RACE/ETHNIC

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Mind Map on RACE/ETHNIC, created by Chen on 02/04/2014.
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RACE/ETHNIC
  1. FUGITIVE PIECES- Anne Michaels
    1. AO1
      1. Memory and Trauma
        1. Good vs Evil
          1. Victims (good) and perpertrators (evil)
        2. A03
          1. History (Carol Ann Duffy)
            1. Both protagonists address traumatic events, such as, wars
            2. Map-Woman (Carol Ann Duffy
              1. Both attempt to eradicate true self i.e. due to racial struggle (Jakob)
              2. Light Gatherer (Carol Ann Duffy)
                1. Jakob's love and admiration for his partners replicate Duffy's love for her daughter Ella
              3. AO2
                1. Non-linear structure
                  1. Poetic prose
                    1. Imagery
                    2. A04
                      1. 1941-1945 The Holocaust
                    3. THE BLUEST EYE- Toni Morrison
                      1. AO1
                        1. Sexual initiation and abuse
                          1. Whiteness as a standard of beauty
                            1. Desire for 'blue eyes'- misconceptions of beauty
                            2. A02
                              1. Fragmentary style
                                1. Imagery represents destruction of black stereotypes
                                  1. Metaphors, such as, whiteness being associated with cleanliness and beauty
                                  2. A04
                                    1. The 'doll test'
                                      1. Out of 19 young black children 47% believe the white doll was prettier than the black doll.
                                        1. 'Black children develop perceptions about their race'
                                      2. A03
                                        1. Map-Woman (Carol Ann Duffy)
                                          1. Both protagonists want to reject their 'roots'; Pecola does not want to be black.
                                          2. The Colour Purple (Alice Walker)
                                            1. 'you pore, you black, you ugly' references to the idea that being of a different race determines your beauty. These insults are mainly referencing Celie's appearance.
                                        2. 'IHAVE A DREAM'- Martin Luther King
                                          1. A01
                                            1. Freedom for oppressed blacks
                                              1. Racial discrimination
                                                1. Civil Rights Movement
                                                  1. Racial conflict/harmony
                                                    1. Aftermath of black slavery
                                                    2. A02
                                                      1. Positive lexis 'hope' 'justice' gives blacks hope for the future
                                                        1. Negative lexis 'captivity' 'exile' describe past and present (at the time) for balcks
                                                          1. Repetition to emphasise that there is no change 'one hundred years later'
                                                            1. Metaphors e.g. 'a bad check' references to unfulfilled promises.
                                                              1. Imagery
                                                              2. A03
                                                                1. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
                                                                  1. Both address black injustice
                                                                  2. Loud (Carol Ann Duffy)
                                                                    1. Shows the effect that opression has on voice
                                                                  3. A04
                                                                  4. LONG WALK TO FREEDOM- Nelson Mandela
                                                                    1. A03
                                                                      1. 'I Have A Dream'- Martin Luther King
                                                                        1. Acknowledges that this racial struggle is a journey to gaining hope.
                                                                      2. A02
                                                                        1. Negative lexis 'not' portrays struggle
                                                                          1. Long sentences connote Mandela's need to vent his frustration
                                                                          2. A04
                                                                            1. Mandela's imprisonment
                                                                              1. Criminal offence for interracial relations
                                                                                1. 1948-1994 Apartheid in South Africa
                                                                                2. AO1
                                                                                  1. Racial inequality
                                                                                    1. Black submission
                                                                                      1. Black ideology
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