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Homework #11: The Power pages 243-325 ("Here it Comes")PART 1: Answer these questions about The Power In this section, the narratives really begin to intertwine

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Homework #11: The Power pages 243-325 ("Here it Comes")PART 1: Answer these questions about The Power

In this section, the narratives really begin to intertwine. For this homework assignment, please respond to each question listed below in a post of at least 400 words total. Use evidence from the novel to support your reasoning.

1. What examples do you see in this section of women abusing their power over men? Be sure to discuss individual actions from our characters as well as laws that are starting to pass.
2. What is the significance of Roxy losing her skein? Describe how it was taken from her and what results from it.
3. What was Allie’s ultimate plan?
4. Why did someone claim that Tunde was dead?
5. Describe how Roxy and Tunde meet and the relationship that they form. Why do they become so close so quickly?

To cite The Power, your citations will look like this: "quote" (Alderman 221).

PART 2: Answer this question about Adichie's Ted Talk

After watching Adichie's, "We Should all be Feminists" TedTalk(Links to an external site.), write one paragraph connecting at least one main point from the Ted Talk to The Power so far. Specifically, include at least on quote from the Ted Talk and explain how it relates to something that has happened in the novel to this points.

Be sure to cite the Ted Talk in MLA using this format: "quote" (Adichie 3:24). You should have Adichie's name and the time stamp in parentheses.

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