Dissertation chapter American Literature

I have attached the dissertation proposal in the files below. However, I had to change the original proposal to fit my supervisor’s will. However, she had not read the books, thus I’m still not sure that this topic makes sense related to the books, but I’m running out of time and have no more to change research topic. Thus, I need someone else to make sense of this research with me. I have written a few pages, some for the 1st chapter, that should be just introductory to the theoretical framework, and of the 2nd (they are 7 now, but should be around 20 for the 2nd chapter in total) that focuses on the first novel, How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue. I do not know how to continue from this few pages I’ve written… (which definetely also necessitate some changes/ review). In the “novel notes” file you can find useful quotations and summaries from the book, while in “useful bibliography” essays, papers and books that might be of great help.