• Why do you think Ward is already considered an important author in American literature? (note: your opinion on the text is valid, but isn’t the focus of this question. Address Ward’s importance through analysis and thinking about the audience, setting, and message)

• How is Sing, Unburied, Sing similar to Sonny’s Blues? (This might include a similar plot, similar characters, similarity in the way an author writes, similar setting, etc.)