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Essay Topic 1

Woodfox stated that he grew up in the Jim Crow south. What were Jim Crow laws? How did they affect Woodfox’s life and the lives of other blacks in the South?

Essay Topic 2

Woodfox spent over 40 years at Angola Prison. What was Angola Prison like? What was its culture and how did that affect the prisoners who lived there?

Essay Topic 3

Is Woodfox a reliable narrator? Provide evidence from the memoir to support your answer.

Essay Topic 4

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 5

Nelson Mandela was a black South African who fought for the rights of blacks. What did a quote by Mandela in Chapter 14 relate about Mandela...

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