race/racism, culture identity Suggested Themes to Explore: the individual and community, race/racism, gender, culture/identity. Introduction and Thesis (one paragraph)-Your paper should begin by stating the general topic and themes you’ll write about, stating your text (full title and author’s full name), a brief summary of the narrative or essay, and some context (when it was […]
Response to the book Solar Storms by Linda Hoagn 1)Hogan uses some aspects of the typical novel, like getting readers to identify with a character, using symbolic features like a journey, giving us a love interest to root for — even while she interpolates features of Native culture like magic, oral traditions, and herbal lore. […]
Theme and Symbol in Medieval Literature Topic: Write a clearly organized essay in which you identify the theme you see in Canto 1 of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno and the way symbol and/or allegory is used to develop that theme (Norton 929–934 Further Instructions for Topic 2: The purpose of this essay is to develop […]
Shakespeare Formulate an opinion, based on research done, on whether or not Shakespeare should be required material in the classroom. There is currently much debate on the matter, and I am looking to you, the youth who are most affected by this to weigh in on the matter. Present an argument for your stance, and […]
Romeo and Juliet For your next written task, you are going to create an adaptation of a specific scene in Act II – the scene from Scene III where Romeo and Friar Lawrence have a detailed conversation. An adaptation is the adapting of a literary source (e.g. a novel, short story, poem) to another genre or medium, such as a […]
Effects of Slavery 40 years after abolition. What effects does slavery still have on the characters in Gem of the Ocean, some forty years after its abolition? Why is this important? Use at least two secondary sources in addition to the literary text you are analyzing. Secondary sources must be scholarly, not popular. Include both […]
Write a critical review of the book “The Things We Do for Love” written by kristin hannah. Make sure you clearly pass judgement in the introductory paragraph and then make sure you write an explicitly clear sentence at the beginning of each body paragraph that strongly supports and illustrates your thesis statement. Keep the tone […]
The final exam for this class is a multi-part essay in which you will demonstrate your understanding of plagiarism and citing sources. Define plagiarism in your own words. One of the biggest concerns in the study of wizardry and magic is ethical behavior. How is plagiarism an ethical concern? Given that cheating and plagiarism is […]
Read Richard H. Tyre’s article “You Can’t Teach Tolkien,” which you can find in the Permanent Documents and Web Links section, and apply his observations about the hero’s journey to maturity in The Hobbit. Identify the hero and trace his/her journey through the novel. Explain thoroughly, using direct textual evidence (quotes from the book), the […]
