- Identification of a pattern (thematic, linguistic, and/or imagistic) of interest to you, using a name you give it, i
n Mphahlele’s Down Second Avenue, with three passages in the text specified to illustrate the pattern; - The above for Ngugi’s In the House of the Interpreter: Identification of a pattern (thematic, linguistic, and/or i
magistic) of interest to you, using a name you give it, in with three passages in the text specified to illustrate the
pattern; - An essay (c. 6-7 double-spaced pages) that makes an argument about how a pattern (thematic, linguistic, an
d/or imagistic) in Down Second Avenue or In the House of the Interpreter creates meaning in the autobiography
and that includes mention of the second autobiography – the one you are not focusing on centrally – in the cours
e of developing its argument. Please close your essay with a reflection on this question: what does your argumen
t help us see about this autobiography’s significance within the literary tradition of life writing?
More detailed instructions and tips:
For your identification of patterns
For each autobiography, first Mphahlele’s and then Ngugi’s, please:
1) Name the pattern you identify, with a name that you create;
2) List three passages from different parts of the text that you find valuable in tracing this pattern: give page nu
mber, chapter number, and the first few opening words for each passage;
3) Note in 2-3 sentences how/ why this passage matters as part of your pattern.
Sample Solution
