Dorothy West
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Transcript of Dorothy West
DOROTHY WEST
By: Ashley Flaum
January 9, 2014
Period 7
Boston MA
Attended school 1st grade
(Boston's Farragut School)-
college (Columbia University)
Studied Creative Writing
First published in the Boston Post
Tied 2nd in NAACP writing
competition
Moved to Harlem, NY to join
other African American writers
BIOGRAPHY
(2 June 1907–16 Aug. 1998)
This is a story about a man
who hates his life. One day
his daughter asks him to talk
to her so she can practice
her typing skills. The man
creates his dream life in the
stories he tells her.
THE TYPEWRITER
Brief description Dorothy West
Gloomy
Depressing
TONE
When a dream is
postponed
An individual feels
trapped by racism
THEME
Similes
Figurative ( J. dies)
Mood (sad, depressed)
Symbol (typerwritter)
Synecdoche (the
typewriter, letters)
TECHNIQUES
Nicknamed “the kid”
by Langston Hughs
She created the
Magazine the
Challenger; it was a
collection of works from
young African American
writers
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Then she published the
New Challenger; which
featured "Blueprint for
Negro Writing," an essay
by Richard Wright .
She was one of the last
surviving writers of this
period.