Final Prep!

Thesis: clear, foreshadowing
Persuasive: make sure you prove something
3 paragraphs
2 quotes per paragraph (cite!)
Be detailed and precise.
Don't hedge. :)

Choose 2:

1. America chooses the individual over society in our art. We value individual freedoms in our government, believing that those rights are ultimately good for the society at large. Which of our readings best exemplifies this idea? Explain.

2. Mystery vs. Manners. O'Connor and Faulkner both wrestle with the idea that underneath all of the "Southern hospitality" there is something rotting in Southern culture. Using 2 of their stories, prove this idea true or false.

3. The American Dream. From Melville to O'Connor, these characters are all uniquely American. What are they striving for? Is there a thread that connects these characters? A theme? A struggle? How can we recognize it through our literary history? Support your ideas with evidence from the readings.

For Monday: One More O'Connor

A Good Man Is Hard to Find

And ATS

Essay Prep

Things to review, focus on, brush up on before Monday 12/7:

In both Poe and Faulkner:

Ideas of isolation/society
Inevitability of death
Role of sanity/insanity
Role of obsession
The symbolism in these stories

For Wed 12/9

Good Country People

The Lottery

For Wed 12/1

Don't worry about these questions, just do our ATS

The Lottery

Levels of Abstraction

Levels of Abstraction (Level 1 Details)

Homework for 11/16

Homework:

1.)    Read “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe in your anthologies, ATS.

2.)    Find a poem from an American author that you like, that is an appropriate length for our “opening writing,” that you can be prepared to lead discussion about (feelings, story, language line.) Email title and author of the poem to me before our next class.

3.)    In class essay 11/16! Whooooo! Be prepared to discuss the idea of the individual vs. society in Melville and Chopin. The idea of the female and male identities in these works, and a little Melville vs. Chopin.