Thursday, October 10, 2013

EWRT1A-30: Reading Response 3

Reading Response 3
Alice Walker “In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens”
Choose one or come up with your own focus.

 1. According to what Walker shows in this essay, what are some of the forces that hinder people from being true to their own identities? Use specific examples to demonstrate a larger theme.

2. What does Walker’s essay show us about how people are able to find their own identities? What do people need? Use specific examples to demonstrate a larger theme.


3. This essay is full of artists. Using some of these artists as examples, what does Walker’s essay show you about the possible function(s) of art? In other words, what does this essay teach us about the purpose of art?

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