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Jesmyn WardA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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Short Answer
1. Read the epigraph to Salvage the Bones from Outkast’s “Da Art of Storytellin’ (Part 1)” and think about its message regarding youth and growing up. Choose a lyric from a song that encapsulates your dreams for the future. Why did you choose these lyrics?
Teaching Suggestion: This question orients the student to the novel’s themes of Renewal and Re-Birth. The characters in Salvage the Bones share the same dreams and aspirations as any other young people, but they face extraordinary social and economic challenges that increase the danger of drug addiction, poverty, and incarceration.
2. What do you know about Hurricane Katrina? How did racism and poverty exacerbate the natural disaster and the societal breakdown that followed?
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