Book review on Coming of Age in Mississippi

  1. What is the central thesis or hypothesis of Anne Moody’s book, Coming of Age in Mississippi? What is the author trying to prove? For example, does the author portray different gender, generational, and racial responses to social activism?
  2. What methodology does the author use to study the problem, period, or economic experience that the author is writing about? Is the text an historical analysis utilizing statistical data, ethnographic materials, or diaries? Are archival resources used in supporting the views that have been posited? Is the work comparative? How effective is the author? Are the sources too limiting? Why or why not? What would have improved the text?
  3. How does the author define the problem? What are the author’s sympathies or antagonisms? With whom do they identify? Does the author have judgmental or disapproving comments, or references to what could or should have been in the body of the book? Who has influenced the author? Is the author influenced by other disciplines? Does her approach include useful ideas involving an analysis of race, class, or gender issues? Are there exceptions to her points of view? Be specific and expansive enough to explain your position. Lastly, are there more specific and personal influences that have affected the author?
  4. How does this work relate to other books or experiences you are familiar with? Does this work relate to any other books that you may have read in any of your classes? Can you integrate this book with other readings or any educational videos you may have seen?
  5. What conclusion does the author reach? Is the solution implied or explicit? Do you agree with the conclusion? Why or why not? Again, be very specific! For example, in the final scene of Ann Moody’s book, she is sitting on a bus headed to Washington, D.C.. While others are singing, “We Shall Overcome,” she is thinking “I wonder. I really wonder.” Why does the book end this way? What is she trying to convey to her reader?

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