ROOTS alex haley????

Question

im supposed to do an analytical essay on ROOTs by alex haley but i dont no what i shhud do it on...any ideas?

Answer 1

if you google "Alex Haley and plagiarism", you'll find he stole most of the idea..and some of the writing ...from other people.

Bet your class doesn't know THAT!

" Accusations of plagiarism in academic writing, fiction and sermons have plagued prominent African American figures. Consider, for example, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alex Haley, whose 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, captured the imagination of Americans--black and white--unlike any other slavery story before it. This fictionalized account traced the author's heritage back to a specific village in Africa. Roots was hailed upon its publication, coinciding with the nation's yearlong bicentennial celebration, as an historical document.

"Owing to the tremendous and enduring popularity of Roots, many people mistakenly still refer to Haley as an academic or historian. He was neither. In fact, Haley was accused of lifting some descriptions and scenes in Roots from other published works, including Margaret Walker's novel Jubilee and Harold Courlander's novel The African. A lawsuit by Walker against Haley alleging plagiarism was dismissed in court, but Haley confessed that "various materials from The African found their way into Roots" and later agreed to pay Courlander a $650,000 settlement."

Answer 2

Analyze the viewpoints of the slaves and the people who were for and against slavery.