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A Raisin in the Sun

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  Link to "Harlem" poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46548/harlem Below are links that would function as strong outside sources: http://www.umich.edu/~eng217/student_projects/araisininthesun/historicalcontext.html http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/literary-criticism/36902365/somewhat-like-war-aesthetics-segregation-black-liberation-and-r aisin-sunhttp://lifeofannekathrin.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/race-in-a-raisin-in-the-sun.pdf http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=45950 http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=62331 You can look through these links to see if any may be useful for your paper: https://www.google.com/#q=a+raisin+in+the+sun+scholarly+articles this link will explain how to quote and cite a play in your paper: http://libguides.pstcc.edu/content.php?pid=24540&sid=1751573 American Dream: https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/raisin-sun-quest-american-dream https://www.huntingtontheatre.org/articles/A-Raisin-in-the-Sun/A-Dream-Realize

"A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"

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  More on "A Good Man is Hard to Find": http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/a-moment-of-grace-in-flannery-oconnors-a-good-man-is-hard-to-find/ https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/flannery-oconnors-good-man-hard-find-whos-real-misfit https://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/03/25/readers-den-flannery-oconnor-good-man-hard-find http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=9&sid=7a0d2f82-11ba-4046-80b7-8b3557846338%40sessionmgr4002&hid=4214 Links on Southern Culture: http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/regionalism.html http://edsitement.neh.gov/launchpad-flannery-oconnors-journey-through-the-south Folow this link for a collection of links about the story: http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/O’Connor.htm http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=7a0d2f82-11ba-4046-80b7-8b3557846338%40sessionmgr4002&vid=11&hid=4214 http://commons.pacificu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=casfac http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/607/784 http://scholar.l

"Girl" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"

 'Girl" http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1430005205&v=2.1&u=fitsuny&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w&asid=fe5691927b646b2a07de5a8f86ad1734 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHr1HYW0mKE https://apostrosea.com/2017/07/11/analysis-of-girls-by-jamaica-kincaid-1978-feminism-with-a-dash-of-race/ http://panmore.com/analysis-jamaica-kincaid-girl https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03626784.2016.1236658?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=rcui20 "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" A Psychological Analysis of Connie:  A Feminist Viewpoint of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” http://home.mindspring.com/~blkgrnt/footlights/foot66.html Background Info: http://www.philjohn.com/papers/pjkd_ga15.html The story was based on Charles Schmid, the Pied Piper of Tucson: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/schmid/sand_1.html http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-12-20/news/17941422_1_pied-piper-french-killings

The Lottery and The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

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  The Lottery  Articles on tradition: This article discusses how different cultures address death: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/19/local/la-me-0819-lopez-dyingwell-20120819 This link discusses American Culture: http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/american_culture.htm Here is a link to what The Bible has to say about culture: http://www.openbible.info/topics/traditions This is an interesting look at how different cultures have different traditions when it comes to childcare: http://alphamom.com/parenting/interesting-parenting-traditions-from-different-cultures/ Somebody made a short movie based on the story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV03h3XWTDU Criticism: http://home.netwood.net/kosenko/jackson.html http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Jackson.htm GROUPTHINK: http://www.psysr.org/about/pubs_resources/groupthink%20overview.htm http://www.abacon.com/commstudies/groups/groupthink.html http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/theory/grpthink.html http://boingboing.net/2014/08/05/ho

"Sonny's Blues" and "A Pair of Tickets"

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  " Sonny's Blues" Outside sources for Baldwin: http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap10/baldwin.html  h ttp://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/specials/baldwin.html?scp=3&sq=james%20baldwin&st=cse Baldwin sources: http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Baldwin.htm History of Harlemhttp://www.harlemheritage.com/history-of-harlem/ http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/harlem-renaissance http://www.history.com/topics/harlem-renaissance Below is the Bible scripture that Baldwin refers to: “The cup of trembling” 22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over THESE QUESTIONS ARE JUST MEANT FOR