 4-5 sentences of analysis for each quote. Your answers should be
derived from my lecture notes.
1. Discuss how family dynamics or alienation affect Clytie’s mental stability and eventual suicide in
Clytie.
2. Discuss how isolation affects the characterization of Emily in Rose for Emily.
3. Discuss how Frank or Cee is haunted by their past in Home
4. Discuss how Frank was haunted by his war experience in Home.
5. Discuss how black women’s medical exploitation is depicted in the novel Home.
6. Discuss how O’Connor uses the Misfit to critique the criminal justice system. This is discussed in
my lecture notes.
7. Discuss how the grandmother’s epiphany at the end relates to the idea of grace. This is
discussed in my lecture notes
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Click the link to read an article about two approaches to teaching reading: structured literacy and balanced literacy.