A Raisin in the Sun

Below are links that would function as strong outside sources:
http://www.umich.edu/~eng217/student_projects/araisininthesun/historicalcontext.html

http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/literary-criticism/36902365/somewhat-like-war-aesthetics-segregation-black-liberation-and-raisin-sun

http://lifeofannekathrin.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/race-in-a-raisin-in-the-sun.pdf

http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=45950

http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=62331

You can look through these links to see if any may be useful for your paper:

https://www.google.com/#q=a+raisin+in+the+sun+scholarly+articles


American Dream:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/dealbook/2014/12/10/many-feel-the-american-dream-is-out-of-reach-poll-shows/?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=aut&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000

Life of Pi

Here is the IMDB.COM page for the film:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/

Interviews with the author of the novel:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/nov/26/fiction

http://textualities.net/jennie-renton/yann-martel-interview/

Other articles about the novel/film:

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/French-director-swept-away-by-Life-of-Pi-2565015.php

http://www.theministryrookie.com/2013/02/25/does-the-life-of-pi-prove-the-existence-of-god/

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/may/25/fiction.reviews1

A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Links on Southern Culture:

http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/regionalism.html

http://edsitement.neh.gov/launchpad-flannery-oconnors-journey-through-the-south

Folow this link for a collection of links about the story:

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

More on "A Good Man is Hard to Find":
http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=9&sid=7a0d2f82-11ba-4046-80b7-8b3557846338%40sessionmgr4002&hid=4214

http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=7a0d2f82-11ba-4046-80b7-8b3557846338%40sessionmgr4002&vid=11&hid=4214

http://commons.pacificu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=casfac

http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/607/784

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/old-WILLA/fall95/Haines.html

O'Connor reading the story and commentary:

http://www.openculture.com/2012/05/rare_1959_audio_flannery_oconnor_reads_a_good_man_is_hard_to_find.html

http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2011/jul/05/fresh-look-flannery-o-connor-cartoons

Four collections of essays provide a good range of criticism on O’Connor (These would be found in the Literary Criticism section of a book store or library):

1. The Added Dimension: The Art and Mind of Flannery O’Connor, edited by Melvin J. Friedman and Lewis A. Lawson (1966; rpt. Fordham University Press, 1977).

2. Critical Essays on Flannery O’Connor, edited by Melvin J. Friedman and Beverly Lyon Clark (Hall, 1985).

3. Flannery O’Connor, edited by Harold Bloom (Chelsea House, 1986).

4. Realist of Distances: Flannery O’Connor Revisited, edited by Karl-Heinz Westarp and Jan Nordby Gretlund (Aarhus, 1987).

The Grandmother:

The Misfit with the grandmother:

Taking the family to the woods:

The author:

NO CLASS WED 3/11 AND THURS 3/12---HUMANITIES CONFERENCE IN SMITH HALL

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

The Man To Send Rain Clouds

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=A457AgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=native+americans+and+death+ritual&ots=09wxQhzq4B&sig=2HzTSp6v5N4KB-0-ode8_3Ks9CA#v=onepage&q=native%20americans%20and%20death%20ritual&f=false

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/467292?sid=21105586544861&uid=3739808&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=MvLttWuJJnIC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=the+man+to+send+rain+clouds&ots=52PuKLJtx2&sig=MmcTXQPrpM6Ez8plBFqlF_eu-gc#v=onepage&q=the%20man%20to%20send%20rain%20clouds&f=false

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/43018128?sid=21105586579711&uid=3739256&uid=2&uid=3739808&uid=4

You'll need to sign into your myecc account for the below link:

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/GLD/hits?NA=&TI=the+man+to+send+rain+clouds&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

Native Americans and death:

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-cermonies.html

http://traditionscustoms.com/death-rites/native-american-death-rites

http://www.indians.org/articles/native-american-spirituality.html

Essay Two

MON/WED due Wed March 18

TUES/THURS due Thurs March 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.

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: eng102spring15.blogspot.com

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

1)      One of the central themes found in “The Lottery,” The Sisterhood of the Night,” and The Village is groupthink. Using at least TWO of these stories or film to explain how it played a role in each story. Refer to the blog for outside sources and be sure to use example from the primary texts as well as the outside sources.

2)      Our class blog has a few articles about the Salem Witch Hunt and Trials; use those (or other reliable outside sources on the topic) to compare any similarities you see in “The Sisterhood of the Night.” It is often referred to as an updated version of the Salem Witch Hunt. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

3)      Three of the most important symbols in “The Lottery” are the lottery itself, the black box and Old Man Warner. Explain how these three symbols have larger meaning within the story. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

4)      Pick a few symbols from “The Lottery” and “The Sisterhood of the Night” to explain how the stories address tradition and/or the idea of groupthink. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

5)      Discuss the effects of Magical Stranger in Literature as seen in "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World", "The Temp" and Edward Scissorhands. Use at least two of these texts to display how a “magical stranger” comes into the lives of these people and changes how they look at themselves. Outside sources on different cultures would help answer this question. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

6)      We also discussed the importance society places on appearance when discussing "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World", "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.

 

 

 

The Handsomest Drowned Man Questions

1)      Does the drowned man create conflict in the village, or bring the village together? (Your answer might change depending on which part of the story you're examining.)

2)      Flowers are mentioned in the beginning of the story and at the very end; what do the flowers represent to the people of the village? How has that changed since the arrival of the drowned man?

3)      How does the drowned man give the villagers a stronger sense of identity? Why is this important to people?

 

This week we will look at “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, “The Temp” and Edward Scissorhands in class. All three of these stories contain individuals that become part of a community in some way and have profound effects of the people. In “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” it is a corpse that washes ashore that gives the townspeople a new way of looking at their lives, in “The Temp” it is a temp hired in an office that changes the atmosphere of the work environment and in Edward Scissorhands it is a unique young man that forces a rather boring town to see how boring and judgmental they really are. This week pay attention to what these “magical strangers” force the people in the stories to look at it in their lives.

 

The Importance of Appearance

“In traditional societies, clothing reflected ones rank and place in society, and identified one. Its function was not merely to clothe a naked person but also to  beautify him or her. While it always reflected ones outward place it also reveals something on ones internal character. Thus clothing was both protection from the elements and an expression of spiritual and cultural identity”

“Just like one can determine the ripeness or rottenness of a fruit based on its appearance, one can usually draw conclusions on one’s inner character from how they present themselves” Agree?

(http://www.ridingthetiger.org/2013/03/19/the-importance-of-appearance/).

“But recent research suggests that we may need to adopt a more cynical attitude. It turns out that a candidate’s appearance — not beauty, but a look of competence — can generate a far greater vote swing than we previously thought. Furthermore, this effect is not only powerful but also subliminal. Few of us believe that appearance determines our vote, yet for a significant number of us, it may” (Mlondinow).