38 pages • 1 hour read
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton, Erin TorneoPicking Cotton: Our Memoir Of Injustice And Redemption
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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Do you believe the authors’ strategy of alternating narrators is effective? Why or why not?
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Why do you believe that Jennifer describes her rape in such graphic detail? This is not always the case in memoirs that deal with rape.
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Ronald’s experience in prison is rare, in that he was able to preserve his humanity and avoid the beast-like quality he deplored in other inmates. How was this possible for him?
