- 29 Mar, 2021
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MAMA DAY
MAMA DAY by Gloria Naylor
At one point in the novel, Mama Day says “A man should have starch in him, especially a colored man. There’s too much out there to mow him down permanent if he ain’t got the where-with-all to spring back.”
What does she mean by this phrase?
Do you find it to be true? If so, why?
Give examples where a man demonstrates starch inside the novel. Identify the three men in the novel who show starch and how do they demonstrate it (Identify 3). Identify 2 men we studied outside the novel who show starch and how they demonstrate it (Identify 2 from the list below).
(Bonus points if the men outside the novel are men we studied in class.)
6 Reference citations (3-4 from textbook Mama Day and 2-3 from other sources.
Men we studied:
Kurt Vonnegut, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Booker T Washington, Langston Hughes, and W.E.B DuBois
The paper can be freshman-level work.