After reading The Pulitzer Prize novel in literature, The Nickel Boys written by Colson Whitehead, you will begin to compose your thoughts about this piece of Historical fiction. There are many themes in this novel, stemming from race, education or lack of, sexual predators or crimes, the law to psychological trauma and list goes on… Choose one theme and write a 3-5 page paper based on your, the student’s reflection. I do not want a summary. I have read the book. What I do want is your brain spilled-out through the written word. Choose 3-5 scenes in the novel in order to write your paper. You can quote important parts as long as your quote is no longer then two lines, which is the MLA standard. The theme and the quotes you choose should clearly depict a premise.
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Hi ! I know its probably impossible to write this paper without reading the book . Im sorry i hope you can help me.
In ENC 1102, you will read the novel, The Nickel Boys written by Colson Whitehead. The novel was just awarded The Pulitzer Prize in literature for 2020. Set in the 1960s, the novel follows Elwood Curtis, a studious African American from Tallahassee with a sense of justice, who is adjudicated delinquent and sent to Nickel Academy, a juvenile reformatory in Eleanor, Florida, after riding in a stolen vehicle to attend university classes. He befriends Jack Turner, who goes by his family name and who has a less optimistic viewpoint. Elwood attempts to serve his time without incident, but is seriously beaten on two occasions, one for intervening to help a boy being attacked by sexual predators and once after giving a letter complaining of poor conditions. The time at the school is interspersed with accounts of an older Elwood in New York City. After Turner overhears of a plan to have Elwood killed by the administration, the two attempt an escape.
*Suggested Audible reading: My suggestion is that you should read this book audibly, and you could access it on audible.com. Your first book is free on audible.