Critical Interpretations - Themes and other

Question 1

1982, Black women face more discrimination than white women and the darker your skin, the more discrimination you face

Answer 1

Alice Walker on Intersectional feminism and colourism

Question 2

‘You are made vividly aware of the intellectual Negro temperament of the barriers between Blacks and Whites’

Answer 2

Mary True

Question 3

‘The novel is more about class than it is about race’

Answer 3

Ann Joyce

Question 4

‘Larsen’s protagonists assume false identities that ensure social survival but result in social suicide’

Answer 4

Wall

Question 5

‘Gatsbyesque ascedance into the upper-echelons of white society’

Answer 5

Jennifer Brody

Question 6

‘The American Dream is an enigma’

Answer 6

Rodrigues

Question 7

Alice Walker on Intersectional feminism and colourism

Answer 7

1982, Black women face more discrimination than white women and the darker your skin, the more discrimination you face

Question 8

Mary True

Answer 8

‘You are made vividly aware of the intellectual Negro temperament of the barriers between Blacks and Whites’

Question 9

Ann Joyce

Answer 9

‘The novel is more about class than it is about race’

Question 10

Wall

Answer 10

‘Larsen’s protagonists assume false identities that ensure social survival but result in social suicide’

Question 11

Jennifer Brody

Answer 11

‘Gatsbyesque ascedance into the upper-echelons of white society’

Question 12

Rodrigues

Answer 12

‘The American Dream is an enigma’