Talley's Folly | Topics for Further Study
Research Lithuania, Latvia, Prussia, and the Ukraine, particularly their political status during and just after World War I. Why does Matt, speaking in 1944, feel so bitter about his family’s homelands?
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Matt makes a casual reference to a ‘‘Negro private’’ with whom he played checkers. Trace the history of the word ‘‘Negro’’ through the late nineteenth century and the twentieth century in the United States. What emotional and political weight did the term...
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