What is Toomer’s purpose in ending “Blood-Burning Moon” with such a graphic and shocking depiction of a lynching? And why does the song close the story after the disturbing imagery? What is the song’s effect? Support your answer by referring to details from the story. Don’t use quotes, however; simply refer briefly to key moments from the story that support your answer. Start your post with a thesis that answers these questions. Then explain your answer more fully in the rest of your post.

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passage of time have any significance to the rest of the story? How so? Support your answer by referring to details from the story. Don’t use quotes, however; simply refer briefly to key moments from the story that support your answer. Start your post with a thesis that answers these questions. Then explain your answer more fully in the rest of your post.
4) What is Toomer’s purpose in ending “Blood-Burning Moon” with such a graphic and shocking depiction of a lynching? And why does the song close the story after the disturbing imagery? What is the song’s effect? Support your answer by referring to details from the story. Don’t use quotes, however; simply refer briefly to key moments from the story that support your answer. Start your post with a thesis that answers these questions. Then explain your answer more fully in the rest of your post.
5) The speaker of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is J. Alfred Prufrock. What kind of person does he come across as? How do you know? Do you empathize with him? Why or why not? Support your answer by referring to details from the poem. Don’t use quotes, however; simply refer briefly to key moments from the poem that support your answer. Start your post with a thesis that answers these questions. Then explain your answer more fully in the rest of your post.