Final Papers---NO CLASS THIS WEEK

THE LAST POSSIBLE DAY TO HAND IN PAPERS IS THURSDAY APRIL 23 TO 1141 IN THE RED AREA.

ALL FINAL GRADES WILL BE POSTED ON MYECC DURING THE LAST WEEK OF APRIL.

Essay 3

ENG 215             Essay 3                                                                         

Due Tuesday April 7 (This is the only day drafts are accepted. If you do not hand in a draft, hand in the final on April 14).

Drafts that are handed in on April 7 will be given back on April 9. Final due April 14.

 

LATE PAPERS DO NOT GET REVISION AND LOSE POINTS

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

Refer to the class blog for outside source info: eng215spring15.blogspot.com

ONLY RELIABLE SOURCES!

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

3 pages

 

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

 

 

1)      A tragic hero is, by short definition, someone who falls because of a tragic flaw and not necessarily because he is a “bad” or evil person. For this essay, do a character analysis of Okonkwo and map the ways he is a tragic character.

2)      Throughout Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the role of customs and traditions is incredibly important and decides the fate of men, women, and children. Some of the customs practiced in this culture would certainly be frowned upon in the West yet are perfectly acceptable. For this essay, examine the role of customs and traditions in Things Fall Apart and consider why these might be important to this culture (for instance, think about how they all have to do with the natural world and natural forces—appropriate since they live in the open and are prone to threats).

3)      Throughout Things Fall Apart there is a tension between what the supernatural world means and the differences in viewpoints on this matter are the prime source of conflict outside of issues stemming from Okonkwo's character flaws. For this essay, you will want to find examples of differences in opinion on supernatural matters and how this tears the community apart.

4)      Explain the complicated role of women in this novel (think about how they have limited roles in the community but are often seen as gods in the supernatural sense).

5)      We discussed the last paragraph of the novel (also the last paragraph of chapter 22) and how it defines the central issues with colonialism. For this essay, explain how we see this at play in the novel.

6)      Explain how religion plays a role in “Heaven is Not Closed.” How does the colonists beliefs cause problems with the tribe?

7)      What does the fact that there is a place for women who kill their husbands exist on “The Collector of Treasures” say about the culture of that time?

8)      Compare how the effects of colonialism/imperialism is displayed in Things Fall Apart, “The Collector of Treasures” and “Heaven is Not Closed.”

 

Colonialism in Things Fall Apart

HANDOUT FROM CLASS ON TUESDAY MARCH 31:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201304051285.html

Achebe's Article on Heart Of Darkness I mentioned in class on Thursday April 2:

http://kirbyk.net/hod/image.of.africa.html

Other Sources:

http://www.history.ac.uk/makinghistory/resources/articles/imperial_post_colonial_history.html

http://www.the-map-as-history.com/maps/5-history-europe-colonization.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pis5f085P3M

http://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1182&context=utk_chanhonoproj

http://www.humanities360.com/index.php/the-long-term-consequences-of-the-colonization-of-africa-10-62788/

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,31&q=colonialism+in+things+fall+apart

Tagic Hero In Things Fall Apart

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/santorar/engl190v/trag.hero.htm

http://www.bisd303.org/cms/lib3/WA01001636/Centricity/Domain/593/10th%20english%20Fall/C%20-%20The%20Tragic%20Play/Antigone.Medea/Definition%20of%20Tragic%20Hero.pdf

http://jurn.org/#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=tragic%20hero%20in%20things%20fall%20apart&gsc.sort=

Bessie Head ("Heaven Is Not Closed" and "The Collector of Treasures")

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=N6m73AkiIjEC&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=bessie+head&ots=kFKFLBdhna&sig=5N2E4ahc_yAdkHvLWfAenMEneGo#v=onepage&q=bessie%20head&f=false

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2931822?sid=21105664200571&uid=2&uid=3739808&uid=4&uid=3739256

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ral/summary/v030/30.2garrett.html

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/40238755?sid=21105664227961&uid=2&uid=3739808&uid=4&uid=3739256

http://www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/2013/05/short-story-month-day-8-the-collector-of-treasures/

http://www.literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/viewFile/588/758

