Hello, I need you to answer Question 2, from the assignment. I have put on some extra files to help you, Also you may use the red prompt in the image of the whiteboard.
Novel is (American son
Novel by Brian Ascalon Roley)
Focus the essay on how Tomas’s passing is unethical because he rejects his family and family conditions.
Talk about :
Ika is a round character (she changes) as her sons act differently from beginning to end.
Does Roley make Ika look sympathetic?
Ika tells Tomas/Gabe to Assimilate, but they assimilated too far.
Talk about how Tomas always rejects his family identity, e.g. he is so hostile to the family – seen in Chapter 4 part 3, in the party as Tomas doesn’t enter the room when the aunts/family are talking
Does Ika set up her son to reject their family?
Talk about the constant treatment Tomas has towards Ika/Gabe and extended family
Some tips:
DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE BOOK – ONLY ANALYZE
DON’T PSYCHOANALYZE CHARACTERS, ANALYZE ROLEY’S CHOICES NOT THE CHARACTER PSYCHOLOGY – IT IS A FICTIONAL ANALYSIS
FOCUS ON THE ASSIMILATION OF THE CHARACTERS!
In the beginning or end, see how the different audiences may react to the novel and its purpose of it. did Roley write it for a white/non-white audience or both?
How would a white member react to the novel?
How would a non-white react to the novel?
Avoid the personality of characters, but the assimilation
Focus on character development rather than analyzing then
