Determine an Author’s Purpose An author’s purpose is his or her reason for writing. Asking two important questions about anything you read will help you understand the author’s purpose: • Why did the author write this? • What does the author expect me to learn or do? The topic and main idea may contain clues that will help you answer these questions and determine an author’s purpose. If the selection you are reading has a title‚ it too may provide clues. You can learn to recognize
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Summary of the book "Annie John" By: Jamaica Kinkaid. This book is a book of reality‚ a book of self-discovery. This is a book that you read and as you are reading it you can identify with the character‚ what he/she does and how she/he reacts to happenings around her/him. The story is set in and around the Dominican Republic‚ around the 1950-60’s. The main character in this book is Annie John‚ she is a black girl in a English ruled and own colony. She is a smart tall girl of an
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Selections from Annie John Jamaica Kincaid The passage entitled “Selections from Annie John” was written by Jamaica Kincaid. In this extract it tells of the life of a young girl and her relationship with her mother. It begins with her stating clearly how being with her mother was an important part of her life. This was followed by narrating the things they did together. She would help her admirable mother to cook and clean. She then goes into detail of what and how things were done in regards
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Literary Quotes of World Authors “I immediately said how much I loved this piece of cloth and how nice I thought it would look on us both‚ but my mother replied‚ “Oh‚ no. You are getting too old for that. It’s time you had your own clothes. You just cannot go around the rest of your life looking like a little me.” To say that I felt the earth swept away from under me would not be going too far.” “… but I was never able to wear my own dress or see my mother in hers without
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THE RED GIRL HOMEWORK: Why does Annie admire her so much? Annie finds the Red Girl much more interesting than Gwen and the other girls at school because she is their opposite. She is different (hair‚ dress…) and she can climb trees ‘better than any boy’. Her mother pretty much lets her do whatever she wants. What would Annie’s mother disapprove of? The RG takes a bath once a week‚ whereas AJ takes 2 baths every day. A’s mother would never let her walk around without shoes on‚ or without
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Paul Garcia Instructor: John Labella pagarci2@illinois.edu A Journey of Self-Realization Somewhere in the Caribbean‚ the narrator tells a story which describes her psychological changeover and talks about relationships of mother-daughter‚ racism‚ and education. ‘Annie John’ is an emotive story of a growing girl in Antigua. The novel was authored by Jamaica
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Throughout the novel Annie John‚ by Jamaica Kincaid the main protagonist constantly engages in volatile loyalties. Beginning in Antigua‚ Annie John grows up in this city‚ building a strong and powerful relationship based on trust with her mother during her childhood years. As time passes‚ Annie begins to feel the tensions between her mother and herself‚ noticing that the maternal love she used to receiving was slowly fading away. As Annie starts school‚ she turns to the creation of strong‚ yet interchangeable
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Annie John In the book Annie john‚ by Jamaica Kincaid‚ Annie John lives in a childhood paradise with her mother and herself until one moment causes it to come crashing to an end. When Annie’s mother no longer allows Annie and herself to buy matching dresses because of Annie’s coming of age‚ Annie’s world of paradise is lost. Annie’s mother and Annie begin to grow apart causing Annie to lose her strong reliance on her mother and realize her coming of age. Throughout the book‚ Annie struggles to let
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The relationship between the mother and daughter in Annie John is dynamic. The relationship in the beginning of the novel is positive and respected‚ but throughout the book Annie fights the idea that she and her mother are separate and different people. By the end of the book Annie realizes and accepts the idea and that it is true. In the second chapter‚ Annie says‚ "My mother and I often took a bath together. Sometimes it was just a plain bath‚ which did not take very long. Other times it was a
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