Monday, January 13, 2014

Questions for Chapter 10 3B


1.  Chapter 10 begins with the allusion of the folktale, Hansel and Gretel. What can we predict will happen based on this allusion?

2.  Where is Milkman at the start of this chapter?

3.  At what point does Morrison revert into flashback?

4.  Discuss the tension evident in the conversation between Milkman and Guitar. What makes the reader aware that this conversation is awkward?

5.   What is it that black women want from black men? What do while men and white women want?

6.  Why do the Seven Days protect black women?

7.  What excuse Guitar give for the way he views Macon Dead?

8.  What is Guitar’s interpretation of the way Pilate handled the situation at the jailhouse?

9.  Describe the “willingness to love” that Guitar’s mother had shown when her husband died?

10.                   Both men have their own reasons for needing the money? What were those reasons?

11.                   When Milkman arrives in Pittsburgh, where does he leave his luggage?

12.                   Who is Reverend Cooper? What does this man tell Milkman about his family history?

13.                   What has happened to Circe? How did things end up with the people that killed their father?

14.                   Describe Milkman’s grandmother’s appearance.

15.                   What does Macon Sr.’ s success say to the men around him?

16.                   Who is the woman staying in the house of the people that killed his grandfather? Describe Milkman’s first meeting with her.

17.                   Why is this meeting a bit of magical realism?

18.                   Who does this woman think Milkman is  when she meets him?

19.                   What was Milkman’s grandmother’s name?

20.                   How did Macon and Milk’s grandmother meet?

21.                   What happened in Hunter’s Cave, according to Circe?

22.                   STOP at 147

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