Monday, September 23, 2013

Please Read



Read the story here. Print a copy for class. Think about the conventions of southern gothic fiction as you read.


Monday, September 9, 2013

Reading for Tuesday

Please read the D.H. Lawrence story "The Rocking Horse Winner," on page 1 of the text. look for some of the same THEMES we have seen in the first three stories.

Friday, September 6, 2013

Please write a comment over the weekend

Attack or Defend


In A&P Sammy consistently ‘objectifies women,” that is, he turns them into objects by staring at them (the male gaze), inventing belittling nicknames, and making his own story superior to theirs. This attitude, called sexism, is inherently wrong. Stories that produce these attitudes are therefore artistically immoral and ought not be assigned in schools, where teachers have at least some responsibility to provide healthy worldviews for students. 


Watch your writing for grammar, mechanics and style. Try to make some original points. Show off a little...show how smart you are!

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Paper Directions

Your work on A&P is due Friday. Use the worksheet to help you organize your character analysis.

1. Create your Google account.
2. Write your paper using Google Drive.
3. SHARE the paper with me at rhetorx1@gmail.com.

Write about a page and a half in the standard font, double spaced. Use the MLA format for a heading with no title page. Here is an example taken from the Purdue Owl.

Purpose: demonstrate to an audience of experienced readers who KNOW the story that you understand how analyze character and that you understand the conventions of literary analysis.


This image shows the first page of an MLA paper.