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1
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Name one piece of wider reading

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Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

2
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Outline the story of Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

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Tells the tale of a young girl struggling to find her identity and facing the reality of homosexuality - 7 years old living with her adopted family in a small run downtown

3
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Name a second piece of wider reading

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

4
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Explain the link for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

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  • Both gain independence and learn life lessons from their journey to find themselves
  • must both overcome personal restrictions
5
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Name a piece of wider reading by Maya Angelou

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I know why the caged bird sings

6
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Explain the link for I know why the caged bird sings

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  • confronts insidious effects of racism and segregation in USA at very young age
  • explore unjust social realities and how they confine characters
  • overcome challenges and shapes their character
7
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Name a final piece of wider reading

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The well of loneliness

8
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Name the 5 wider reading novels

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  1. Rubyfruit Jungle
  2. The Curious Incident…
  3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  4. The Well of Lonliness
  5. Why be Happy When You Can be Normal
9
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Outline the link for the well of lonliness

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  • lesbian protagonist fails to find love or understanding
  • mother orders he to leave after finding out her sexuality
  • both forced into situations they don’t want to be in e.g. Exorcism and fancy parties feeling uncomfortable
10
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Name a final piece of wider reading by Jeanette Winterson herself

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Why be happy when you can be normal?

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Outline the link of Why be happy when you can be normal

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  • a memoir telling the story of Wintersons abusive upbringing
  • evicted at 16 for her homosexuality
  • wasn’t loved as deeply in real life as she was in Oranges
  • Elise was written in as support that Jeanette didn’t have in real life.