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2931824?sid=21105664334721&uid=3739808&uid=2129&uid=3739256&uid=70&uid=2&uid=4

You will nead to sign into Myecc for these:


http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/GLD/hits?NA=bessie+head&TI=&n=10&BY=&DY=&NT=&SU=&TX=&u=CA&u=CLC&u=DLB&r=s&origSearch=true&o=DataType&l=r&c=1&locID=essexcc&secondary=false&t=KW&s=1

http://search.proquest.com/pqrlarts/results/8C853A9C978E46B9PQ/1/$7b$22limiters$22:$5b$5d,$22additionalnavs$22:$5b$5d,$22v$22:$221$22,$22sort$22:$22relevance$22,$22param$22:$7b$22NAVIGATORS$22:$22navsummarynav,sourcetypenav,pubtitlenav,objecttypenav,languagenav$28filter$3d200$2f0$2f*$29,decadenav$28filter$3d110$2f0$2f*,sort$3dname$2fascending$29,yearnav$28filter$3d1100$2f0$2f*,sort$3dname$2fascending$29,yearmonthnav$28filter$3d120$2f0$2f*,sort$3dname$2fascending$29,monthnav$28sort$3dname$2fascending$29,daynav$28sort$3dname$2fascending$29$22,$22RS$22:$22OP$22,$22chunkSize$22:$2220$22,$22instance$22:$22prod.academic$22,$22ftblock$22:$22740842+1+100+194100+660848+670831+194001+670829+194000+660843+660840$22,$22removeDuplicates$22:$22true$22$7d,$22serializer$22:$22std1.4$22,$22searchterms$22:$5b$7b$22name$22:$22$22,$22qry$22:$22Bessie+head$22,$22fld$22:$22citationBodyTags$22,$22top$22:$22AND$22$7d$5d,$22meta$22:$7b$22UsageSearchMode$22:$22Basic$22,$22dbselections$22:$221007897$22,$22SEARCH_ID_TIMESTAMP$22:$221426521284941$22,$22fdbok$22:$22N$22$7d,$22querytype$22:$22basic:pqrlarts$22$7d?accountid=10764

NO CLASS THURS 3/12---HUMANITIES CONFERENCE IN SMITH HALL

http://ecchumanitiesconference2015.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_22.html

Outside Sources for Blindness

Here are some reviews for the novel:

http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/04/reviews/981004.04millert.html

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/28/132292587/in-saramagos-blindness-a-vision-of-human-nature

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/apr/15/featuresreviews.guardianreview16

http://www.thenewcanon.com/blindness.html





Blindness as a literary device:

http://www.read-irresponsibly.com/2007/05/blindness-jose-saramago/

http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/688/865

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3200/CRIT.45.3.293-308?journalCode=vcrt20#.VBhNCv4cy70

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3200/EXPL.64.2.119-121?journalCode=vexp20#.VBhNcP4cy70

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07494460600647543#.VBhNlf4cy70

http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/30/25/3141.short

Some More Info On The Bluest Eye

http://www.en.utexas.edu/amlit/amlitprivate/texts/morrison1.html

http://psrcentre.org/images/extraimages/1012027.pdf

This is one of the links you will find in from the database handout:

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/GLD/hits?NA=&TI=the+bluest+eye&n=10&BY=&DY=&NT=&SU=&TX=&u=CA&u=CLC&u=DLB&r=s&origSearch=true&o=DataType&l=r&c=1&locID=essexcc&secondary=false&t=KW&s=1

Articles on beauty:

http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/e/etcoff-prettiest.html

http://www.sirc.org/publik/mirror.html

http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/links/VCU.htm

http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/548/women-in-american-media-a-culture-of-misperception

NO CLASS THURS FEB 12

NO CLASS THURS FEB 12

Read to the Spring section of The Bluest Eye for Thursday Feb 19

Outside Sources for The Bluest Eye

http://www.piedmont.k12.ca.us/phs/pdf/library/bluesteye.pdf

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3041475?sid=21105298936851&uid=3739808&uid=3739256&uid=4&uid=2

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3041932?sid=21105298936851&uid=3739256&uid=2&uid=3739808&uid=4

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

http://www.articlemyriad.com/literary-analysis-bluest-eye-toni-morrison-history-slavery/

http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/01/11/home/morrison-bluest.html

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bump/publications/37.2.bump.html

Article on The role of black dolls in American culture:

http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/05/28/addy-walker-american-girl/

Essay One

DUE THRUSDAY FEB 19

 

3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN

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

USE THE EXAMPLE PAPER HANDOUT FOR MLA GUIDELINES!!

