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White Angel

White Angel . Michael Cunningham. Initial discussion . Share your MVPs for this story. Explain why you chose this passage as your MVP. . Objects and Symbols. Identify quotes where Cunningham writes about doors, windows, planes, flying, and winged creatures.

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White Angel

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  1. White Angel Michael Cunningham

  2. Initial discussion • Share your MVPs for this story. Explain why you chose this passage as your MVP.

  3. Objects and Symbols • Identify quotes where Cunningham writes about doors, windows, planes, flying, and winged creatures. • Discuss the role these objects/symbols play in the story.

  4. Culture and context • Share the lyrics from the songs you listened to for homework. • Discuss the roles music and historical time period play in the story.

  5. Relationships Describe the characters and their relationships. Consider the relationship between: • Carlton and Bobby • The father and Carlton; the father and Bobby • The mother and Carlton; the mother and Bobby • The mother and father • Carlton and his girlfriend

  6. Character motivation • What does Carlton want? • What does Bobby, at age 9, want? • What does Bobby, the adult, want? Why does he write the story?

  7. Themes • What themes or archetypes does Cunningham’s explore in this story?

  8. Postmodernism • What makes this a postmodern text? • How does the postmodern condition or perspective connect to the themes of the story?

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