10 Questions
What term did the nutritionist use to describe the chronic depressions?
The sugar blues
Who brought the sweet Christ to redeem an African child, according to the text?
Phillis Wheatley
What product is derived from the thin sucrose solution expressed by grinding iron rollers in the mill?
Rum
What was symbolized by 'the big white house that bubbling brown sugar built and paid for' in the text?
Exploitation and wealth derived from sugar trade
What is the central metaphor used in the poem to represent sugar?
Love
What did Jean Toomer suggest about time and space in a canefield, as quoted in the text?
No importance of time and space
What does the line 'Daddy told her not to bring him back' suggest?
The father was worried that the narrator would start to adopt Bubba's speech patterns.
What does the phrase 'diabolic dye' in the first line refer to?
The color of the narrator's skin
What does the line 'insulin burned what his blood couldn't handle' suggest about the father's condition?
He had Type 2 diabetes
What is the significance of the line 'She later died of stroke'?
It suggests that Evelina's weight gain was a contributing factor to her stroke.
Explore the themes and use of imagery in the poems 'On Being Brought from Africa to America' by Phillis Wheatley and the excerpt from 'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker. Analyze the contrasting perspectives on race, identity, and cultural heritage presented in these works.
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