Jan 1, 2010

Jacob Have I Loved | Ideas for Reports and Papers

1. In her Newbery Medal acceptance speech, Paterson states that she had to violate one of her own rules to write Jacob Have I Loved: "I have always sworn that I would never write a book in the first person. It is too limiting, too egotistical. And yet, the book refused any voice but Louise's." What do you think Paterson means by saying that first-person narration is too limiting, too egotistical? How does Paterson overcome these difficulties by using Louise's retrospective first-person narration?

2. Write a paper that explores the use of symbols, such as Rass Island or the...