March 24 E "Man Of All work"

Aim: Why is it important that Henry and Lily seem so much alike?
Do Now:  Think about what you would learn from this imaginary experience: 
You wake up and discover you have caught a virus that changed you back into a six-year-old child.  The virus lasts for one week.   Then, just as instantly, a week later, you'd be changed back to your current age. What would you have learned during that week that might make you a wiser and more interesting person?

Focus on:
1. Why does Carl think nobody would detect that he is both male and Black? - What is he saying about society?
2. What kind of an impression does Carl aka Lucy make on the Fairchilds?
3. Who suspects Lucy isn't who she seems to be?
4. Does Mrs. Fairchild like Lucy?
5. Does Mr. Fairchild like Lucy?
6. What happened to Bertha?

« Man of all Work » by Richard Wright (Worksheet 1, pages 117-139)

Directions: Compose a two-sentence response to each question in your best written English.  You may email your work or write it on loose-leaf. 

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subject line: Man of all Work Worksheet 1 ———Band

1. Why does Carl get out of bed?
2. How does the author use characterization to give the reader a sense of the kind of person Carl is?
3. Describe Lucy and how the author uses characterization to give the reader an impression of her?
4. Why did Lucy lose her job and what is the author, Richard Wright, trying to get the reader to think about?
5. Why did Lucy threaten to leave Carl and the children if he applied for the job in the newspaper?
6. What do Lily and Henry have in common?
7. Carl says, « I look just like a million black women cooks.  Who looks that close at us colored people anyhow? » What is Richard Wright saying through Carl?
8. Why did Mr. Fairchild lie to his wife when she asked him « How does she look? How old is she? » (page 128)
9. Why is it funny when Lily says to « Lucy » — My, you’re pretty. (page 129)
10. Why is it even funnier when Lily says to her mother, « I like Lucy.  She’s big and strong. » [p132]
11. How does Mr. Fairchild’s observation about Lily’s appetite [page 132] relate to Carl’s observation about Tina’s appetite?
12. What is the story of « Little Red Riding Hood? » and what are the famous lines repeated by Red?
13. Which room in the Fairchild house does Mrs. Fairchild call him to?
14. Why does Mrs. Fairchild need to warn « Lucy »
15. How does Lily’s talk about her castle reassure Carl [page 139]