For each of the following questions, provide a 2-3 paragraph response to the prompt. Be sure that your answers are accompanied with direct quotes from the text which support your response. As you write your answers, you may use the text or your study guide to assist you through the writing and/or analytical process, but no other sources are permissible.
Cruelty is often demonstrated in moments throughout Born A Crime. In any work of literature, cruelty functions as a crucial motivation or a major social or political factor. In a one-to-two paragraph response, analyze how cruelty functions in a specific scene within the text. Then explain what that moment of cruelty reveals about the perpetrator and/or victim. Lastly, analyze how the act of cruelty contributes to one of the themes of the text. *
