FICTION Exam Instructions & Prompts
1. Toni Morrison “Recitatif” (200-214) How do the girls’ relationships with their mothers affect how Twyla and Roberta develop and change in the story?
From the beginning the two girls shared a common bond, that was different from the other resident of St. Bonny. Despite the two girls’ different races, they were separated from the other girls because of their mothers. While the other children were placed in the orphanage because of death, Twyla and Roberta was there because of their mothers’ incapability to provide proper care. as a result of their mutual circumstance, the two girls developed a strong codependent relationship. Their codependency was even able to survive after the disrespect Roberta’s mother …show more content…
Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” (229-240)
How and why does the protagonist change over the course of the story? In the beginning, the young she wolf was wild, strong and carefree. During the course of her stay at the home, she learns to conform with help from the sisters and The Jesuit Handbook on Lycanthropic Culture Shock. The name of the handbook tells a little about the she wolf and why she needs to change. Webster Definition of lycanthropy is a delusion that one has become a wolf. The sister Believe she is living a life full of delusion and misconception. Another word that describes her journey is Culture Shock. Webster Dictionary says that Culture Shock a feeling of confusion, doubt, or nervousness caused by being in a place (such as a foreign country) that is very different from what you are used to. The handbook title speaks mounds about her confusion and the desperate need to be accepted. The she wolf is willing to let go of everything that she has known to be true to gain acceptance from the sisters, fellow she wolves and her family. this was demonstrated at the party, when she was willing to let her, wild, sister take the blame. That was when she had been rehabilitated. This was done to her because the majority said this was how people live. When she started, they were a pack. However, by the end she was an
1. Toni Morrison “Recitatif” (200-214) How do the girls’ relationships with their mothers affect how Twyla and Roberta develop and change in the story?
From the beginning the two girls shared a common bond, that was different from the other resident of St. Bonny. Despite the two girls’ different races, they were separated from the other girls because of their mothers. While the other children were placed in the orphanage because of death, Twyla and Roberta was there because of their mothers’ incapability to provide proper care. as a result of their mutual circumstance, the two girls developed a strong codependent relationship. Their codependency was even able to survive after the disrespect Roberta’s mother …show more content…
Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” (229-240)
How and why does the protagonist change over the course of the story? In the beginning, the young she wolf was wild, strong and carefree. During the course of her stay at the home, she learns to conform with help from the sisters and The Jesuit Handbook on Lycanthropic Culture Shock. The name of the handbook tells a little about the she wolf and why she needs to change. Webster Definition of lycanthropy is a delusion that one has become a wolf. The sister Believe she is living a life full of delusion and misconception. Another word that describes her journey is Culture Shock. Webster Dictionary says that Culture Shock a feeling of confusion, doubt, or nervousness caused by being in a place (such as a foreign country) that is very different from what you are used to. The handbook title speaks mounds about her confusion and the desperate need to be accepted. The she wolf is willing to let go of everything that she has known to be true to gain acceptance from the sisters, fellow she wolves and her family. this was demonstrated at the party, when she was willing to let her, wild, sister take the blame. That was when she had been rehabilitated. This was done to her because the majority said this was how people live. When she started, they were a pack. However, by the end she was an