Unit 8 : Contemporary
Topics/Questions:
-What is Morrison saying about the issues of good and evil in this novel?
-Compare Morrison’s ideas with those of Conrad and Melville. How do the characters in the novel respond to social conventions/expectations?
-How does the narrative about Shadrack and “National Suicide Day” frame the novel? Explore the idea of sacrifice in the novel.
-Examine the aftermath of World War I in the novel and compare it to poetry we have studied as well as Regeneration.
