engl125 english literature filthy rhythms

Given this exam is open
-book you must have an argument (a thesis)

a central
claim that runs throughout the essay and ties together the ideas in a coherent
manner. Further, given you are allowed to use the primary text, you should
incorporate textual evidence to support your ideas. You do not need a References
or Works Cited list and you should not use secondary sources beyond the primary
texts. Please take the time to formulate your ideas rather than writing for the
sake of writing
. Good luck!
Write an essay on
ONE
of the following two topics:
1.
Esi Edugyans novel
Half
-Blood Blues
examines the notion of jazz and racial
others as parasitic to Nazism, as narrator Sid states with fierce satire: Jazz. Here
in Germany it become som
ething worse than a virus. We was all of us damn fleas,
us Negroes and Jews and low
-life hoodlums, set on playing that vulgar racket,
seducing sweet blond kids into corruption and sex. It was a plague sent out by the
dread black hordes, engineered by the J
ews. Us Negroes, see, we was only half to
blame

we just cant help it. Savages just got a natural feel for filthy rhythms […]
We was officially degenerate (76
-77). On the other end of the spectrum, jazz
unites and frees people as Sid describes their fin
al recording as a moment of
transcendent freedom: We was all of us free, brother. For that night at least, we
was free (279). Discuss the dual ways that jazz is seen as something that corrupts
and liberates within the context of the novel. Write
a 5
-para
graph essay
responding to either one or both parts of this question. Ensure you make
references throughout to the novel.
2.
In the final section of the book, Louis Armstrong becomes a very real

albeit larger than life

character in the novel.
What do you think of Edugyans
portrayal of
Armstrong? Furthermore, the novel touches on the theme of genius (161, 202,
211, 245), not only of Armstrongs, but of Hieros, which Sid finally realizes when
Hiero plays with Armstrong: It was then that I finally heard it. I heard how damn
brilliant the kid really was. I hated it (235). Do you agree with Sid when he states,
Geniuses aint made, brother, they just
is
(245)? Why or why not? Write
a 5

paragraph essay
responding to either one or both parts of this question
. Ensure
you make references throughout to the novel

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