111 pages 3 hours read

Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

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Essay Topics

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In Homegoing, family and parenthood are central themes. How do slavery and segregation impact the ability of parents in the novel to care and provide for their children?

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Inherited trauma follows each generation in Homegoing. What are some of the ways that characters heal the generational trauma they inherit from their parents and ancestors?

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Choose a character in the text and examine how they are limited or held back by dominant gender roles of their time. Does the intersection of gender and race make matters more difficult for that character?