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on January 31, 2021

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Writing Diverse Characters > We Cannot Create What We Cannot Imagine

“Study the Masters” - poem by Lucille Clifton Lucille Clifton like my aunt timmie. it was her iron, or one like hers, that smoothed the sheets the master poet slept on. home or hotel, what matters is he lay himself down on her handiwork and dreamed. she dreamed too, words: some cherokee, some masai and some huge and particular as hope. if you had heard her chanting as she ironed you would understand form and line and discipline and order and america. How does this poem help us elaborate on the theme "We cannot create what we cannot imagine"?

Writing Diverse Characters > Character Review

How we are taught to build a character? We will begin with a list. Protagonist Antagonist dynamic or round character stock or flat character Character as-- desire description or image voice action thought presented by the author conflict characters in relationship to one another inner life social life public life We are also told to consider: values and morality education mental abilities health Age Nationality Race Occupation Gender religion Sexuality ability Class and economic status

Writing Diverse Characters > Study the Masters

Today we are going to explore Toni Cade Bambara's story War of the Wall from her collection Gorilla My Love . We are going to identify how the protagonist's [and other characters'] identity is essential to the the 'plot' of the story. Consider how Bambara uses the intersectional identities of characters in the story to entice the reader and enhance the plot. What do we notice about Bambara's protagonists? Pay considerable attention to the symbols and illusions that reflect the characters' identities. How does Bambara employ these symbols and illusions in order to further illustrate the content of this story? "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara is another great example for exploring intersectional character composition.

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