Answer to Question #248795 in English for Constance Dineo Ma

Question

 A Christmas Story”-Explain how the above text could be used in a lesson about multiculturalism in literature and evaluate how effective some of its features could be for such a lesson. Do you think it is a good example of a multicultural text? Explain your reasoning. 

Answer 1

Yes, It looks different in each culture's aspects. Firstly, it is a collection of semi-autobiographical short stories that Shepherd wrote for “Playboy” magazine during the 1960s thus portraying different cultures in different areas. Secondly, the setting for the movie was based on Hammond, Indiana the home town of author Jean Sheperd thus bringing sheperd life.