Read the following:
“Introduction: Talking Books” (uploaded)
Octavia Butler’s Kindred (information to obtain this book is below)
Ralph Ellison’s “Battle Royal” (uploaded)
Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif” (uploaded)
Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” ….file:///C:/Users/user2/Documents/everyday_use_full-text.pdf
- W.E.B. DuBois’ “The Comet” …https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15210/15210-h/15210-h.htm#Chapter_X
In this essay, make an argument about how African American identity is explored in three or more of the assigned texts from the ones above. You might, for example, analyze African American family dynamics, gender dynamics, or a particular theme/symbol that emerges in your reading.