19-21 Flashcards
Sound devices that express ambivalence for narrator feels about woman?
Alliteration, rhyme
Asyndeton used to show building panic?
He expects the ppl to stop him bc in the south he would’ve been killed for it.
Y is there resentment from narrator to Johnny Dollar?
He left Harlem and moved downtown
How did Clifton choose his escape from Hist?
Selling sambo dolls w/o license
How does author use irony to show Clifton has fallen?
It was unlike him
Narrator realizing significance of leadership?
2 boys stole candy being chased by someone. narrator thot about stopping him but a lady does.
How do images show angry pride of crowd?
The crowd is full of unbared heads.
Y is the narrator envious of the old man?
The old man has it all figured out. Narrator does not.
How could an old slave song have such power?
It is put in a way to where the song is used in the funeral.
Is the peanut vendor an allusion to Christ on the cross?
It’s like how Jesus died on the cross, the way he is posed.
What does the narrator mean when he says that everyone at the funeral is in the box with Todd Clifton?
Harlem is not safe for blacks.
Is there any sign that the narrator is learning that he is dealing with ppl rather than a people?
He views ppl tht need a better life
Setting contradict woman’s tone?
Foreshadowing of events with the narrator.
