Griffin, John Howard. Black Like Me

You will answer short answer questions about the book and its author. The questions will ask you to critically analyze the book and its author. Be sure to address each of the questions asked in each section. Answer each section separately as each section will be graded separately. Analyze the main ideas of the book, the intended audience, the message to the author’s audience, and how well it was written. A book review is a critical analysis and an evaluation on the quality, meaning, and significance of a book, not a retelling. It should focus on the book’s purpose, content, and authority. A critical book review is not a book report or a summary. It is a reaction statement in which strengths and weaknesses of the material are analyzed. It should include a statement of what the author has tried to do, evaluates how well (in the opinion of the reviewer) the author has succeeded, and presents evidence to support this evaluation. Think about what happened after he returned home also. Racism by itself or the definition of racism is not the main idea of the book. Racism is the subject matter. (Definition of racism: 1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others. 2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination. 3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.) This means that your main idea needs to be more specific. (If an idea is discussed in more than one chapter, than it could be a main idea. If it is only discussed briefly, than it is not a main idea.) “Racism is bad” is the theme. This means that your main idea needs to be more specific. (If an idea is discussed in more than one chapter, than it could be a main idea. If it is only discussed briefly, than it is not a main idea.) Griffin becoming black is the method of how he obtained his information, not the main idea or the message. Think about the information. What did he actually find out? Griffin’s intention for his project is not the main idea or the message. Think about the information. What did he actually find out?