DIRECTIONS: 

Explain the impact of female writers during the Post-modernist literary period. Using the true stories I Want to Be Miss America and The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl, explain how stereotypes were discussed in literature during this time period. Use two examples from either of the stories to support your response.

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Restate the prompt with a sentence about what these two stories each say about women and girls.

1. In two to three sentences, summarize the girls' lives in "I Want to be Miss America."

a. Give background about where the girls are from and what their ethnicity and family are like.

b. Give background on what they look like and what they think "American" girls are like.1

c. Explain how their experience shows more about girls and women's experiences in different communities in the USA.

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2. In two to three sentences, summarize the girls' lives in "An All-American Girl"

a. Give background about where the main character's family is from and what her ethnicity and family are like.

b. Give background on what her parents expect of a girl and what she and they think "American" girls are like.

c. Explain how their experience shows more about girls and women's experiences in different communities in the USA.

Summarize with what you learned.

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