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Difficult (1996) contains her notes and reflections on making the film.
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was made into a motion picture in 1985, and Walker's book The Same River Twice: Honoring the
Walker's other works include the novels The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970), Meridian (1976), The Temple of My Familiar (1989), and Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992); the volumes of poetry Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems (1973) and Goodnight, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning (1979); and the essay collections In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose (1983) and Living by the Word (1988). Walker received many additional honors and awards. She was also active in the movements for civil and women's rights.
II . Introduction to the Passage 1. Type of literature: a short story
---character, action, conflicts, climax and denouement 2. Main idea
3. Organization: ---introduction ---development ---climax
---conclusion
III . Effective Writing Skills
1. successful portrayal of characters
2. using many elliptical and short, simple sentences to achieve certain effect 3. using languages which suit the background of characters IV . Rhetorical Devices
1.simile 2.metaphor 3.symbolism
V . Special Difficulties
1. understanding the underlying meaning conveyed by simple language
2. understanding and paraphrasing the colloquial, non-standard English words or sentences
VI . Questions
1. In real life what kind of woman is the mother?
2. What kind of woman would Dee like her mother to be? 3. What kind of girl is Maggie? 4. What is the mother’s feeling toward Dee? How is it changed in the course of the story? <