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  What about the colors are meaningful in "The Sky is Gray"? How is the title significant?

  Posted by slamber1@gmail.com on Nov 30, 2009 at 08:01 PM

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  What is the generational conflict in the story "The Sky Is Gray" by Ernest J. Gaines?

  Posted by anita87 on May 12, 2009 at 06:40 AM

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  What are some historical markers that influence the plot?

  Posted by bthames on Apr 29, 2009 at 11:00 AM

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  Would you say James is a man in the story "The Sky is Gray"? Why or why not?

  Posted by mrdorsey09 on Feb 17, 2009 at 09:41 PM

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  Contrast the nurse’s behavior toward James and Octavia with the old lady’s treatment of them . What is the significance of this contrast?

  Posted by jzldy101 on Nov 26, 2008 at 03:45 PM

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  What is the difference between the old lady and Octavia in "The Sky is Gray"?

  Posted by mj6 on Nov 25, 2008 at 12:39 PM

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  In "The Sky is Gray", why does the old lady ask James to take the garbage can out when there is no trash in it?

  Posted by jzldy101 on Nov 25, 2008 at 12:25 PM

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   Describe the factors that could affect the accuracy of these eyewitness perceptions?

  Posted by jzldy101 on Oct 31, 2008 at 01:23 PM

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  What is The signifcance of Ernest Gaines setting "The Sky is Gray" during World War II?

  Posted by jzldy101 on Oct 29, 2008 at 02:01 PM

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  In "The Sky is Gray" by Erines Graines how would you describe the young man in the dentist's office?

  Posted by bebee on Oct 16, 2008 at 05:51 AM

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  What does Gaines establish by using the eight-year old boy, James, as the narrator who tells the story in the present tense and in his own dialect?

  Posted by islandspice on Oct 7, 2008 at 05:21 PM