Name one piece of wider reading
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Outline the story of Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
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
Name a second piece of wider reading
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
Explain the link for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
- Both gain independence and learn life lessons from their journey to find themselves
- must both overcome personal restrictions
Name a piece of wider reading by Maya Angelou
I know why the caged bird sings
Explain the link for I know why the caged bird sings
- 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
Name a final piece of wider reading
The well of loneliness
Name the 5 wider reading novels
- Rubyfruit Jungle
- The Curious Incident…
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- The Well of Lonliness
- Why be Happy When You Can be Normal
Outline the link for the well of lonliness
- 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
Name a final piece of wider reading by Jeanette Winterson herself
Why be happy when you can be normal?
Outline the link of Why be happy when you can be normal
- 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.
