Your posts must address Mama Day by Gloria Naylor. Please see the Discussions se

Your posts must address Mama Day by Gloria Naylor. Please see the Discussions section of our syllabus for directions. If you do not have a topic in mind, you may wish to consider ONE of the following:
1) What function do the supplementary materials (family tree, map and bill of sale) play within the text? When and why did you find yourself referring to these documents as you read?
2) In what ways are the city and country contrasted in this work? In particular, how is the city of New York depicted? Why do you think Cocoa moved so far from home?
3) Why might Naylor stage part of the novel in Willow Springs, a town that’s “actually in no state?” (29). In what ways, and for what purposes, does ambiguity enter the text? How would you describe the community of Willow Springs?
4) How does Naylor develop Ophelia/Cocoa as a character? (39) What point might Naylor be making with Ophelia’s nickname?
5) What kind of mother figures do we see in this text? Who serves as maternal influence for Cocoa?