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Bobbie Ann Mason, “Shiloh”

Bobbie Ann Mason, “Shiloh”. Major Issues:. Socio-cultural change The subdivisions and farmers on 314 “Nobody knows anything, Leroy thinks. The answers are always changing.” (315) “Everything is funny”: Stevie Hamilton and Virgil Mathis (318) Inversion of traditional gender roles

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Bobbie Ann Mason, “Shiloh”

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  1. Bobbie Ann Mason, “Shiloh”

  2. Major Issues: • Socio-cultural change • The subdivisions and farmers on 314 • “Nobody knows anything, Leroy thinks. The answers are always changing.” (315) • “Everything is funny”: Stevie Hamilton and Virgil Mathis (318) • Inversion of traditional gender roles • Leroy stays at home while Norma Jean goes to work; Leroy’s needlepoint; Norma Jean drives to Shiloh • Norma Jean lifting weights, going to school: seeks independence (320) • History • Mabel and the Daughters of the Confederacy (316) • “He is trying to get her to go to Shiloh, and she is reading a book about another century.” • “Leaving out the insides of history.” (325)

  3. Questions for Thought • Why does the story open and close with a reference to Norma Jean’s muscles? (311, 325) • Why does Mason have Leroy smoke pot throughout the story? • What’s the point of the whole Shiloh thing? • What is the reason behind the couple’s inability to communicate or connect?

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