Social Science

You must write 3 full pages, single spaced analysis of Cereum Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo.

You must minimally analyze the novel using at least 4 concepts found in 4 of the class readings. You will examine the novel by engaging the themes of dislocation, exile, and loss, as well as survival, invention, and innovation....keep scrolling down for specific questions to consider. THIS ESSAY SHOULD BE AN ANALYSIS AND NOT A MERE SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL.  DO NOT MERELY ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ONE BY ONE - YOU NEED TO WRITE A COHERENT ESSAY.   YOU MAY WANT TO BEGIN WITH ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS ONE AT A TIME AND CONNECT THEM TO THE VARIOUS CONCEPTS WITHIN THE CLASS READINGS - BUT THEN REORGANIZE IT AFTERWARDS INTO A COHERENT ESSAY. Questions to consider: 1)  What are the central issues regarding race, class, gender, and sexuality presented in the text? 2)  What is the relationship between colonial violence and other kinds of violence presented in the text? 3)  How do the characters negotiate the various traumas they experience? 4)  How are the themes of dislocation, exile, and loss articulated within the text? 5)  How are the themes of survival, invention, and innovation articulated within the text?