Theme: a writer's central idea or main message about life.
The obvious theme in this book revolved around race, interracial dating, and society's view. The book also raises a topic many people try to avoid; it's the racism and prejudice that still rule people's thoughts and actions. Besides the interracial dating, racism is a topic most prominent in Jacqueline Woodson's novel. Ellie and Miah look beyond this and just see the affection and common interest they have with each other. Everyone else feels stationary almost like you can't possibly have a white person and a black person together because it just unbalances nature. "Ellie smiled, then leaned foward and kised him again. A black woman eyed them suspiciously...Jeremiah felt Ellie's hand close tighter around his own," pages 130-131. This is an example of how people react to them. The theme in this book is basically the challenge of loving someone outside of your 'group'.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
- Find two quotes in the book that identify racism as a theme in the book.
- Why is it ironic the way Anne reacted to Elli liking an African American?
If You Come Softly Poem
. If you come as softly
As the wind within the trees
You may hear what I hear
See what sorrow sees.
If you come as lightly
As threading dew
I will take you gladly
Nor ask more of you.
You may sit beside me
Silent as a breath
Only those who stay dead
Shall remember death.
And if you come I will be silent
Nor speak harsh words to you.
I will not ask you why now.
Or how, or what you do.
We shall sit here, softly
Beneath two different years
And the rich between us
Shall drink our tears.
.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Theme By: Kathleen
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