"Oh Brother Where Art Thou" Questions

Scene 3

1)      Who is the boy supposed to shoot?

2)      Why?

3)      What are Pete’s cousin Wash’s (Washington) problems?

4)      What did his wife do?

5)      How does this indicate a trend of the Great Depression?

6)      What are they eating?

7)      How does this reflect the Great Depression?

8)      Why did Pete’s cousin Washington turn them in to the authorities?

9)      What did the kid do?

10)  Why?

11)  What is your overall response to the film clip?

Scene 4

12)  What does it illustrate that it takes 2 weeks for a hair treatment or car part to be ordered?

13)  Was it right that Everett stole from Pete’s cousin Wash?  Why or why not?

14)  What do Delmar and Pete do in the lake?  Why?

Scene 5

15)  What are Pete, Delmar and Everett’s attitudes toward Tommy (the kid they pick up)?  Why?

16)  What does Tommy say the Devil looks like?

17)  What does Everett say when asked by the blind recording studio manager if they do “Negro songs”?  Why?

18)  What does Everett say when the blind recording studio manager says he does not like “Negro songs” but likes “old timey” music?  Why?

19)  How much did they make for “singing into a can”?

20)  What does it illustrate that Everett lied to the blind man and say more men were in the band?