In “America! America!”, we find that Shenandoah Fish is an introspective young man who, as he listens to his mother’s stories about the Baumanns, reflects frequently and deeply about his own thoughts and feelings. Please select four passages in which Shenandoah thinks about what he hears from Mrs. Fish and about himself and his own perceptions and self-criticisms. Identify these passages (i.e., at what point do they occur in the story?), summarize Shenandoah’s self-reflections in each passage, and comment on why you think each passage is important to the story. Whenever possible, incorporate short quotations from the text in your essay and pay special attention to Shenandoah’s thoughts that reflect his ambivalent (i.e., conflicted) relationship with his family of origin and its social circle. Three or four pages, Times New Roman 12, double-spaced, Word documents only,
