Blog post on Ellison

 Read the Ellison’s “A Part Down at the Square” from the attached file and answer the followings. Re-read the following passage from Ellison’s “A Party Down at the Square”: I tell you the rain was cold. I had to stick my hands in my pockets they got so cold. The fire was pretty small, and they put some logs around the platform they had the nigger on and then threw on some gasoline, and you could see the flames light up the whole Square. It was late and the streetlights had been off for a long time. It was so bright that the bronze statue of the general standing there in the Square was like something alive. The shadows playing on his moldy green face made him seem to be smiling down at the nigger. (2032) In a blog post between 500 and 700 words, discuss how in this passage Ellison achieves a critique of the violence of white supremacy—a critique that characterizes his story generally. How do the words, tone, and images he puts in his narrator’s mouth achieve such an end? Be sure to draw on specifics from the passage itself in your response. Note: In this class, blog posts are an informal genre of academic writing serving the purposes of virtual class discussion, so don’t worry about making an argument and supporting it at every turn. Instead, focus on developing interesting observations based on my prompt that others can respond to—observations that can be speculative and loosely connected. In short, blog posts, like your comments during class discussion, are examples of thinking aloud.. Rubric Good: The blog post uses between 500 and 700 words to think aloud about how the passage delivers Ellison’s critique, developing observations well by drawing on details from the passage itself. It is proofread well for errors and clarity. Average: The blog post uses between 500 and 700 words to think aloud about how the passage delivers Ellison’s critique, partially developing observations by drawing on few details from the passage itself. It is proofread passably for errors and clarity. Poor: The blog post uses less than 500 words to think aloud about how the passage delivers Ellison’s critique, hardly developing observations and failing to draw on details from the passage itself. It is proofread poorly for errors and clarity.