Novel Overview

Here are the notes I took on certain books we discussed. Feel free to attach more notes about these books or about the plethora of others

The Glass Menagerie Tennesssee Williams 1945

*Amanda- Mom, lives in past

*Laura- symbolism of glass/unicorn

*Tom- Narrator- worked in lackluster warehouse, poet.

*Jim- “The Gentlemen Caller”

Idea of escape, Picture of Father who fell in love with long distances,

Native Son Richard Wright 1930s; Southside Chicago; Winter; White Black Motif

Bigger Thomas

Mary Dalton

The Daltons

Bessie

Buddy

Jan

Max

Vera

Titles of Books- Fear, Flight, Fate

Idea of society, racism

Are we helping produce this type of atmosphere?

Native Son, he’s a native of society

Siddhartha Herman Hesse 1951

Gutama Budha- The One

Siddhartha

Govinda

Kamala

Young Siddhartha

Vesudeva

River, Experiencing, Truth from within, “The Golden Mean”, The Brahmin- growing out of one’s environment, Caged Bird, One, Went from one extreme to another