ESSAY #3*** DRAFT DUE THURSDAY DEC 5TH

ESSAY #3*** DRAFT DUE THURSDAY DEC 5^TH NO DRAFTS ACCEPTED AFTER THAT DATE***FINAL DUE THURSDAY DEC 12 (NO LATE PAPERS)

3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN

USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.

Refer to the class blog for outside source info: english102fall13.blogspot.com

ONLY RELIABLE SOURCES!

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

1.       “Hills Like White Elephants” and “Good People” are two stories about two couples attempting to discuss having an abortion. For this essay, compare how the two couples talk to each other and what is different/similar about the way they do so. Use two RELIABLE outside sources.

2.       Describe how the  symbols of the story displays the conflict between Jig and her American—for example, the hills, the train station and its tracks and scenery, the beaded curtain separating the couple from the rest of "reasonable" humanity, and the train itself, along with the luggage, its stickers and its movement. Pick no more than THREE of these symbols and explain. Use two RELIABLE outside sources.

3.      Jig and the American have different goals. What are those goals, and how do their tactics during conversation help or hurt reaching their goals? Use two RELIABLE outside sources.

4.        In “Lusus Naturae,”“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” and Frankenstein, the cruel way in which society judges those who are different from us or not “normal” is a main issue. Using examples from AT LEAST 2 of these primary sources, explain how that is true in each of the stories. Use two RELIABLE outside sources.

5.       “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” can be looked at as cultural assimilation  story where the main character and the other girls in the home are forced to let go of what they are comfortable with (their own culture) and are expected to adapt to a new one. Explain how the girls struggle with this and use two RELIABLE outside sources to make clear comparisons.

6.       Explain what similarities and/or differences the main characters from “Lusus Naturae” and Frankenstein share. This would be a side by side comparison and contrast. Use two RELIABLE outside sources.

7.       Compare the issues or conflicts the families from at least TWO of the following stories: “Lusus Naturae,”“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” and Frankenstein treated faced with relation to the “monsters” from their stories. What did Lusus’ family do with her? How did Claudette’s family play a role? How did Dr. Frankenstein and the family in the house in the woods treat the monster? Use two RELIABLE outside sources.

Final Paper Help

Some Videos of "St.Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves"

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=st+lucy's+home+for+girls+raised+by+wolves&FORM=VIRE2#a

This essay will help answer the question about what we do with those that are decided to be less than "normal"

http://thelamedame.tumblr.com/post/30938417648/on-being-a-cripple

Article on what is normal:

http://www.calresco.org/lucas/normal.htm

Articles on how we treat the elderly and the disabled:

http://www.apa.org/pi/aging/resources/guides/elder-abuse.aspx

http://www.indiana.edu/~ucstm/speech/Sandy_Hamm/sandy2.html

Sites with many links on Frankenstein:

http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?ti=fra-63

http://www.marywshelley.com/sources/

If you are having trouble finding outside sources, go to http://www.valenj.org/ and:

1) Click on "Suscribed Databases'
2) Essex County College List of Databases
3) Log In (IF YOU HAVE NEVER USED THIS BEFORE you WILL have to register...it's free for students)
4) Academic Search Premiere

Than begin searching themes, authors and story titles.

Hills Like White Elephants

http://thedesmonds.com/Hemingway/freds.html

http://vccslitonline.cc.va.us/copy_of_hills/criticism.htm

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/maddendw/Hem_struc.pdf

http://http://www.montclair.edu/writing/teachingwriting/teachingresources/Articles/AR_Renner_Moving_to_the_Girls_Side_of_Hills_like_White_Elephants_106.pdf


Hills Like White Elephants






















White Elephants:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/white-elephant

http://www.animal-symbols.com/elephant-symbol.html

Essay 2 DUE THURSDAY NOV. 7TH

ESSAY #2*** DUE THURSDAY NOV 7TH***

3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN

USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.

Refer to the class blog for outside source info: english102fall13.blogspot.com

ONLY RELIABLE SOURCES!

