User:Thealexjr100/Meridian (novel)/MThomas45512 Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

(Thealexjr100)


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Thealexjr100/Meridian_%28novel%29?preload=Template%3ADashboard.wikiedu.org_draft_template


 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Meridian (novel)

Evaluate the drafted changes
(Compose a detailed peer review here, considering each of the key aspects listed above if it is relevant. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what feedback looks like.)

The Lead in the article has not been updated to reflect the new content added by my peer. The Lead does include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic of Alice Walker's Meridian. While the Lead does includes a good summary of the different relationships and values in Meridian, it does not include other sections of the article such explicit overarching themes in the novel and critiques. The Lead does include information that is not present in the article. For instance, Thealexjr100's Lead includes more information about Meridian and Lynne and their actions in the Civil Rights Movement. In addition, the Lead includes information about Meridian's perseverance and never-dying desire to fight against racism and for equal rights.

Although I believe that Thealexjr100's content was removed from the actual article, the content they had intended to add was relevant to the topic of Meridian. As mentioned earlier, their intended content does not include explicit information about overarching themes in Meridian or critiques of Meridian. The article does address topics related to historically underrepresented populations as it discusses Meridian, a novel in which its characters play an active role in the Civil Rights Movement; this was a movement in which Black Americans were fighting and protesting for an end to racism and segregation and a securing of equal rights, freedoms, and liberties.

I believe that the intended content does not have a neutral tone; while everything in the Lead is accurate, I believe that there is a bias. Rather than explaining what happened in the novel through a neutral perspective, I believe that my peer was leaning into their own analysis of the events in Meridian. The new content that my peer intended to add to the article was not backed up by a reliable source of information. One peer-reviewed article that could be used to support this Lead is Roberta M. Hendrickson's article "Remembering the Dream: Alice Walker, Meridian and the Civil Rights Movement" (https://www.jstor.org/stable/468042).

The content that was intended to be added to the article is overall easy to read, but the structure is a little bit confusing to read. The content does have some unnecessary commas and the word "that" is somewhat overused and not necessary. As mentioned previously, this content only addresses the article's section on the summary of Meridian. However, it does address some major points in the novel and the relationship and dynamic between Meridian, Truman, and Lynne. I believe that once this content is improved and backed up by secondary sources, it will make the article more complete. I believe this to be the case because it adds missing information about the plot of Meridian; furthermore, the content weaves together the different pieces of the plot that are already in the article. This content could also be improved if the wording and ideas are made a bit more clear.