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Literature &
Demographics
     Ke!y - editor
      Joe - liason
   Piper - facilitator
     Dan - thinker
MILTON, MA
 Demographics:                                     Milton
White: 85.4%                         White
       Irish: 38%           Hispanic/Latino
     Italian: 11.3%       African American
     English: 8.6%                    Asian
    German: 4.7%                     Other
                                              1        10        100
Hispanic/Latino: 1.7%

African American: 10.2%               Irish
                                    Italian
Asian: 2%                          English
Other: .6%                        German
                                              0   10   20   30    40
MASSACHUSETTS
                        Massaschusetts                       Demographics:

           White                               White: 84.5%
  Hispanic/Latino                                              Irish, 23.8%
African American                                              Italian: 14.2%
                                                              French: 12.9%
           Asian
                                                              English: 11.8%
           Other                                              German: 6.7%
                    1              10    100
                                               Hispanic/Latino: 6.8%

            Irish                              African American: 5.4%
          Italian
         French                                Asian: 3.8%
         English
        German                                 Other: 3.7%

                    1              10    100
USA
      Demographics                                   USA


•   White: 75.1%
                                        White

•   Hispanic/Latino: 12.5%     Hispanic/Latino

                              African American
•   African American: 12.3%
                                        Asian
•   Asian: 3.6%
                                        Other

•   Other: 5.5%                                  1    10   100
COMPARISONS
                      Milton       Massachusetts   USA

90


68


45


23


 0
     White   Hispanic/Latino   African American    Asian   Other
LITERATURE FOR MILTON
WHITE: Dubliners by James Joyce, Collected Poems by William Yeats, The Divine Comedy by Dante
Alighieri, The Ides of March by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens,
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Little Criminals by
Gene Kerrigan

AFRICAN AMERICAN: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
                  “"He was a stranger, and if he chose to leave us with a stranger, it was all of one piece."
                                   - Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
LITERATURE FOR
                           MASSACHUSETTS
WHITE: Dubliners by James Joyce, Collected Poems by William Yeats, The Divine Comedy by Dante
Alighieri, The Ides of March by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Jane
Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

         “I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.”
                                                         James Joyce, Dubliners


HISPANIC/LATINO: “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho

AFRICAN AMERICAN: “Devil in a Blue Dress” by Walter Mosely

ASIAN: “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu
LITERATURE FOR USA
WHITE: Dubliners by James Joyce, Collected Poems by William Yeats, The Divine Comedy by Dante
Alighieri, The Ides of March by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Jane
Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

HISPANIC/LATINO: “In the Time of the Butterflies” by Julia Alvarez

AFRICAN AMERICAN: “The Price of a Child” by Lorene Cary

ASIAN: “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan

            "I discovered that maybe it was fate all along, that faith was just an illusion that somehow you're in control."
                                                     Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club
ANALYSIS
In researching the demographics of Milton, Massachusetts and the United States, it became evident that the
       current body of American literature does not accurately reflect the diversity of the population.
WORKS CITED
"American FactFinder." Census Bureau Home Page. US Census Bureau. Web. 15

                   Feb. 2011. <http://www.census.gov/>.

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Literarycanon

  • 1. Literature & Demographics Ke!y - editor Joe - liason Piper - facilitator Dan - thinker
  • 2. MILTON, MA Demographics: Milton White: 85.4% White Irish: 38% Hispanic/Latino Italian: 11.3% African American English: 8.6% Asian German: 4.7% Other 1 10 100 Hispanic/Latino: 1.7% African American: 10.2% Irish Italian Asian: 2% English Other: .6% German 0 10 20 30 40
  • 3. MASSACHUSETTS Massaschusetts Demographics: White White: 84.5% Hispanic/Latino Irish, 23.8% African American Italian: 14.2% French: 12.9% Asian English: 11.8% Other German: 6.7% 1 10 100 Hispanic/Latino: 6.8% Irish African American: 5.4% Italian French Asian: 3.8% English German Other: 3.7% 1 10 100
  • 4. USA Demographics USA • White: 75.1% White • Hispanic/Latino: 12.5% Hispanic/Latino African American • African American: 12.3% Asian • Asian: 3.6% Other • Other: 5.5% 1 10 100
  • 5. COMPARISONS Milton Massachusetts USA 90 68 45 23 0 White Hispanic/Latino African American Asian Other
  • 6. LITERATURE FOR MILTON WHITE: Dubliners by James Joyce, Collected Poems by William Yeats, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, The Ides of March by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Little Criminals by Gene Kerrigan AFRICAN AMERICAN: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, The Color Purple by Alice Walker “"He was a stranger, and if he chose to leave us with a stranger, it was all of one piece." - Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
  • 7. LITERATURE FOR MASSACHUSETTS WHITE: Dubliners by James Joyce, Collected Poems by William Yeats, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, The Ides of March by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare “I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.” James Joyce, Dubliners HISPANIC/LATINO: “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho AFRICAN AMERICAN: “Devil in a Blue Dress” by Walter Mosely ASIAN: “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu
  • 8. LITERATURE FOR USA WHITE: Dubliners by James Joyce, Collected Poems by William Yeats, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, The Ides of March by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare HISPANIC/LATINO: “In the Time of the Butterflies” by Julia Alvarez AFRICAN AMERICAN: “The Price of a Child” by Lorene Cary ASIAN: “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan "I discovered that maybe it was fate all along, that faith was just an illusion that somehow you're in control." Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club
  • 9. ANALYSIS In researching the demographics of Milton, Massachusetts and the United States, it became evident that the current body of American literature does not accurately reflect the diversity of the population.
  • 10. WORKS CITED "American FactFinder." Census Bureau Home Page. US Census Bureau. Web. 15 Feb. 2011. <http://www.census.gov/>.

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