Tar Baby Learning Guide: Table of Contents
Introduction
Themes
Quotes
Race
Race Quotes
Family
Family Quotes
Ambition
Ambition Quotes
Identity
Identity Quotes
Man and the Natural World
Man and the Natural World Quotes
Memory and the Past
Memory and the Past Quotes
Primitivity
Primitivity Quotes
Gender
Gender Quotes
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Conclusion
Brief Summary
Characters
Son
Timeline
Jade
Margaret Street
Valerian Street
Ondine Childs
Sydney Childs
Thérèse (Mary)
Gideon (Yardman)
Character Clues
Character Roles (Protagonist, Antagonist...)
Protagonist
Antagonist
GuideMentor
Foil
Analysis
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
The Tar Baby
The Night Women
The Greenhouse
Son's Original Dime
Themes
Quotes
Race
Race Quotes
Family
Family Quotes
Ambition
Ambition Quotes
Identity
Identity Quotes
Man and the Natural World
Man and the Natural World Quotes
Memory and the Past
Memory and the Past Quotes
Primitivity
Primitivity Quotes
Gender
Gender Quotes
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Conclusion
Brief Summary
Characters
Son
Timeline
Jade
Margaret Street
Valerian Street
Ondine Childs
Sydney Childs
Thérèse (Mary)
Gideon (Yardman)
Character Clues
Character Roles (Protagonist, Antagonist...)
Protagonist
Antagonist
GuideMentor
Foil
Analysis
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
The Tar Baby
The Night Women
The Greenhouse
Son's Original Dime
Setting
Narrator Point of View
Genre
Tone
Writing Style
What's Up With the Title?
What's Up With the Epigraph?
What's Up With the Ending?
Tough-o-Meter
Plot Analysis
Trivia
Steaminess Rating
Allusions
Study Questions
Best of the Web
Module Quizzes
Quotes (What Was Said)
Quotes (What Was Said) True or False
Themes (For the Most Part)
Themes (For the Most Part) True or False
Symbols
Symbols True or False
The Servants Strike Back
The Servants Strike Back True or False
Love in the Time of Eloe
Love in the Time of Eloe True or False
Essay
Teaching Tar Baby
Current Events & Pop Culture
Challenges & Opportunities
Assignments & Activities
Characterization
Chew On This
Character Journal Entry
Facebook Plot Summary
Archetypes
Symbolism, Allusion, and Irony
Literary Devices
Adaptation
Why Should I Care?
Son, Why Are You in My House?
Please Don't Throw Me in The Briar Patch
Mommy Dearest
Discussion & Essay Questions
Reading Quizzes
Related History & Literature on Shmoop
Narrator Point of View
Genre
Tone
Writing Style
What's Up With the Title?
What's Up With the Epigraph?
What's Up With the Ending?
Tough-o-Meter
Plot Analysis
Trivia
Steaminess Rating
Allusions
Study Questions
Best of the Web
Module Quizzes
Quotes (What Was Said)
Quotes (What Was Said) True or False
Themes (For the Most Part)
Themes (For the Most Part) True or False
Symbols
Symbols True or False
The Servants Strike Back
The Servants Strike Back True or False
Love in the Time of Eloe
Love in the Time of Eloe True or False
Essay
Teaching Tar Baby
Current Events & Pop Culture
Challenges & Opportunities
Assignments & Activities
Characterization
Chew On This
Character Journal Entry
Facebook Plot Summary
Archetypes
Symbolism, Allusion, and Irony
Literary Devices
Adaptation
Why Should I Care?
Son, Why Are You in My House?
Please Don't Throw Me in The Briar Patch
Mommy Dearest
Discussion & Essay Questions
Reading Quizzes
Related History & Literature on Shmoop