I will be in my office all week (Mon
6/13-Thurs 6/16) from 10-12 if you have any questions.
3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES
NEW ROMAN
USE
TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS
WELL.
This link will also help with MLA
questions: owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01
Refer to the class blog for outside
source info: eng102summerone2016.blogspot.com
Pick ONE of the essay topics below for
your paper.
Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to
support your thesis.
1)
Bernie and Emma put on black shoe
polish so they will not be seen when they sneak out at night to paint the lawn
jockeys white. Why could this been seen as symbolic? What is your understanding
of blackface? Later on, Bernie says they are invisible—could there be more to
that?
2)
When they
see their father in the kitchen as they are attempting to paint the jockeys,
Bernie says to himself that his father is “thinking about who he used to be,
who he is, who people think he is, and who he wants to become” (79). What does
this mean?
3)
Pick NO
MORE THAN THREE characters from the “Mrs. Turner’s Lawn Jockeys” and Stand By Me to explain how their
identity is shaped or explained in their story. Use examples from the texts
along with outside sources (links about identity on blog) to support your
thesis.
4)
Discuss
the effects of Magical Stranger in Literature as seen in "The Handsomest
Drowned Man in the World", "The Temp" and Edward Scissorhands. Use at least two of these texts to display how
a “magical stranger” comes into the lives of these people and changes how they
look at themselves. Outside sources on different cultures would help answer
this question.
5)
We also
discussed the importance society places on appearance when discussing "The
Handsomest Drowned Man in the World", "The Temp" and Edward Scissorhands. Use an example from
at least two of these texts to explain how appearance played a role in their
stories while discussing how important it is in today’s world
6)
Use the
sources on the blog that discuss office culture to explain how the office
workers were positively influenced by the temp. What was it like before she got
that? How did the workers feel about their jobs before and after? Why do people
sometimes feel like this about their jobs?
7) One of the central themes found in
“The Lottery,” The Sisterhood of the Night,” and The Village is groupthink. Using at least TWO of these stories or
film to explain how it played a role in each story.
8) Our class blog has a few articles
about the Salem Witch Hunt and Trials; use those (or other reliable outside
sources on the topic) to compare any similarities you see in “The Sisterhood of
the Night.” It is often referred to as an updated version of the Salem Witch
Hunt. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your
thesis.
9) Three of the most important symbols
in “The Lottery” are the lottery itself, the black box and Old Man Warner.
Explain how these three symbols have larger meaning within the story.