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

1.      Use examples from The Namesake, “The Management of Grief”, “Jesus Shaves”, and from your own experience if it applies to explain the experience and the challenges of assimilation. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

2.      Compare “Araby” and “A&P.” “A&P” is often looked at as an updated version of “Araby”. For this essay compare the two stories and discuss what they have in common and perhaps what they do not. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

3.      “Araby”, “A&P” and the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind all deal with a certain kind of disappointment in love for the characters involved. Discuss this topic in at least two of these stories. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

4.      Discuss the role of memory and memories in at least two of the following stories we discussed: “Araby”, “The Management of Grief”,  and the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. How does memory effect/shape the characters? Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

5.      We looked at the importance society places on appearance when discussing "Good Country People", "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. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis

6.      We discussed how the lighter in “The Temp” and how  the leg from “Good Country People were both strong symbols in each story. Explain what theyr represented in each story. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis

7.      The two strongest symbols in “Good Country People” are the Bibles the Bible salesman carries and Hulga’s false leg. What do they represent? How do they play a role in the story? . Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis

Deceiving Appearances

"Good Country People"
http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Annotation?action=view&annid=1654

A collection of outside sources on Flannery O'Connor:

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/O'Connor.htm






Deceiving Appearances

http://www.personal-development.com/chuck/appearances.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23645413

http://invisibledisabilities.org/educate/invisibleawareness/lookscanbedeceiving/

Memory Links

Memory Links:

http://www.human-memory.net/types.html

http://www.positscience.com/brain-resources/memory

Erasing Memories:

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/ff_forgettingpill/

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=erasing-painful-memories

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-11-22/health/bs-hs-erasing-memories-20101122_1_fearful-memory-proteins-researchers

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/painful-memories-erasable/story?id=17170839



A collection of John Cheever ("A&P) articles:

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Cheever.htm

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind:

http://www.the-philosophy.com/eternal-sunshine-spotless-mind-analysis

http://tccpomo.blogspot.com/2010/11/eternal-sunshine-of-spotless-mind.html

Araby

About the author James Joyce:

http://www.online-literature.com/james_joyce/

Link to trailer of film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3pUH1MfC9I


Araby Fair


Here is the Google Scholar link for James Joyce Araby:

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=james+joyce+araby&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C31&as_sdtp=

Class Cancelled Thursday Sept 19

Class Cancelled Thursday Sept 19

Follow the syllabus and we'll start the film Tuesday. 

Have a good weekend. 

Prof. O'Connell

Assimilation

Here is a link that talks about assimilation into American/other cultures.

http://www.asian-nation.org/assimilation.shtml

Here is a link to the PBS website that discusses “New Americans”:

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/

Here is a link that is specific to people living in new Jersey:

http://www.newamericansnj.org/

Http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?pagewanted=all

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/melt0525a.htm

“It’s difficult to adapt to the culture here,” said Maria Jacinto, 32, who moved to the United States 10 years ago with her husband, Aristeo Jacinto, 36. “In the Hispanic tradition, the family comes first, not money. It’s important for our children not to be influenced too much by the gueros,” she said, using a term that means “blondies” but that she employs generally in reference to Americans. “I don’t want my children to be influenced by immoral things.”

Here is an article entitled: “Why They Won’t Assimilate”:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/05/why_they_wont_assimilate.html

Assimilation is not a process magically initiated upon setting foot on Americanterra firma.  Rather, it only occurs when one or both of two conditions are met: The foreign elements must have a desire to assimilate or the host nation must place pressure on them to do so.  Unfortunately, neither is the case today because both immigrants and native-born Americans are far different than they once were.

President Obama’s speech about in which he discusses the American dream and what it means to us today.

http://raleightelegram.com/20120125624

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/assimilation-and-nativism-cont/

http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/dmessinger/c_c/rsrcs/rdgs/peers_social_general/Varela_etal_2004.pdf

The psychological definition:
http://psychology.about.com/od/aindex/g/assimilation.htm

ESSAY 1***DUE THURSDAY SEPT 26***

ENG 102

ESSAY #1*** DUE THURSDAY SEPT 26***

LATE PAPERS DO NOT GET REVISION AND LOSE POINTS

3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN

USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.

Refer to the class blog for outside source info: english102fall13.blogspot.com

ONLY RELIABLE SOURCES!

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

1.      Sonny described the streets of Harlem as having “…all that hatred and misery and love. It's a wonder it doesn't blow the avenue apart…” Using examples from the text and two outside sources, explain what he meant by that statement.

2.      What statement does “Sonny’s Blues” make about the relationship of art to life or about the relationship of art to suffering? Citing specific examples from the text, write an essay about how Sonny uses art to aid in his suffering.

