Answer the following questions about the novel “The 4 Mirrors” by Quince Duncan.
In the novel “The 4 Mirrors” by Quince Duncan, we find a narrative that is very easy to read and that exhibits almost all the outstanding themes of this course; race, sexuality, the role of women in Afro-Hispanic society, etc …
1. According to what you have read, how do we see these issues precisely in the work of “The 4 mirrors?” How is it that the manifestation of these themes in this text differ from these same themes manifested in other texts that we have read so far.
2. Who are the protagonists of this novel? What is your role in the text? What is the outstanding message of the novel and of Duncan to the reader? Quoting from the text is essential to support your answer.
3. What is the subject of your final paper? Do you see common links with the work (s) you are working on in your work also written in this novel? Which? Are their manifestations the same in “The 4 mirrors” as in what you are investigating? How? Again, it is essential to always quote from the text – and the two texts if they differ – to support your answer.
4. Duncan is Afro-Costa Rican. Is the theme and the representation of it in “The 4 mirrors” similar or different from other Afro-Caribbean works that we have read in class? Please always give examples of the texts read in class to support your answer.
