Portrayal of gender roles, nuanced by use of pathos

  Based on the novels by Toni Morrison and Jesmyn Ward as well as at least two stories from Kirstin Valdez Quade’s collection, write an essay in which you analyze the portrayal of gender roles, nuanced by use of pathos, in each literary work, and take a position over whether this portrayal of gender roles meets with the expectations which most people would have for how folks in those roles should act and whether the message conveyed ends up positively for most readers.   Books: 1. Sula, Toni Morrison; Vintage; ISBN-13: 978-1400033430 Night at the Fiestas, Kirsten Valdez Quade; WW Norton; ISBN-13: 978-0393352214 Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, ISBN-13: 978-1501126079