AP Lit
Annie John RJ
1. As
you read, keep in mind the aspects of post-colonialism we discussed in
class. Make note of important details, questions, or literary devices that connect to those ideas.
2. How
is the parent-child struggle between power and lack of power extended
to other conflicts in the novel? Make note of the different places
you see struggle for power, the ways it is achieved,
lost, etc. Who has the power and who
does not?
3. How does identity work in this
novel? When does Annie discover she has an identity separate from her
mother? How does she assert it? What implications does Kincaid’s
choice to use a bildungsroman have on the novel as a whole?
4. As
Kincaid tells the story, she relates it as an expulsion from Paradise.
What was the original expulsion from Paradise? Who was expelled and
why? What do the references to Lucifer and Paradise Lost indicate to you?
5. Make note of the many references to sexuality. How do these details contribute to Kincaid’s point?
6. By
the end of the book, Annie has rejected every aspect of her home and
childhood: “As I was lying there my heart could have burst open with
joy at the thought of never having to see any of it again.” Is this
sort of rejection an inevitable part of growing up? Is Annie’s
hostility and rejection unusually extreme? If so, why?
COME
TO CLASS HAVING PUT THOUGHT INTO ALL OF THE
QUESTIONS. COME WITH SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS OR PARTS OF YOUR READING JOURNAL TO DISCUSS. KNOW WHAT YOU
NEED TO GET FROM CLASS DISCUSSION IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THIS NOVEL.
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