Literature

1. Read the two excerpts below. Explain how Celie feels about Shug. How do you know? (Copy / underline the words). She finds her very beautiful, more beautiful than her mother and her self. - The most beautiful woman I ever saw. She more pretty then my mama. She bout ten thousand times more prettier then me. She really wants to see her and likes to look at her. - Lord, I wants to go so bad. Not to dance. Not to drink. Not to play card. Not even to hear Shug Avery sing. I just be thankful to lay eyes on her. 2. Now look at these 2 clips (The Color Purple, 1985): What would you say about Shug’s ‘feelings’ towards Celie? Please explain. I love the way Miss Celie and Shug came together. Shut taught her to value herself and dream beyond her situation.

1. Describe – in your own words – what the poem is about. Explain what happens The poem is about a boy that wants to go downtown, but his mom don't find it a good idea because she is afraid for the dogs, guns and jails. But he won't be alone.The mother thinks it is a better idea that he goes to church. When he walked outside to the choir, her mother heard a explotion. She raced to the streets of Birmingham and called for her child but, the only thing that she founds was a shoe of her son.   Look up another poem that covers (in)equality. Be selective. Don’t just choose any poem. Choose the one that appeals to you most. It may also be from a different point of view. Smelling of sweet resin the Aleppo pines’ shadows grow taller by the hour. Two identical twin boys chase each other through the shadows, the one who’s ten minutes older yelling, I’m gonna kill you while the younger one laughs, Kill me, kill me if you can! Day by day these teatime mortars keep pecking at the