BCCC Angie Cruzs Soledad and Assata Shakers Book Discussion

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Angie Cruz’s Soledad

• What do the different urban spaces in the book (the East Village) and (Washington Heights) represent to Soledad?
• What are Soledad’s feelings toward her family and the neighborhood and how do they change? (Spoiler: they do)
• Think about what changes we see in Soledad’s relationship with her family–especially her mother. Has it changed and how? 
• Highlight/underline key passages in the book that show this and mark the page numbers in your notebook
• Think about how Soledad feels about Washington Heights, her culture, and the Dominican Republic at the end of the book. 
• Has that changed and how?
•  Again, marks key passages
• What tensions are there between old school Dominican culture and the different strands of US culture?
• Read the last few pages of the conclusion slowly and carefully. What happens?

Assata

• Assata’s poems: What do they add to the narrative?
•  What insight do they give you about Assata’s inner thoughts?
• What spaces/ neighborhoods does she move through?
•  Note them and how each of them either shapes the story and what it means to Assata.
• Keep track of major themes that emerge in the story as you read. 
• It’s a good idea to mark examples of them in the text and make a small note in your notebook.