Wednesday, October 8, 2014

grandaddy cain is a tall and indépendant black farmer, who dont need no man

similes-
*"looks like a plastic spiderweb"
*"...it really looked like the crystal paper weight granny kept in the parlor"
*"like it poured cider into the vats..."

metaphors-
*"...granny was, making the cakes drunk"
*"...we aint a bunch of trees"
*"...camera lassoed to his shoulder was buzzin' our way"

allusions-
*"...the way bingo does when you yell at him about the bones on the kitchen floor"
*racial slur "aunty", which was directed towards granny
*the camera men where shooting film for a movie against food stamps

symbol-
when the female chicken hawk was nailed to the door, the male hawk came and tried to help her escape

1 comment:

  1. I'm not sure what "don't need no man" means. You might go further with the description of Granddaddy to include his strength: "he had motors in his hands and engines in his feet". Connect the symbol with Granny and Granddaddy Cain. Overall - good job!

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