Analysis Of 'Dennis In The 1930's'
Chapter 23—“Dennis”
1) Ruth says, “I stayed on the black side because that was the only place I COULD stay…With whites it was no question. You weren’t accepted to be with a black man and that was that” (232).
I think she felt the only place where she felt real love was with African American people and that’s why she stayed with the black man. She wanted to be different and she didn’t want to be like everybody else. She wanted to feel unique like her mother and be different. She doesn’t want to go to the “White” side because she feels that white’s are unfair and not human.
2) Re-read the following passage in order to analyze and evaluate how it is possible that “those nine years were the happiest years” of Ruth’s life.
1) Ruth says, “I stayed on the black side because that was the only place I COULD stay…With whites it was no question. You weren’t accepted to be with a black man and that was that” (232).
I think she felt the only place where she felt real love was with African American people and that’s why she stayed with the black man. She wanted to be different and she didn’t want to be like everybody else. She wanted to feel unique like her mother and be different. She doesn’t want to go to the “White” side because she feels that white’s are unfair and not human.
2) Re-read the following passage in order to analyze and evaluate how it is possible that “those nine years were the happiest years” of Ruth’s life.