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Article evaluation of Perks of Being a Wallflower

Underneath the publication and reception- there needs to be more information on banned books.

" Wisconsin school board refused to ban the book, angering local parents, and the Glen Ellyn District 41 school board in suburban Chicago unanimously voted to reinstate the novel after it was removed from eighth-grade classrooms at Hadley Junior High School because of a parent's objection to its sexual content." --> too long of a sentence and needs to go into more depth about the specific situations.

"This answer meant to be an advice to remark that one is in charge of one's life as he is referring to self love, encompassing one's life and hope for the future, and not just romantic love."--> change sentence to have more clarity. Rewrite to say "This quoted references the struggle of finding self love, encompassing one's life and hope for the future, and not just romantic love."

"Charlie, whom Chbosky has said is "[his] hope in the form of a character", is loosely based on the author." --> redundant, change to "Charlie is loosely based on the author, as noted by Chbosky stating that "[his] hope [is] in the form of a character"

Instead of grouping all the themes together, note specific examples from the book that coincide with the themes.

Under publication and themes, group together just the positives and then just the negatives. In these two groups, make sure they have the same amount of information, so that one isn't leaning towards one side.

For film adaptation, include the scenes that were deleted or omitted.

Article evaluation of The Bluest Eye

Pecola Breedlove: One of the main characters of the novel, Pecola is a young African American girl who comes from a financially unstable family

Remove “African American” because none of the other character descriptions note race. Or change all of the character descriptions to include their race.

For the character Marie under character list the author says “Prostitute.” as one sentence which he or she does not do for the rest of the characters, which signals some bias against Marie’s character. Otherwise, the article is fairly neutral. I didn’t note any bias, but some citation as mentioned above needs to be added.

“Due to Pecola's harsh characteristics and dark skin, she is consistently regarded as "ugly".”

I don’t like the phrase “harsh characteristics”

Characters, citation, lead paragraph,

Changing Themes → analysis Add some more themes, for ex. Race, abuse, etc Break down “effect of white beauty standards” into “White beauty standards” and “Internalized racism” Adding background/switch out author’s intentions? Make plot summary into actual plot?

Black girlhood

Morrison’s writing of the book began because she was “interested in talking about black girlhood.” Dr. Jan Furman, professor of English at the University of Michigan, notes that the book allows reader to analyze the “imprinting” factors that shape the identity of the self during the process of maturing in young black girls. She references parts in the book where the main characters are taught to feel less than human, specifically when the shopkeeper avoids touching Peacola’s hand when giving her candy.

Internalized Racism

Susmita Roye notes the effects of living in a Euro-centric defined world of beauty. She contends that because Pecola believes in her ugliness as a black girl, she hopes and prays to God for blue eyes so that she can be seen as beautiful to the world as well. She asserts that the longing for whiteness attacks young black girls’ confidence of being seen as equal and beautiful in the world around them.

White lifestyle standards

Debra Werrlein, professor at George Mason University, contends that the excerpts of Dick and Jane throughout the book project an image of an ideal family that contrasts with the family structures of the main characters. She informs that because of its origination in post-World War II social sentiments, these two characters were meant to emphasize an importance on raising children the right way so to mold the future of the United States. However, as Werrlein points out, the whiteness of these characters came to equate the idea of the perfect American. In addition, the string of letters describing Dick and Jane’s parents as strong and nice offer contrast to the parents of the main character. Pecola’s father is then emasculated, Werrlein argues, because of his behavior and how it deviates from this standard of family. She goes on to say that because these two black parents have experienced oppression throughout their lives, that same oppression has carried into their familial structure, making the issue of racism prevalent in broken homes as well.