Ralph Ellison
"A Party Down at the Square"
1
Jed says, "we’re just one hundred percent American." Explain the social and cultural context of this story and discuss how this story can be read as a social critique or political commentary.
2
Explain how diction is used to construct the character of the narrator, his personality, and his point of view. Why did Ellison choose this point of view for this story?
3
How does the plane incident work to suggest or develop Ellison's themes?
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