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The Green Pastures Study Guide

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by Marc Connelly
About 73 pages (21,750 words)
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The Green Pastures Study Guide consists of approx. 73 pages of summaries and analysis on The Green Pastures by Marc Connelly. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

The setting is an African American church in Louisiana in the 1920s. Elderly Preacher Deshee is teaching Sunday school by reading the Bible to ten children with varying attention levels and vivid imaginations. He explains the first five chapters of the Old Testament by reading the life spans of Adam, Seth, Enoch, and Methuselah, and mentioning Noah. The children pester Preacher Deshee with questions. Carlisle wants to know why God created the world as it is; what Heaven is like and what God looks like. Preacher Deshee explains that God looks like a distinguished African American preacher. He begins to read from Genesis. The children imagine the scenes from this play as he reads. (read more)
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  Historical Context

  Critical Overview

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  Compare & Contrast

  What Do I Read Next?

  Further Reading

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