Pretty Like a White Boy: The Adventures of a Blue Eyed Ojibway"
Drew Hayden Taylor
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Pretty Like a White Boy: The Adventures of a Blue Eyed Ojibway"
Drew Hayden Taylor
1. How does the author successfully "hook” his readers into wanting to continue to read past the first paragraph? Provide two (2) examples from the text as evidence.
2.What are the two cultural identities between which the author seems to be trying to find a balance? What is his solution to this problem?
3. Underline/highlight instances where the author uses humour. Circle any stereotypes the author brings up. Select three of these and explain the stereotype and/or humour involved with each.
4. Identify 2 rhetorical devices that the author uses to convey his message. Explain the effectiveness of each device.
5.Stereotypes can often blind people. Defend this statement by selecting and explaining two quotations from the text as support and explain them.
6. If you're not careful, all you'll get is drunk Indians”,says a cab driver to his fare. Another cab driver said in response to the Oka crisis that, “If it were me, I'd have tear-gassed the place by the second day. No more problem." Describe your reaction to ONE of these statements if you were sitting in the car and heard it.
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