Possessing the Secret of Joy Chapter Analysis Questions

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Possessing the Secret of JoyChapter Analysis
Questions

• Part 19-21
• What disease is bombarding Africa? What do the
  people think it is coming from?
• How are women cowards? Relate I back to MLissas
  perception of the cowardliness of women on pages
  223-225.
• Why do you think the pharmacist wanted
  monkeys?
• What do you think Adam means when he says, for
  humans there are no greater hell to fear then the
  one on earth?
• Why do you think she confessed even though she
  was not guilty?
• Why do you think Tashi connects with Mbelle more
  than her own child?

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Possessing the Secret of JoyChapter Analysis
Questions

• How does Tashi/ Mrs. Johnson saying that she was
  haunted by her mother's suffering and believe she
  an I were one show her growth? Relate it to
  black women being un able to blame their
  mothers.
• Why was Tashi / Mrs. Johnson angered about the
  constant discussion of Jesus' suffering? Do you
  think the suffering of women should be played up
  more in Christianity?
• Why do you think Tashi/ Mrs. Johnson chooses not
  to be blindfolded and focus on the blue mountain?
  
• How is resistance the secret of joy? How does
  Africa possess this secret?
• Do you think Tashi possessed the secret of joy?
  If so, how so? If not, why not?
• How does Mbele represent an extension of Tashi?
  Why does Tashi say Mbele Ache?

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What are the similarities and differences between
Pierre and Benny?

• Similarities

• Differences