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: eng215spring15.blogspot.com

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

1. Illusion vs. reality is something that comes up in a lot of literature. We saw some in The Great Gatsby. Pick one aspect of a character’s life, whether it be from the past or the present, and explain how he/she uses illusions to distort their reality. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

2.      Pick one or two of the many symbols from the novel and describe what it is important. What does this symbol mean in to this particular text? Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

3.      How does Gatsby represent the American dream? What does the novel have to say about the condition of the American dream in the 1920s? In what ways do the themes of dreams, wealth, and time relate to each other in the novel’s exploration of the idea of America?

4.      Is Nick a reliable narrator? We do not have much choice but to believe what he says throughout the novel so decide if he is and prove your point. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

5.      Compare and contrast Gatsby and Tom OR compare Gatsby to Charlie from Babylon Revisited.” How are they alike? How are they different? Given the extremely negative light in which Tom is portrayed throughout the novel, why might Daisy choose to remain with him instead of leaving him for Gatsby?

6.      Jay Gatsby and Howard Hughes from The Aviator are both men with extreme wealth and clear issues with obsession in their lives. Compare and contrast the two characters. Talk about how obsession ruined their lives. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

• Your introduction should include:

1)       Title and authors of primary (stories we have read in class) texts

2)       Your thesis (Which depends on the question you write about from above)

• Never end a paragraph with a quote.
• Cite outside sources within in your text; if it appears on your works cited page it has to be used in the paper (direct quotes or paraphrasing).
• Always keep in mind: is this quote proving and supporting my thesis? If not, do not use it!
• WITHOUT A WORKS CITED PAGE OR OUTSIDE SOURCES THE PAPER WILL FAIL

Obsession and Howard Hughes

All the links below deal obsession:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/fashion/obsessed-youre-not-alone.html?pagewanted=all

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/articles/disorders/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-calla/the-difference-between-lo_b_562589.html

http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-love-and-obsession/

http://www.sociopathworld.com/2011/04/power-and-obsessions.html

Howard Hughes:

http://www.biography.com/people/howard-hughes-9346282

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/hhughes.html

http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug05/hughes.aspx

More On The Great Gatsby

This link discusses some random facts about the novel and the writer:

http://gothamist.com/2013/05/07/gatsby_facts.php

The Wire breaks down The Great Gatsby (There is some strong language here):

http://www.openculture.com/2012/08/ithe_wirei_breaks_down_ithe_great_gatsbyi_f_scott_fitzgeralds_classic_criticism_of_america_nsfw.html

Footage of Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda:

http://www.openculture.com/2012/11/rare_footage_of_scott_and_zelda_fitzgerald_from_the_1920s.html

http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection&region=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=Homepage#/THE GREAT GATSBY

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=the%20great%20gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Taking a few mintues to read some background information on the author will enhance your understanding of the text.

Here are a few quotes to also think about from the text:
 “ Whenever you feel like criticizing any one…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had” (1).

“”a single green light, minute and faraway, that might have been the end of a dock” (22).

”He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced–or seemed to face–the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself” (48).

“Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known” (60).







Below is the link to a number of outside sources for the second essay:
http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Fitzgerald.htm

The game looks like the whole Nintendo video games. Kind of like Super Mario Bros.
Here are some links about the game:
http://theweek.com/article/index/212144/the-great-gatsby-video-game

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/07/the_great_gatsby_now_a_video_g.html

http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/great-gatsby-nes-gam.html

This link provides a link to where you can play the game:
http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/02/15/play-the-great-gatsby-video-game/

Here is a youtube video of the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjWKrz7yogM

Here is a list of sites about Fitzgerald:

A Brief Life of Fitzgerald

http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html

The quote “The dominant influences on F. Scott Fitzgerald were aspiration, literature, Princeton, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, and alcohol” begins this biographical sketch of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Contains:Commentary, Sketch

Keywords:F. Scott Fitzgerald, life, history, biography

A Fitzgerald Capsule History

http://access.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/9609_fitzgerald/fitztime.htm

This site, made by Minnesota Public Radio, commemorating Fitzgerald’s 100th birthday, provides a chronology of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life.

