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If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Prompts to address in a paragraph or two, and provide textual evidence for support.
1. Discuss how the power of family enables Tish in James Baldwin's If Beale St. Could Talk to survive and make a life under difficult circumstances.
2. What do you think the future holds for Tish and Fonny?
3. Baldwin's novel, published in 1974, shows an African American man imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Discuss parallel inequities in America today.
4. Drawing on Sternberg's theory of love, compare and contrast Tish and Fonny's relationship with one or more couples in other works assigned in the course.
5. Explain how some, if any, of the characters change as the plot unfolds.
6. How does the theme of love underlie the plot?
7. If you were able to watch the film version of If Beale St. Could Talk, how true to the novel is it? What are differences in characterization and plot?