On Toni Morrison's Nobel Prize Speech

Welcome to the newest class of AP students!

This will be your first chance to practice a journal entry. No, you don't have to answer every question below, but here are some questions to guide your thinking.

What IS this thing? What is the point of view? Who is the old woman? What is the bird? What do you think this all means? What is confusing? What does this have to do with literature anyway? What kind of writing is this--formal, informal, a little of both? Why do you think Toni Morrison is giving this speech while accepting a prize for being an amazing writer? Who do you think she is talking to? Are there metaphors? Themes? Dialogue? How many KINDS of writing can you identify? What phrases or words struck you? What did you think the tone was? How about the mood? Did it change or was it the same throughout? Were there archtypes you recognized?

Unpack!

Lauren