Essay 3--MON/WED DUE MON APRIL 13***TUE/THURS DUE TUES APRIL 14

Essay 3
MON/WED DUE MON APRIL 13

TUE/THURS DUE TUES APRIL 14

 

Use 2 OUTSIDE SOURCES (NO OUTSIDE SOURCES=FAIL)

3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

 

1)      Explain the role of God and/or religion in (at least TWO) “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” and Life of Pi. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

2)      The issue of whether The Misfit had grace or not was discussed in class. Pick a side of the argument and defend your thesis with outside sources and examples from the text.

A Raisin in the Sun

1.      Each of the characters in the Younger family has a particular individual dream. One wants to move to a bigger home, one wants to attend medical school, one wants to rise above his conditions though does not necessarily have a plan to do so. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the functions of dreams in A Raisin in the Sun. Consider whether there was a way to make each individual dream compatible with others’ dreams. If so, explain why the characters did not identify this alternative.

2.      Oftentimes, seemingly minor characters can actually have great significance to either the meaning or the actions of the play. In A Raisin in the Sun there is a handful of minor characters, including Mr. Linder, Bobo, Willy, George and Joseph, who are significant to the play. Choose one or more of the minor characters in A Raisin in the Sun and write an essay in which you analyze the roles that they play in the development of the thematic content of A Raisin in the Sun. Assess whether the inclusion of these minor characters is necessary to develop the play’s message. Defend your thesis with outside sources and examples from the text.

3.      Compare the three women from play and explain where they differed and what separated them throughout the play.

4.       How is the American Dream expressed in each member of the Younger family: Walter, Ruth, Lena (Mama), and Beneatha?

5.      How would you compare the struggles of the Younger family to that of the family we see in Pursuit of Happyness?

6.       Joseph Assaigai, George Murchinson, Ruth's Pregnancy, Beneatha's hair, Mr. Lindner, the new house, the money from the insurance policy, and Lena's plant. In what sense are these people, events, and/or objects symbolic? How do they further our understanding of the play?