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Lesson overview:Blessings and adversity

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  • In this lesson, we will analyse the language Kincaid uses to bring Annie's changing feelings to life.
  • In this lesson, we will analyse the language Kincaid uses to bring Annie's changing feelings to life.
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Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid:

  1. Context and Introduction to Annie John
  2. Annie John's Fascinations and Fears
  3. Mothers and Daughters
  4. Annie John's school
  5. Annie John's memoir
  6. Annie John and the Red Girl
  7. Breaking the rules
  8. Columbus in Chains
  9. Blessings and adversity
  10. The Argument
  11. The Long Rain
  12. I Am Annie John
  13. Writing about Annie John