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