Contains:Timeline

Keywords:F. Scott Fitzgerald, life, history, biography

A Fitzgerald Chronology

http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/chronology.html

This site provides a chronology of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life.

Contains:Timeline

Keywords:F. Scott Fitzgerald, life, history, biography

Fitzgerald’s Obituaries

http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/obituaries.html

Fitzgerald’s obituaries were mixed. There was a general tendency to associate him with the excesses of the Twenties. The respectful obituaries expressed a sense of regret for Fitzgerald’s failure to fulfill his promise. None of the assessments predicted that Fitzgerald would be accorded a safe place among the greatest American authors.”

Contains:Obituary

Keywords:

The Fitzgeralds

http://www.zeldafitzgerald.com/fitzgeralds/index.asp

This site primarily contains biographical information about F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald.

Contains:Extensive Bio, Timeline, Webliography, Works List

Author:Professor Ruth Prigozy

Keywords:

 Other sites about F. Scott Fitzgerald

Authors on Fitzgerald: How others past and present view the man and his works

http://access.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/9609_fitzgerald/fitzauthors.htm

This site contains quotes from other famous authors about F. Scott Fitzgerald. Some of these authors include Ernest Hemmingway, T. S. Eilot, and Dorothy Parker.

Contains:Commentary

Keywords:

F. Scott Fitzgerald Bibliographies

http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/bibindex.html

This site contains links to “F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Publications,” “Principal Works About F. Scott Fitzgerald,” and “Works by Zelda Fitzgerald.”

Contains:Bibliography, Works List

Keywords:

The F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary

http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/index.html

Sponsored by the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina this comprehensive site includes links to works by F. Scott and Zelda Fitgerald, voice and film clips, quotations, and scrapbook, articles and critisim and more.

Contains:Criticism, Commentary, Pictures, Timeline, Full Bio, Works List, Bibliography, Webliography

Author:J. Baughman

Keywords:

Fitzgerald: Voice and Film Clips

http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/voice.html

This site contains sound files of F. Scott Fitzgerald speaking and a film clip of him as well.

Contains:Interview

Keywords:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/opinion/sunday/dowd-in-a-gaudy-theme-park-jay-z-meets-j-gatz.html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=OP_IAG_20130506

 

 

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Babylon Revisited

Criticism:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00144940.1990.9934031

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-007-0773-3_8?LI=true

Themes found in the story:

• Facing the consequences of one’s actions
• The struggle to change

Symbols found in the story:

• Honoria’s doll
• Snow

This link has some background information and criticism of the story (there is a lot of info here that could be used if you choose to write your first essay about this story):

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tdlarson/fsf/babylon/chap_3.htm

In the next two weeks we will discuss The Great Gatsby which “Babylon Revisited” shares many themes and issues with. Here is a short description of how they are similar:

“Babylon Revisited”: Similarity to The Great Gatsby
In both works, the main character is trying to create a new identity. In the case of Jay Gatsby, he has reinvented himself by a name change and by becoming rich through criminal acts to win Daisy. In Charlie’s instance, he has made a serious effort to reform to gain custody of Honoria.

Both The Great Gatsby and “Babylon Revisited” are also statements about the twenties, the pursuit of wealth and careless living of that generation. Gatsby’s pursuit of wealth, hoping it will bring him happiness and fulfillment, is the embodiment of the American Dream gone wrong. “Babylon Revisited” makes a statement not only about Charlie’s his personal dilemma but the irresponsible seeking of pleasure that was characteristic of the post-war Roaring Twenties generation.

From: http://vickie-britton.suite101.com/babylon-revisited-summary-and-analysis-a204727

NYTimes article:

http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/24/specials/fitzgerald-taps.html