Indiana Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Analysis Paper
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Overview
The memoir Born a Crime by Trevor Noah is written in two distinct registers:
Each chapter contains what the subtitle brands as “stories from a South African childhood” which shed light on aspects of Noah’s life that he considers both memorable and worth sharing with his reading audiences
There are untitled entries in bold font preceding each chapter that are meant to illustrate aspects of South Africa’s history that non-South African readers may not necessarily be familiar with. These interchapters so to speak have a didactic goalthey are meant to instruct readers about laws, history, customs, etc. from Noah’s point of view. We can fact-check the content in these interchapters because while his interpretation is subjective, the facts are not.
Prompt:
Write a 400 word essay that meets the requirements of one of the two options below:
Analyze the 12 interchapters that precede chapters 1-12 and form an argument that contrasts the information these texts present about South African history and culture with Noah’s own opinion about the same expressed within the same interchapters. What larger point does Noah want to convey within the interchapters alone?
Focus on the relationship between one of the interchapters and chapters assigned for these 2 modules (Chapter 4-12). Analyze how the chapter portrays the theme introduced in the interchapter that precedes it differently, or whether both the chapter and the interchapter discuss the same idea in similar tone, though different lengths. What’s the significance of either the difference or similarity?
political map of Africa:
map of South Africa showing townships:
Assigned Reading
1. Trevor Noah, Born a Crime (Ch 4 Ch 12)
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Assigned Viewing
Trevor Noah, “Trump gets blasted for Breaking Up Migrant Families,” The Daily Show, [comedy routinenews] (7 min 31 secs)
Assigned Viewing (for comparison/context British comic John Oliver on the same topic)
John Oliver, “Immigration Court.” Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. [comedy. news.] 17 minutes 51 seconds.
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