Question:
What is America and its view of freedom (or what is an American)?
What does it mean to be an American and what does freedom mean in America?
Tag: AmeRican
Discuss the act of leaving home. How do the authors in any of the four selections this week describe this? What struggles and victories are revealed? Give examples from the text.
Leaving Home, Starting Anew
READ: Ahmad, D. (Ed.) (2019). The Penguin Book of Migration literature. New York: Penguin/Random House
“An Honest Exit” by Dinaw Mengestu p. 69
“AmeRican” by Tato Laviera p. 237
“Green” by Sefi Atta p. 240
“A Conversation” by Pauline Kaldas p. 251
After reading the four stories,:
1-Discuss the act of leaving home. How do the authors in any of the four selections this week describe this? What struggles and victories are revealed? Give examples from the text.
2-Read both Tato Laviera’s bio and his poem “AmeRican.” How does the poet reveal both pride and “our own way of life” (p. 238, line 49)? Give examples from the text. TATO’s BIO:
3-Lastly, choose any of the readings to answer the following: What were they seeking? Give examples from the text.