Day 4

Gorilla, My Love Lesson Plan

Discussion of Thought Questions

  1. 1

    Think about the title “The Survivor.” What has Jewel survived?

    Jewel is a survivor on multiple levels. She survived the car crash she describes in her memories. She also survived her abusive relationship with Paul. She survived childbirth. There is also underlying all of this, a sense that she is a survivor also because she is a black woman. She has survived in a society that is unkind and unwanting of her.

  2. 2

    What is the significance of the title “Sweet Town”?

    Sweetness implies a kind of abundance of goodness. In the summer Kit describes, she experiences an abundance of goodness. “There is a certain glandular disturbance all beautiful, wizardy, great people...

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