Introduction Say Yes.ppt

1、Say Yes,About Author,Tobias Wolff,He was born in Alabama in 1945. His parents divorced when he was a boy. As a child, Wolff traveled with his mother, Rosemary, to the Pacific Northwest, where she remarried. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, young Tobias soon was forced to endure life under his st

2、rict and cruel stepfather. His efforts to get away from his stepfather led to his self-transformation.,He lives with his family in New York and teaches writing at Syracuse University. From 1964 through 1968, Wolff served as a lieutenant with the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) in Vietnam. He

3、 later recounted his wartime experiences in the memoir In the Pharaohs Army: Memoirs of the Lost War.,About Author,Tobias Wolff,He is the author of the short novel The Barracks Thief, which won the 1985 PEN/Faulkner Award; two collections of short stories, Back in the World (collecting “Say Yes”) an

4、d In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, which received the Saint Lawrence Award for fiction in 1982.,About Theme,What is Racism?,Racism is the belief that the genetic factors which constitute race are a primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an

5、inherent superiority of a particular race. Racisms effects are called racial discrimination.,According to the Oxford English Dictionary, racism is a belief or ideology that all members of each racial group possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to distinguish it as be

6、ing either superior or inferior to another racial group or racial groups.,Ku Klux Klan,Koo Klucks Klan also known as KKK: a secret white supremacist organization at various times in American history terrorized blacks and white sympathizers with violent acts of lynching, shootings and whippings.,They

7、 have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration.,Jim Crow Laws,The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated racial segregation in all public facilities, with a supposedly

8、separate but equal status for black Americans. In reality, this led to treatment and accommodations that were usually inferior to those provided for white Americans, systematizing a number of economic, educational and social disadvantages.,Some examples of Jim Crow laws are the segregation of public

9、 schools, public places and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. The U.S. military was also segregated.,Listen to a Song Love is Color-Blind,It dont matter if youre blackwhite or yellow, if youre brown or redlets get down

10、to thatlove is color-blindI remember whenI was a child and couldnt understandpeople having fundiscriminating all the different onesmama just used to saywhen you grow up youll maybe find a wayto make these people seethat everything I do comes back to me,You gotta live your livewere all the same, no o

11、nes to blamethey gotta live their livesjust play the game and let love reign It dont matter if youre blackwhite or yellow, if your brown or redlets get down to thatlove is color-blindyoure my brother, youre my friendall that matters in the very end is to understandlove is color-blind,Listen to a Son

12、g Love is Color-Blind,I remeber as a young boyI watched my neighbourhood go up in flamesI saw the whole thing thru tears of painand a situations rackin my brainI wish I could fly away and never come back againwe need some love yallwe need some real deal help from above yallI mean the kids watchinand

13、 I just cant see it stoppin, I dont understandI mean we all bleed the same blood, man!,You gotta live your lifebetter than our fathers didlets make some love, baby, have some kidsthey gotta live their livesand I dont care what color they are, or you are, or we areits all love, baby! It dont matter i

14、f youre blackwhite or yellow, if your brown or redlets get down to thatlove is color-blindyoure my brother, youre my friendall that matters in the very end is to understandlove is color-blind,Listen to a Song Love is Color-Blind,You have been my motheryou could have been my brotherwhat if you were m

15、y sisterif you were my father?you could have been my fellayou could have been my teacherwhat if you were my friend?would be so nice to meet ya take it out to the worldtell every boy and every little girlbe proud of yourselfcause youre as good as anybody elseput away your prejudiceopen your mind, don

16、t need a stick to thistry to make this eartha better place without a racial curse,Yeah, its time for some changes It dont matter if youre blackwhite or yellow, if your brown or redlets get down to thatlove is color-blindyoure my brother, youre my friendall that matters in the very end is to understa

17、ndlove is color-blind,General Comprehension,Answer the following questions with the information from the text.,Is the quarrel between the husband and wife an ordinary quarrel? What does the talk touch upon?,No, it isnt. It touches upon the issue of racism.,Is the husband a considerate and honest man

18、? What kind of man is he?,He was a hypocrite and a terrible racist.,General Comprehension,Answer the following questions with the information from the text.,Does the man oppose marriage between a black and a white? What are his arguments?,He opposes the marriage between a black and a white. His basi

19、c arguments are that blacks and whites have different cultures. They cannot know each other.,What kind of woman is the wife? Is she too critical? What does she think the marriage between blacks and whites?,She is honest and square. She thinks the marriage between a black and a white is perfectly nat

20、ural, if they love each other.,General Comprehension,Answer the following questions with the information from the text.,Why does the woman corner her husband by keeping asking him whether he would marry her if she were black?,She seems to have found that her husband has subtle racist nature.,Do you

21、think the husband knows his wife very well?,He seems to understand her wife well and is confident of manipulating any awkward situation. But actually, to him his wife is a stranger.,Theme Comprehension,Fill in the blanks in the following sentences to grasp the main ideas of the article.,1. This is n

22、ot an ordinary family quarrel. The talk between the husband and wife touches upon _.,the serious issue of racism,2. We can assume that the time background was probably _ in the United States, a time when there was a new national awareness of the need to fight for _.,3. The man here was by no means a

23、 terrible racist or male Chauvinist. In fact, he was considered _ because he shared the housework and probably was also considered _ on racial problem.,in the 1960s,race and gender equality,a good husband,liberal,Theme Comprehension,Fill in the blanks in the following sentences to grasp the main ide

24、as of the article.,4. But the man was not free from the influence of racism as shown in his _ between a black and a white. His basic argument was that they had different _ and therefore could never _. It was very similar to the “different but equal” principle much under attack at the time as _. Ther

25、efore he was still racist in a way although his _ was _.,objection to marriage,5. The mans wife on the other hand believed that marriage between blacks and whites _ if they loved each other and she could not _ her husbands racist attitude. She was obviously a person of _ and took such issues as _ ve

26、ry seriously.,cultures,really know each other,hypocritical,racism,more subtle,was perfectly natural,tolerate,high moral principles,racial or gender equalities,Theme Comprehension,Fill in the blanks in the following sentences to grasp the main ideas of the article.,6. Throughout the conversation, the man appeared eager to _ and make peace whereas the woman kept trying to corner him. This would make us readers feel that the man was easygoing and the woman _. This is, however, a false _.,dismiss the subject,7. The woman seemed to know