32 pages 1 hour read

Suzan-Lori Parks

The America Play

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1994

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Essay Topics

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What does the play say about mythmaking and the creation of history? What is the difference between mainstream historical narratives and individual histories?

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What does the Great Hole of History represent? Why is the Foundling Father building a replica, and what does it mean that he ends up lost in it?

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How would you describe the people who pay the Foundling Father to “shoot Lincoln”? What do you think their different motives are?

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