Great Books final boss

• Ta-Nehisi Coates

  • a prominent American writer, journalist, and educator.
  • he was born on September 30,1975 in Baltimore, Maryland
  • attended Howard university but did not graduate
  • written The Water Dancer, he has received numerous awards and honors for his writing, including MacArthur "Genius" Grant, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Between the World and Me."

  
• Memoir

  • any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories
  • comes from french memoire origins and from the latin memoire means "memory or remembrance"
• Biography or autobiography

  • tells the story "of a life", while a memoir often tells the story of a particular, career, event, or time, such as touchstone moments and turning points from the author's life.
• Josh Malerman

  • is an american novelist, a short story writer, film producer, and one of the ttwo singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung.
  • known for his horror and post-apocalyptic novel, Bird Box, which was the inspiration of the Netflix adaptation "Bird Box"

  
• The Hunger games

  • is a 2008 dystopian novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. The book received critical acclaim from major reviewers and authors.
  • It won many awards, including the California Young Reader Medal, and was named one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of the Year" in 2008.
• The name "Katniss" comes from a plant called "sagittaria" or "arrowhead" which has edible tubers and is found near waterways in North America
• Maya Angelou

  • 1928-2014, was an American author, poet, and civil rights activist. Born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, Angelo experienced racism and trauma from an early age
  • she was raped by her mother's boyfriend, an experience that left her mute for several years.
  • known for her best work "I Know why the caged bird sings" is a semi-autobiographical account of her early life.

  
• Maya Angelou's real name was Marguerite Annie Johnson
• Maya lived in several different sates in Southern US

  • Arkansas
  • Missouri
  • California
• Angelou was the first African American woman to have a screenplay produced as a feature film, for the movie "Georgia, Georgia" (1972)
• Angelou was fluent in several languages

  • French
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Arabic
  • Fanti
• Angelou was a close friend and mentor to fellow author and poet, Toni Morrison
• The author of "The Water Dancer"

  • Ta-Nahisi Coates
• Hiram

  • the main character of The water dancer, he has extraordinary memory and has a super power called "Conduction" which teleports him or other people to different places.
• Rose

  • The mother of Hiram
• Howell Walker

  • Hiram's father and the master of lockless, a tabacco plantation
• Maynard

  • Hiram’s half-brother, actual white son of Howell Walker
• Thena

  • cabin owner and she’s known to be mean but took good care of Hiram
• Big John

  • Thena’s husband died of a fever (hilarious)
• Corrine Quinn

  • in a fixed engagement with Maynard and she’s supposedly the richest woman in Elm County (secretly and abolitionist; to end slavery)
• Sophia

  • a young woman, Howell’s sister “enslaved concubine” by Nathaniel
• Nathaniel

  • Howell’s asshole of a brother enslaved Sophia I guess cause he’s in on it
• Santi Bess

  • Hiram’s grandma (guess the whole family here) liberated herself and 48 other enslaved people by leading them back to Africa
• Georgie parks

  • probably Hiram’s bestfriend judging how they’re eating together with his wife and newborn (believed to be connected to the underground) he wants to free slavery
• Amber

  • Georgie parks’s wife, imagine having a husband named Georgie am I Right?
• Ryland’s hounds

  • slave catchers, damn how racist can a novel be hugh?
• Mr fields

  • is later revealed to be Micajah Bland DUN DUN DUN – helps Hiram on his rigorous goal of freedom and justice
• Kessiah

  • Thena’s Daughter
• Moses

  • legendary figure in the underground her real name is Harriet Tubman
• Robert

  • Harriet’s brother and Mary’s husband
• Mary

  • pregnant to her master lmao is the wife of Robert
• Caroline

  • is the baby from thena and Sophia idk how they got her.
• Carrie

  • Nathaniel’s daughter
• The author of Memoirs of Geisha

  • Arthur Golden
• geisha

  • A traditional Japanese female entertainer skilled in music, dance, and conversation.
• Okiya

  • the boarding house where geishas live and train
• Maiko

  • an apprentice geisha; usually younger and still in training
• Mizuage

  • a ritual where a maiko’s virginity is sold to the highest bidder as she transitions to full geisha
• Danna

  • a wealthy patron who supports a geisha financially in exchange for an exclusive relationship
• Chiyo Sakamato

  • Main character Sayuri is her given name as she became a maiko