![]() ![]() How does class create tension and distinction between individuals-for example, between white mem-bers like Paul and James? Does James's lower class impact his relationship to the enslaved? If so, in what ways? Differences in class are ever present on the plantations.How do the whis-pers of the ancestors guide the characters? How do they guide the reader? The voices of distant ancestors are heard throughout the novel.How do women relate to one another and to themselves? How do women-such as Maggie, Essie, Be Auntie, Sarah, and Puah-impact the larger community of the plantation? Dis-cuss how femininity and female strength are represented. Women play a pivotal role in this novel.How is it contextu-alized within the novel, as well as within the larger canon of Black literature? Talk about the representation of queer love in The Prophets. Before Amos's teachings, Isaiah and Samuel were not an aberration-nor was their relationship the result of trauma.How did the shift in voice impact your experience reading the novel? Were there any view-points that surprised you the most? The Prophets is told from the perspective of slaver and enslaved alike. ![]()
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