The Good Negress Analysis

I have gotten an essay for it already. I need someone to add 2 more pages to this essay to make it 5, without counting the cover page and the reference page. Please follow the guidelines carefully and relate it to the book “the good negress”
FOUNDATIONS IN COMMUNICATION, COMPOSITION & LEARNING SEMESTER 2, SPRING 2019

The Character Analysis Paper

First and foremost, it is important to recognize that this paper is, in essence, a specialized type of argument paper.

Therefore, it may be helpful at the beginning to recall these general observations about the argument paper: ​As you write your argument paper, become “a person of goodwill.” You should argue, or advance an idea, and then articulate evidence and reasons to support your argument.

There are several strategies for writing an argument/argumentative paper, but the organizational structure outlined here is most straightforward, and is appropriate for your current assignment, as specified below. One final point as you draft and review your draft: remember that ​Clarity is not negotiable.​ If your sentences are not clear, if readers do not understand what you have written, you must go back and clarify. There is no point in writing if your words are not understood.

Here is one of the main strategies for constructing a paper in which you argue a position:

1. Introduce the issue. State your thesis. 2. Provide a paragraph of relevant background information. 3. Give the first reason for your argument, and offer support for this reason from either the

text you are considering or from research. 4. Give the second reason, with support from the text (or from research). 5. Give the third reason, with support from the text (or from research). 6. Acknowledge at least one opposing argument or consideration that differs from your

argument. Take a moment to clearly refute (object to, with reason) the opposing argument. Indicate how your reasoning prevails over the opposing position.

7. Conclude with restating your thesis, by making a call to action, and/or by stating the broader implications of your argument.

8. List Works Cited. What makes this particular assignment unique is its focus on a literary subject. In the section of the Little Seagull Handbook ​(62-65) that focuses on ​Literary Analysis​, the writers list the following key elements:

● An arguable thesis ● Careful attention to the language of the text ● Attention to patterns and themes ● A clear interpretation ● MLA style

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FOUNDATIONS IN COMMUNICATION, COMPOSITION & LEARNING SEMESTER 2, SPRING 2019

The Character Analysis Paper Assignment

For this assignment, you will be developing a critical analysis of one of the characters in the novel The Good Negress​.

The set of discussion questions for the novel lists the following major characters:

● Denise Palms ● Granma’am ● Margarete ● Missus Pearson ● Missus James

● Luke edward ● David ● Big Jim ● Josephus Johnson

In your discussion, you will develop an argument regarding one of the characters in this list. Develop specific claims about the role of this character in the novel, ​potentially​ including her or his relationships with the other characters, the degree to which he or she changes over the course of the novel, or what conflict(s)—with herself, with others, with society—the character faces and how effectively she or he addresses that/those conflict(s). It is important to keep in mind for the purposes of this assignment that these characters are fictional, not real people. It might be tempting to approach this subject from a more personal perspective, but doing so runs the danger of engaging in a more superficial or informal discussion. For this reason, avoid such considerations as whether you personally like the character, whether he or she reminds you of a family member or friend of yours, and what differences you might see in the world of the novel and the twenty-first century world in which you live. The point of this assignment is to examine the choices that the author has made in her development of the character you are discussing and how she or he functions, as a character, inside the imaginative world of the novel. In order to develop and support your argument, you will need to identify and discuss specific moments from the novel. You will need therefore to make direct references to the text—through quotations, summaries and paraphrases of specific passages—and you will need to utilize proper parenthetical citations throughout your discussion and include a proper Works Cited page at the end. In addition to the outline and Works Cited page, your final essay should be a ​minimum​ of 1000 words (roughly three to four pages) long.

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[Name of Institution]

THE GOOD NEGRESS

Argument Paper

[Name of Student]

Course

Professor

February 23, 2019
The Good Negress
Background

Penned down by the novelist Verdelle, the good negress is a story of a 12-year-old girl who strives to find her own identity in the presence of his stepfather and brothers. The story plots the life of an African American heroine, Denise, and her pursuit of finding her own identity and chasing a ‘better’ life. The girl is left, by her divorced mother, with the grandma while her two brothers stayed with the mother. Due to Denise’s life with her grandma, she becomes mature enough to act above her age. As the writer states ‘a 75 year old mentality in a head that is only 12’. She is called on by her mother after five years to assist her expecting mother. Though the girl feels upset in her heart of being left when she lost her father and now being called only to help her and babysit the child. However, during her life with her mother, two grown-up brothers and stepfather she experiences numerous challenges and sets on to find her own identity.
Missus Pearson

In her pursuit of a better life, the role of Missus Pearson cannot be left unmarked. Missus Pearson is the teacher of Denise. When the subject moves to her mother, she joins the school where she meets her teacher Missus Pearson. She notices the matters going on with Denise and comes to know about why Denise was here and also about her family life. It was Misses Pearson who named her ‘the good negress’. The teacher made efforts to bring betterment to the young girl’s life and tried under her teacher wings to provide her the necessary lessons she needed to learn and assist her to keep the light in her heart and not diminish her own identity in serving her family.

