Joy Harjo Crazy Brave.
Description First Documented Writing Response on Joy Harjo Crazy Brave by responding to one of the following topics: 1) Unlike most memoirists, Harjo mixes her rhetorics. Sometimes she writes a very detailed, concrete, vivid narrative; sometimes she is allusive, poetic, and mythical. Why does she do this? How can poetry and myth be incorporated into memoir? 2) What is the significance of animals in Harjo’s memoir? Focus on the alligator dream at some point in your essay. 3) The title of her memoir, “Crazy Brave” seems to have multiple meanings that play out throughout her story, both about herself and her culture. How does Harjo embrace all of these possibilities in her book? —Length: 4-5 pages (1200-1500 words) —Documentation: Incorporate at least three sources into the paper, preferably from scholarly journals, in an attempt to buttress your claims. You may also include interviews from magazines or other publications, but be sure to consider their legitimacy (i.e. Are they mainstream publications? Are they peer-reviewed scholarly journals, etc). —Style: MLA or APA (double spaced)