In “Reading with Patrick,” English teacher Michelle Kuo works with a student in 8th grade and then later after he has killed a man. The story brings up questions about lit’s impact.
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A Teacher, Lit, & a Jailed Student
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Lit’s Contribution to the Civil War
If the Civil War was brought on by a combination of pity and politics, literature helped build the case for pity.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Civil War, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Jacobs, Heritage Foundation, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Jim DeMint, Uncle Tom's Cabin Comments closed