Missus Pearson and Denise:

Missus Pearson makes her appearance when Denise attends the school in Detroit. She is her teacher who assists her learn English. The honest efforts in teaching Denise English were reflected in the novel numerous times. Missus Pearson taught Denise to be independent. Although, the lesson that miss Pearson delivered focused on the education, they sprang beyond the classroom time too. One example from the writing is when Denise decides to write to her grandmother regarding Detroit life and Miss Pearson. This was the first time ever she did anything without pondering much over her family. This depicted she started being independent and the lessons of Miss Pearson were actually having an impact on Denise’s day to day activities. Another scenario from the story that marks the same lesson she learned was when Miss Pearson suggested Denise to use the dictionary when asked about a word. Miss Pearson’s reply roots confidence in the young girl to be able to find anything she wants to learn. Through such cases, the author has depicted an honest and devoted nature of the teacher who assists and groom her pupil even outside the premises of the school.

The tremendous efforts put in by the teacher assisted the child greatly in adopting English as her medium of communication. Denise was guided by her teacher to use ‘No’ for a negation instead of ‘Naw’. Then during her conversation with her mother, Denise uses the word ‘No’ which reflects how the lessons of Miss Pearson were helping Denise in language grooming and the ability to deliver an accurate speech. The efforts and necessity of Miss Pearson can be observed with the fact that it was only for Miss Pearson that Denise could learn the right way to spell her name. This shows a lack of consideration on Denis’s side by her mother as. Spelling a name is something that children. Learn at an age when they start to write and speaks.

Missus Pearson’s Conflict

Conflicts can be termed to be a necessary part of writing. In the writing, ‘the good negress’, a conflict can be witnessed between missus Pearson and Denise’s mother, Margaret. As the teachings and lessons of Miss Pearson come to fruition and a tad difference appears in Denise, she is taken out of school. There is another scenario that reflects Miss Pearson’s honest efforts to Denise- when the young girl is taken out of the school in order to care for Margaret’s child, the teacher pleads her mother to let her get back to school. Though the intention of Miss Pearson in such reaction was clearly fair and good, this frowned and even confused Denise and even her mother. Denise’s conflict with Miss Pearson evolved only at the specific point in the novel, she viewed her as her Hero and admired her role in her life.

As the writer mentions Denise’s thought as

But Missus Pearson had a righteous nerve coming up in Margarete’s house like that . . . coming in to tell a lady what she ought to do with her own daughter.”

Denise thought that approaching her mother through letters and then showing up at home was ‘crossing boundaries’. She felt that she had no right to show up and inform Margaret about what she should be doing to her own daughter.

Now, the conflict between Miss Pearson and Margaret need a discussion. The author has represented Margaret as a traditionalist mother who has bounded her daughter to never-ending house chores, responsibilities of the family and a sense to take care of everyone- a nurturer. This mentality can be grasped when she decides to leave Denise with her grandma but takes the boys with her. The author has stated that Margaret also led a similar life, and this is why she never thinks outside the box for her daughter. This is reflected from the statement of Margaret to Denise during her labor: “she had hopes and dreams once upon a time but that “Your father wanted children and I had them…men want children”. Therefore, the conflict between the two can be summed up as a reason for one’s life experiences.

Missus Pearson has a strong role in the whole novel and she owes making the foundation of independence and a better future in Denise’s life.

References

Day, Lisa B. ” I Reach to Where the Freedom Is”: The Influence of the Slave Narrative Tradition on AJ Verdelle’s The Good Negress.” Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction41.4 (2000): 411-424.

Ullmo, Anne. “The Good Negress by AJ Verdelle, or The Religion of the Ordinary.” Revue française d’études américaines 4 (2002): 100-105.

Verdelle, A. J. The Good Negress: A Novel. Algonquin Books, 1995.