Mom Lubby Flashcards
Who is the narrator in Mom Luby and the Social Worker?
Elijah
Why did Mom Luby have to lie and what was the lie?
in order to get the help she needs from the system in order to take care of the foster children. She also pays off the police to keep her speakeasy running so that she can care for the children.
What lie did Mom Luby intend to tell the agents at the welfare office?
Mom Luby lied about being the mother of the children in order to receive state aid.
Who is Mom Luby?
An elderly woman who is as strong as any young woman.
She has white hair and false teeth.
She runs a speakeasy in the back room of her house.
She fosters two young children.
She is a midwife, herb doctor and ordained minister of the Gospel.
She’s a very productive woman who helps the people in her community.
She is very proud.
Who is Miss Rushmore?
She works at the Department of Child Welfare, Bureau of Family Assistance.
She is very thorough in her investigation of Mom Luby.
She is awed by Mom Luby’s productivity.
What is Puddin’s real name?
Arlethia
What is/are the theme (themes) of this story?
love, responsibility, kindness, bureaucracy, connection, innocence and change
Who are the two children in the story?
Elijah and Puddin’
Setting
The United States of America between 1920-1933, during the time of the Prohibition in the United States.
Prohibition in the United States was a national ban on the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1919 to 1933. The dry movement was led by rural Protestants in both political parties and was coordinated by the Anti-Saloon League.
Point of View?
Narrative Point of View is the way events in the story are seen through the eyes of the person who narrates the story.
Satire
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of…a play, novel, film, or other work that uses satire.
Satire is a literary device that uses wit or irony to expose and ridicule a human weakness. The inefficiency of bureaucratic procedures is satirized in this story.
Irony
signals a difference between the appearance of things and reality. For instance, an “Ironic statements (verbal irony) often convey a meaning exactly opposite from their literal meaning.
What does Mom Lubby run?
A speakeasy
Speakeasy
illicit liquor shop during prohibition times
What impression does the story create about the welfare system in America?
The welfare system is very slow. and lacks care and consideration for the children. The irony in the story is that Mom Lubby is able to take better care of two little children than the State agency that is assigned to do so. This is because she can get more accomplished in two hours, to benefit them, than the agency can accomplish in two years with their most motivated agent.
