INRW 0302: Chapter 3 Discussion 1

Why is the panhandler “an unsettling omen” (51)?

GUST 0305: Chapter 3 Discussion

“I felt a crazy-making crosscurrent of emotions whenever I stepped onto campus. Every time I looked around at the buildings and the trees and the view of the river, I was reminded of the sacrifices my mother was making to keep me there. And every time I looked at my fellow students, I was reminded of how little I fit in” (52).

What is your reaction to this passage? How does your first day of college connect with this?

GUST 0305--Chapter 2 Discussion

“People often compared him with his fellow man of the cloth Archbishop Desmond Tutu, but of course that didn’t mean anything to me” (39).

Who is Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and what are the similarities between Tutu and Moore’s grandfather?

INRW 0302 Page 41 Discussion

What is the African Diaspora (41) and what is the inference being made here?

INRW 0302: Chapter 2--page 36

On page 36, the author says his mother “slept on the couch, listening, waiting, protecting.”

What was she listening for? What was she waiting for? And, what was she protecting?