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Asking Critical Questions About Manuel Mu?oz ZigzaggerQuestions About the TextExamples of questions you might ask:1. What genre is this book? Is it short stories, creative nonfiction, autobiography? And why do you think that?How is the book organized? Is it divided into sections? If so, how many and why? What is each section about? Why split it in that way? Time in the book: Does the book follow a chronological order? Does the text move back and forth in time, and if so what effect does this have? If time or chronology does not structure the book--then how is it structured?Place in the book: We have many places in the text where Mu?oz is describing the place itself, both the physical landscape and the people who live in it—he constructs a world for the reader—how does he do this? Find places where he is doing this and re-read them What is the point of view of the book? Does it shift from one piece to the next and why? What effect to changing point of view have on the reader?To what extend, do you think the text is autobiographical and why do you think that?What are some specific rhetorical strategies (for example use of metaphors, symbols, references to Mexicano culture) that the author uses and how do they work, what work do they do in the writing? Now you come up with your own questions:Questions About the Author:In what ways does the text examine Latino sexuality? Or what it means to be a queer Latino in the valleys of central California? How does the text explore this, what do you learn about this in your reading of this text?How do you think growing up in the Central Valley as a child of immigrants shapes Mu?oz’s writing—think about where and how you see this in the text?Questions About the Social, Cultural and Historical ContextWhere are the stories or pieces in this text set? What is the social, cultural historical context? What specific passages in the text tell you about this? And how does the text teach you about this? Questions About the Audience/ ReaderWho do you think is the audience for this text? And why do you think that? Who do you think this text was written for? Do you see high school youth in the narrator’s hometown reading this? Why or why not?At times, Mu?oz invites the reader into his story or piece, how does he do this, how does he address the reader directly in some of his pieces and why does he do this? What effect does this have? Questions About How Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality IntersectWhere and how to you see race, class, gender and sexuality intersecting in the text? See if you can find one juicy example to share with the class. ................
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