We've covered the social aspects of realism (gender and Easter European immigration to the inner city) this week with Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Cahan's "A Sweatshop Romance". We will continue our study of realism with three essays from Booker T. Washington (and we will compare him next week with W.E.B. DuBois).
Therefore, your homework for the rest of the week will be (you will be given all handouts in class today):
Tonight: Gilman and Cahan short answer questions (8 total).
Thursday: "Signs of Progress among the Negros": Booker T. Washington. Please read and annotate according to an argument of your choice.
Friday: "The Awakening of the Negro"and "The Atlanta Exposition Address": Booker T. Washington. Make sure you annotate. Then...choose ONE essay to write your 2pg lit response on.
I know these may seem repetitive, but this is the beginning of a discussion that we see being repeated even today: formal education vs vocational education (of course there's more to it than this, but let's start here). These also serve for the rebuttal that DuBoise gives, which we will look at beginning Monday/Tuesday. Be ready for a Booker T. Washington quiz on Monday.
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now you didn't say annotate in class....did u?
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