Contains depictions of discriminatory behaviour.

Evaluation and Personal Response:  'Sweetness'

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Contemporary Short Stories (2/2): Sweetness by Toni Morrison

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What does Sweetness feel at the end of the story?

The conditions at the end of a story are, in some way, the same as they are at the beginning.

The last line of the story is exactly the same as the first line of the story.

What has Sweetness been for most of the story?

Which word is best used to describe the type of person Lula Ann has become?

'Sweetness' name is ironic.' True or false?

In the story, Sweetness sees Lula Ann as what?

A moment where our expectations are proved correct.

A moment where our expectations are reversed.

A moment where our expectations are shown to be partly correct.

Which term is defined as 'the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others'?

Which word best describes the mother and daughter relationship between Sweetness and Lula Ann?

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Contains depictions of discriminatory behaviour.

Adult supervision suggested.

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