"Sonny's Blues" and Soul

 

"Sonny's Blues"

Outside sources for Baldwin:

http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/big-picture-small-picture-context-for-james-baldwins-sonnys-blues/

http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap10/baldwin.html

 http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/specials/baldwin.html?scp=3&sq=james%20baldwin&st=cse

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Baldwin.htm

https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1016&context=fgv

https://discover.hubpages.com/literature/Sonnys-Blues-by-James-Baldwin-A-Critical-Analysis

https://discover.hubpages.com/literature/Sonnys-Blues-by-James-Baldwin-A-Critical-Analysis

https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/david.brenner/engl2327/course-materials-read-and-re-read-religiously/copy_of_argument-research-termpaper-essay/sample-essays-ideological-critical-analysis/sample-essay-a-on-james-baldwin-story/at_download/file

https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/EIUC/article/download/EIUC9696110175A/8460

https://medium.com/world-literature/surviving-and-suffering-ed3c3a94bc94

Harlem Information:

https://guides.loc.gov/harlem-renaissance

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/08/magazine/harlem-in-the-jazz-age.html?src=pm

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/negro-artist-and-racial-mountain/

https://bahai-library.com/buck_america-mosaic_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

Here are some links that may help: 

https://blog.pshares.org/big-picture-small-picture-context-for-james-baldwins-sonnys-blues/

https://pressbooks.online.ucf.edu/strategies/chapter/relating-the-conceptual-and-the-concrete/

https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=fgv

https://emmahportfolio.commons.gc.cuny.edu/critical-research-analysis-essay-draft/

https://www.thoughtco.com/analysis-sonnys-blues-by-james-baldwin-2990467

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"Magic Polish", "The TV" and The Truman Show

"The TV"

 >The New Yorker: "The TV" by Ben Loory – Clifford Garstang

Interview with the author of "Magic Polish"

Steven Millhauser | Superstition Review (asu.edu)

The Truman Show 

The Real Lesson of 'The Truman Show' - The Atlantic

The Truman Show movie review & film summary (1998) | Roger Ebert

[PDF] Reading 'The Truman Show' inside out | Semantic Scholar

Director Tries a Fantasy As He Questions Reality - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

"The Vedlt" and Nosedive

  https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200734/http://nerdclave.com/home/world-veldt-made/

 https://artifactsjournal.missouri.edu/2018/06/a-technological-invasion/

https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200734/http://nerdclave.com/home/world-veldt-made/

http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/02/21/the-veldt-by-ray-bradbury/

On Technology:

https://www.wya.net/op-ed/technology-taking-over/

https://campuspress.yale.edu/tribune/technology-is-taking-over-the-world-and-raising-public-concerns/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/01/18/technology-has-already-taken-over-90-of-the-jobs-humans-used-to-do/?sh=4c807d831bdd

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/15/rise-of-the-machines-has-technology-evolved-beyond-our-control-

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/03/technology-2

"A Good Man Is Hard to Find", "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" and Life of Pi

  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.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/old-WILLA/fall95/Haines.html

O'Connor reading the story and commentary:

http://www.openculture.com/2012/05/rare_1959_audio_flannery_oconnor_reads_a_good_man_is_hard_to_find.html

http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2011/jul/05/fresh-look-flannery-o-connor-cartoons

Four collections of essays provide a good range of criticism on O’Connor (These would be found in the Literary Criticism section of a book store or library):

1. The Added Dimension: The Art and Mind of Flannery O’Connor, edited by Melvin J. Friedman and Lewis A. Lawson (1966; rpt. Fordham University Press, 1977).

2. Critical Essays on Flannery O’Connor, edited by Melvin J. Friedman and Beverly Lyon Clark (Hall, 1985).

3. Flannery O’Connor, edited by Harold Bloom (Chelsea House, 1986).

4. Realist of Distances: Flannery O’Connor Revisited, edited by Karl-Heinz Westarp and Jan Nordby Gretlund (Aarhus, 1987).

The Misfit with the grandmother:

Taking the family to the woods:

The author:

"A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"

This is an article about the misuse of church funds:

https://news.sky.com/story/bishop-used-church-money-for-cattle-ranch-11299536

This is an article about villagers mistaking a sex doll for an angel:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/sex-toy-washes-indonesian-beach-locals-angel-article-1.2624725

Magical Realism:

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-magical-realism#quiz-0


https://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/resourcebank/definitions/


This article discusses "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" and magical realism:

http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/marquez.htm

Here is a list of fairytales that you may want to reference:

http://ivyjoy.com/fables/

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/


What makes a story a fairy tale?

http://www.voxmagazine.com/blog/2012/10/what-makes-a-fairy-tale/

Freudian Analysis of the story:

https://bradham.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/freudian-principles-explaining-a-very-old-man-with-enormous-wings/

