Thursday, October 25, 2007
O'Brien: Response Opportunity #8
Tim O'Brien is giving us a particular view of war in this story and seems to encourage certain responses from his readers to such a view. For your response, make an argument about what view of war he is showing us, what reactions you think he wants to elicit, and how he goes about doing so.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Carver and Pritchard, Response Opportunity #7
Due by class time on Thursday, October 25
For this response, I'd like for you to EITHER choose one of the texts and respond specifically to it, making an argument about one specific meaning you find in the story, using illustrations from the text to support your argument, OR, I'd like for you to respond to the texts together, thinking about possible connections between them. If you choose the second option, make an argument about one specific idea that you see both texts dealing with, and do some comparing and contrasting, showing what you think each story says about that particular idea, where the meanings of each story overlap one another, and where they differ. Together, what do they seem to say about the idea you've chosen?
For this response, I'd like for you to EITHER choose one of the texts and respond specifically to it, making an argument about one specific meaning you find in the story, using illustrations from the text to support your argument, OR, I'd like for you to respond to the texts together, thinking about possible connections between them. If you choose the second option, make an argument about one specific idea that you see both texts dealing with, and do some comparing and contrasting, showing what you think each story says about that particular idea, where the meanings of each story overlap one another, and where they differ. Together, what do they seem to say about the idea you've chosen?
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Response Opportunity #6, Mama Day Part 2
Due by class time on Tuesday, October 9
After you've finished Mama Day, you will likely be left with many questions about why things turned out the way they did for Cocoa and George. For this response, I'd like for you to try to make some sense of the ending of the novel. Some things you might think about: were you surprised by the way things turned out? Why do you think Naylor ends the novel this way? How do you interpret the ending? How does the ending affect the way you view the rest of the novel?
You also have the option of writing in response to another idea that struck you as you read; the only stipulation is that you choose something we haven't already covered in class and that you deal with the last half of the book in some way.
After you've finished Mama Day, you will likely be left with many questions about why things turned out the way they did for Cocoa and George. For this response, I'd like for you to try to make some sense of the ending of the novel. Some things you might think about: were you surprised by the way things turned out? Why do you think Naylor ends the novel this way? How do you interpret the ending? How does the ending affect the way you view the rest of the novel?
You also have the option of writing in response to another idea that struck you as you read; the only stipulation is that you choose something we haven't already covered in class and that you deal with the last half of the book in some way.
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