EN286 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Maya Angelou, Papyrus 66
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Melinda"s english class is analyzing a book o o o. The book they are analyzing has the similar scenes as speak Parallel - the text within the text and the story we are reading. Significance - rachel"s perception of melinda is changing, she is sympathetic to it. The text is inviting us to do the work that they are doing in english class. Seeds and trees (things on the cover), through the discussion of school mascot. School mascot - they have no identity, it keeps changing. Reveals about melinda - she is not going to let identity be imposed by other people, instead she will find it herself. P66 - she is in lab class with david, she has a memory that has to do with apples from childhood. Melinda is narrating the story but she is also living in the story.