"A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"

http://www.academia.edu/1000317/Marquezs_A_Very_Old_Man_with_Enormous_Wings_and_Bambaras_The_Lesson

http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Annotation?action=view&annid=12287

https://seanfoleyportfolio.weebly.com/a-very-old-man-with-enormous-wings.html

Author's Obit:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/books/gabriel-garcia-marquez-literary-pioneer-dies-at-87.html?_r=0

"The Lottery" , "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" amd The Village

 

"The Lottery" and "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"

 

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:
https://theconversation.com/group-think-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it-161697

https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/glossary/groupthink

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-groupthink-2795213

http://boingboing.net/2014/08/05/how-groupthink-gets-reality-ba.html?utm_content=buffer54149&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” 

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/13/opinion/david-brooks-the-child-in-the-basement.html?_r=0

http://www.tor.com/2015/11/19/ursula-k-le-guins-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-is-beautiful-in-map-form/

http://www.jeffersonflanders.com/2006/07/ursula-k-le-guins-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas/

http://www.teenink.com/reviews/book_reviews/article/133226/The-Ones-Who-Walk-Away-From-Omelas-by-Ursula-K-Le-Guin/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/25/688925/-

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/13/opinion/david-brooks-the-child-in-the-basement.html?_r=0

http://www.tor.com/2015/11/19/ursula-k-le-guins-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-is-beautiful-in-map-form/

http://www.jeffersonflanders.com/2006/07/ursula-k-le-guins-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas/

http://www.teenink.com/reviews/book_reviews/article/133226/The-Ones-Who-Walk-Away-From-Omelas-by-Ursula-K-Le-Guin/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/25/688925/-

The Village 

https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/sociologyofreligion/2017/12/17/religious-undertones-in-popular-film-a-critical-analysis-of-the-village/

https://www.vox.com/2015/9/11/9309749/the-village-shyamalan-good

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-village-2004

"Two Kinds", "Brave We Are" and The Namesake

  

Ted Talk Video:

 https://www.ted.com/talks/shivansh_srivastava_the_abcs_of_assimilation

Video about Italian American Immigrants:

https://www.thirteen.org/programs/the-italian-americans/italian-americans-assimilation/

Onion Video About Pop Culture (comedy):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YxJZffezM0

Video About "teaching tolerance" with Assimilation:

https://www.pbs.org/video/pov-american-promise-teaching-tolerance-assimilation-1/

Video from class on Tiger Moms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAel_qRfKx8

Articles on the immigrant experience:

https://theimmigrantstory.org/assimilation-and-nostalgia/

http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/179/exploring-the-american-immigrant-experience-through-literature

An article about what it means to be American:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/books/review/amy-chua-political-tribes.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth&region=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below


An Article about saying no to assimilation:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/29/us/a-fervent-no-to-assimilation-in-new-america.html

More on assimilation:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/education/edlife/international-students-find-the-american-dream-in-flint.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=http://m.facebook.com&_r=0

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/on-assimilationists-and-nativists/

Articles about choosing names for children born in America to new Americans:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/opinion/sunday/for-muslim-americans-baby-aidan-or-baby-muhammad.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=http://m.facebook.com&_r=0

https://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/88_donna.html

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/education/edlife/international-students-find-the-american-dream-in-flint.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=http://m.facebook.com&_r=0

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/the-great-assimilation-debate/

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/douthat-when-the-assimilation-of-immigrants-stalls.html

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/07/garden/l-benefits-of-assimilation-229202.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?pagewanted=all

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/right-there-in-black-and-white-identity-assimilation-and-the-resume/?_r=0

Clink on this link for articles about food and culture:

https://www.google.com/#q=cultural+importance+of+food

These links would help with the issues in "Two Kinds" also:

Here is a link that talks about assimilation into American/other cultures.

http://m.nydailynews.com/life-style/children-tiger-moms-european-american-moms-differ-article-1.1798300

http://www.asian-nation.org/assimilation.shtml

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2673184?uid=3739808&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21104040633247

http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/edu/89/3/433/

http://jbd.sagepub.com/content/29/6/505.short

Interviews with Amy Tan (author of "Two Kinds")

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/travel/amy-tans-evolving-sense-of-china.html?hpw&rref=travel&_r=0&referrer=

https://www.npr.org/2017/10/17/558295524/-i-am-full-of-contradictions-novelist-amy-tan-on-fate-and-family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COVE8t4vvfo

https://www.the-american-interest.com/2007/05/01/a-conversation-with-amy-tan/

Here is a link to the PBS website that discusses “New Americans”:

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/

Here is a link that is specific to people living in new Jersey:

http://www.newamericansnj.org/

Http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?pagewanted=all

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/melt0525a.htm

Here is an article entitled: “Why They Won’t Assimilate”:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/05/why_they_wont_assimilate.html

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President Obama’s speech about in which he discusses the American dream and what it means to us today.

http://raleightelegram.com/20120125624

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/assimilation-and-nativism-cont/

http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/dmessinger/c_c/rsrcs/rdgs/peers_social_general/Varela_etal_2004.pdf

The psychological definition:

http://psychology.about.com/od/aindex/g/assimilation.htm