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Tell me a riddle, requa I, and other works

Tell me a riddle, requa I, and other works. Short Nonfiction From and about the 1930’s. introduction.

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Tell me a riddle, requa I, and other works

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  1. Tell me a riddle, requa I, and other works Short Nonfiction From and about the 1930’s

  2. introduction • Olsen talks about the books she published and gives the background of each one of them. The short stories“The Strike”, “Thousand-dollar Vagrant” and “I Want You Women Up North To Know” were all written during the 30’s • Her final piece, "A Vision of Fear and Hope” was publish more than 50 years later. In this piece, her writer was more matured. • Her writing was classified as Proletarian Reporter style.

  3. A vision of fear and hope • This chapter talks about the beginning of the Great Depression and the struggles that people had to go thought to survive. Also, she mentions that ended up in jail twice. • Main points: 1. The country is entering a hardships of the Great Depression. 2. People try to speak up but they are shut down.

  4. A Vision of Fear and Hope • Which two cities was she in jail? • Why was her arrest controversial? • Do you think it was fair or not that she was arrested for protesting?

  5. The Strike • Tillie Olsen describes a strike she was part of in San Francisco, at time she was pregnant. Olsen describes the way the strike went down. It tells her side of the story.

  6. “ “Life”, the capitalist papers marveled again, “Life stopped and stared.” Yes, you stared, our cheap executive, Rossi- hiding behind the curtains, the cancer of fear in your breast gnawing, gnawing; you stared, members of the Industrial Association, incredulous, where did the people come from, where was San Francisco hiding them, in what factories, what docks, what are they doing there, marching, or standing and watching, not saying anything, just watching… What did it mean, and you dicks, fleeing, hiding behind store windows. …” – p.146

  7. The strike • 1. What was interesting about the way she narrates this chapter? • 2. Where was she arrested in this strike?

  8. Thousand-dollar vagrant • In this chapter, Olsen talks about the second time she got arrested. She describes the way she was treated because of her communist beliefs. Also, she encountered a judge that hates communism.

  9. Thousand-dollar vagrant • 1. Who is the first person that had not refuse to believe her? • 2. Do you think that it was fair that she was being discriminated because of her beliefs? • 3. What thoughts do you have on the way they were arrested?

  10. I want you women up north to know • This chapter explains the suffering that people are enduring. She is trying to inform the women in the north of what goes into the things that women have made, how it needs to change and that it will change.

  11. I want you women up north to know • 1. Why do you think she mentions different women’s names? • 2. What is she trying to communicate? • 3. What kind of feelings does this poem make you feel?

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