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exit ticket: paulines past
directions: read and annotate the excerpt from the bluest eye and answer the questions using full par.
\soon she stopped trying to keep her own house. the things she could afford to buy did not last, had no beauty or style, and were absorbed by the dingy storefront. more and more she neglected her house, her children, her man—they were like the afterthoughts one has just before sleep, the early-morning and late-evening edges of her day, the dark edges that made the daily life with the fishers lighter, more delicate, more lovely. here she could arrange things, clean things, line things up in neat rows. here her foot tapped around on deep pile carpets and there was no uneven sound. here she found beauty order, cleanliness\ (127)

1. what theme does the quote above capture?

a. racism has made it impossible to escape poverty, leading those within the black community to hate the white community.
b. internalizing white standards leads people to develop impossible fantasies that cause them to resent reality.
c. intergenerational racism often begins in the workplace because of the unequal power dynamic at work.
d. one should sacrifice their self-love for the comfort that comes with conforming to white standards.

1. in the passage above, morrison uses:

a. personification to emphasize the dehumanization of pauline
b. simile to highlight the fantasy pauline escapes into when at work
c. metaphor to criticize the fishers (her employers) and their racist treatment
d. olfactory imagery to juxtapose her feelings at work and at night.

1. pauline feels all of the following emotions when working at the fishers home except:

a. pride
b. calmness
c. relief
d. outrage
as used in the second sentence, \dingy\ most closely means
a. neglectful and abusive
b. dirty and run-down
c. old, but beautiful
d. hateful, but necessary

Explanation:

Question 1

To determine the theme, analyze each option:

• Option a: The quote doesn't mention hatred towards the white community. Eliminate.
• Option b: The text shows Pauline neglecting her home (reality) and finding comfort in the Fishers' home (fantasy from internalizing white standards), leading to resenting her own reality. This matches.
• Option c: The quote doesn't discuss intergenerational racism or workplace power dynamics. Eliminate.
• Option d: The quote shows she finds comfort in white standards but doesn't say to sacrifice self - love. Eliminate.

Analyze the literary devices:

• Option a: Personification gives human traits to non - human things; the passage doesn't do this. Eliminate.
• Option b: A simile uses "like" or "as". The quote has "they were like afterthoughts...", highlighting the fantasy (Fishers' home) she escapes into at work. This fits.
• Option c: Metaphor is a direct comparison; the passage uses a simile, not a metaphor. Eliminate.
• Option d: Olfactory imagery relates to smell; the passage doesn't use this. Eliminate.

From the quote, at the Fishers' home, Pauline arranges things neatly, finds beauty, order, and cleanliness. This gives her pride (in her work), calmness, and relief. Outrage is anger, and there's no indication of anger. So the emotion she does not feel is outrage.

Answer:

b. Internalizing white standards leads people to develop impossible fantasies that cause them to resent reality.

Question 2