hello, I need help with my introduction and thesis statement. this is the argument I’m doing “Blood spilled with violence never goes away…and you can see it if you have a mind to.”
At the opening of “All Aunt Hagar’s Children,” the story’s narrator has recently parted ways
with his girlfriend Sheila and has plans to go to Alaska and search for gold. His plans are spoiled
when three women – his mother, his Aunt Penny and Miss Agatha – ask him to help find out
who murdered Miss Agatha’s son, Ike. Throughout the story, the narrator returns to the old story
of his mother, Aunt Penny, and Miss Agatha fleeing the racial violence of the American South.
And ultimately he learns that Ike was murdered by his own wife, when he discovers a two–year–
old trail of blood leading to Miss Agatha’s apartment. What does “All Aunt Hagar’s Children”
tell us about any attempts to move on from the past, to reconcile with a history of violence? In
answering this question, you should consider Miriam Sobel, the white woman who died on a
streetcar uttering words the narrator cannot understand. You should also consider the story’s
closing paragraph, in which the narrator stands at his office window, “where the light was
better,” and watches a girl walk down the street, thinking that “It would have been nice to know
what was on her mind.” How, according to the story, does one come to terms with the past?
with his girlfriend Sheila and has plans to go to Alaska and search for gold. His plans are spoiled
when three women – his mother, his Aunt Penny and Miss Agatha – ask him to help find out
who murdered Miss Agatha’s son, Ike. Throughout the story, the narrator returns to the old story
of his mother, Aunt Penny, and Miss Agatha fleeing the racial violence of the American South.
And ultimately he learns that Ike was murdered by his own wife, when he discovers a two–year–
old trail of blood leading to Miss Agatha’s apartment. What does “All Aunt Hagar’s Children”
tell us about any attempts to move on from the past, to reconcile with a history of violence? In
answering this question, you should consider Miriam Sobel, the white woman who died on a
streetcar uttering words the narrator cannot understand. You should also consider the story’s
closing paragraph, in which the narrator stands at his office window, “where the light was
better,” and watches a girl walk down the street, thinking that “It would have been nice to know
what was on her mind.” How, according to the story, does one come to terms with the past?