If Beale Street Could Talk Lesson Plan

What sort of gender roles are on display in this first section? Are they strictly adhered to? How so?

Students should discuss the divisions that gender roles cause between Tish and her father, clear after the announcement of her pregnancy: "His face was full of questions, and he would have been able to ask these questions of his son—or, at least, I think that a Black man can: but he couldn't ask these questions of his daughter. For a moment, I was almost angry, then I wasn't. Fathers and sons are one thing. Fathers and daughters are another." While Tish is momentarily frustrated by these divisions, she ultimately accepts them. Students should also consider the ways...