My Man Bovanne by Toni Cade Bambara - Analysis

Themes

·       The generation gap

·       Children criticizing parents

·       Mother's love for children

·       Mother being hurt by children

·       Mother spiting the children

Style and devices

·       humor

“so I deal in straight-up fiction myself, cause I value my family and friends, and mostly cause I lie a lot anyway.”

·       First person narrator

·       Very black dialect-y

Keywords

·       Drums

·       Nice

·       Fixing stuff

People and places

·       Bovanne

·       Joe Lee

·       Sister Taylor

·       Task

·       Elo

·       Tamu

·       Nisi

·       Norton

·       Reverend Trent

·       Miss Hazel

Toni Cade Bambara