First of all I will provide the definition of a problem novel, also known as social novel; it is work of fiction in which a prevailing social problem, including gender, race, or class prejudice, is dramatized through its effect on the characters of a novel.
So, accortding to this explanation, To Kill a Mockingbird can be considered a problem novel because it narrates the story of Tom who is accused of rapping a girl and the judge who convicted him of the crime did not believe his innocence just because he is not a white man. In other words, since Tom is black, he is considered guilty of the repe. which is an example of rascisms; a severe issue endured by many in the United States.
Moreover, through the novel, the characters have to cope to different challenges and obstacles while they grow up,so, they change as the story goes on and ther view of the world changes as well.
It was an act of sanity, as the author had experienced this event herself. she portrays this through the narrator, she writes it to show the public what she went through,the way she lost her sanity. This is my opinion on this,I hope you do get this correct!
I would say either problem/solution or cause/effect
Correct answer: Immigrants must remember and preserve their own native cultures.
<u>Judith</u> Ortiz Cofer was born in Puerto Rico. During her childhood her family traveled back and forth between the US and Puerto Rico. Her father was in the military and was stationed in New Jersey. When she was 15, her family permanently relocated to Georgia.
Her poem, <em>El Ovido, </em>published in 1987, urges immigrants not to turn away from the heritage and culture they came from as they settle in a new place -- in this case, the United States. Further in the poem, she says it is "dangerous to disdain the plaster saints before which your mother kneels, praying with embarrassing fervor, that you survive in the place you have chosen to live."