3.      Explain the effect the environment has on Sonny and his brother (Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s). This would require that find out a bit more about each of the settings through some research (Use the link on the blog about Harlem). Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

4.      Explain the relationship between Jinx in “Live For Today” and the victims that come into the morgue. Why does she seem to relate so well to them? What about her past makes her so sympathetic towards these people? Use examples from the texts along with outside sources (links about identity on blog) to support your thesis.

5.      We talked in class about the reputation of Newark and how it is perceived by others. We also discussed how the morgue in the story could be symbolic for Newark (the forgotten members of society). For this question make the case that the morgue is indeed symbolic of Newark. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

6.      Pick NO MORE THAN THREE characters from the three stories we have read so far and 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.

7.      What does the mother from “Girl” want for her daughter? What is she worried about and how is she attempting to lead her daughter away from those situations? . Use examples from the texts along with outside sources (links about identity on blog) to support your thesis.

Jamaica Kincaid Sources

These links will be useful for any essay questions that deal with "Girl"

http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/kincaidJamaica.php

http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/kincaidJamaica.php#bio

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/1997/09/jamaica-kincaid-hates-happy-endings

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/keyword/jamaica-kincaid

http://www.missourireview.com/archives/bbarticle/interview-with-jamaica-kincaid/

The author:


A drawing of the character from the story:

Sonny's Blues

Outside sources for Baldwin:
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap10/baldwin.html



http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/specials/baldwin.html?scp=3&sq=james%20baldwin&st=cse

Baldwin sources:
http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Baldwin.htm



History of Harlem
http://harlemworldblog.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/harlem-history-1658-to-present/


Below is the Bible scripture that Baldwin refers to:
“The cup of trembling”
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Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
23
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

Identity

These first two weeks of class we will discuss identity and how we become who we are. In "Live For Today", "Sonny's Blues" and "Girl" we will see a number of different characters and explore how they constructed their identity. Setting also plays a major role in these stories. We will look at how that effects these characters as well.

Below is the graffiti that inspired the title of "Live For Today." I believe it has since been erased and is no longer visible but you used to be able to see on the PATH train between Newark and Journal Square.


This link below has a wide variety of articles on how we construct identity. These will be very useful for the first essay which will be assigned on Thursday September 12.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/identity

Syllabus

College Composition II

ENG 102

Essex County College

Prof. Sean O’Connell                                                  Tuesday/Thursday

Email:soconnel@essex.edu     

Phone: 973-877-1926                                                   Office: 1141

Office Hours: Mon 11:00-1:00                                   Room:

Tues 11-11:30, Thurs 10:00-11:30    

                        By Appointment

                       

Texts:  The Norton Introduction to Literature (Shorter Eleventh Edition), Kelly J. Mays

ISBN-13: 978-0393913392

Identity

9/5 Live for Today (Handout) Read Sonny’s Blues (95)

9/10 Sonny’s Blues (95), Read Girl (170)

9/12  ASSIGN FIRST ESSAY, Girl (170), Read The Management of Grief ( 384)

Assimilation

9/17 The Management of Grief ( 384), Read Jesus Shaves (414)

9/19 Jesus Shaves (414)

9/24 Film: The Namesake

9/26 FIRST PAPER DUE (NO LATE PAPERS!), Film: The Namesake, Read Araby (153)

Memories and Experience

10/1 Araby (153), Read A &P (148)

10/3 A &P (148)

10/8 ASSIGN SECOND ESSAY, Film: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

10/10 Film: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Read “The Temp” (Handout)

10/15 *** NO CLASS***

Deceiving Appearances

10/17“The Temp” (Handout), Read “Good Country People” (433)

10/22 SECOND ESSAY DUE(NO LATE PAPERS!) “Good Country People”(433)

10/24 ***NO CLASS***

 10/29 Film: Edward Scissorhands

10/31 Film: Edward Scissorhands, Read “Hills Like White Elephants”(590) Find out what white elephants represent in different cultures

Men and Women

 11/5 “Hills Like White Elephants”(590), Read “Good People” (215)

 11/7 “Good People” (215), Read “Lusus Naturae” (224)

Monsters

11/12 Lusus Naturae (224), Read “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” (229)

11/14 “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” (229)

11/19 Film: Frankenstein

11/21 Film: Frankenstein

 11/26 ASSIGN FINAL PAPER

11/28 NO CLASS…THANKSGIVING

12/3  WORK ON PAPER…NO CLASS

12/5  1^ST DRAFT DUE (ONLY DAY I WILL BE ACCEPTING DRAFTS)

12/10 GIVE DRAFTS BACK

12/12 ALL FINAL PAPERS DUE!