Using 40 Short Stories, Fourth Edition, edited by Beverly Lawn
First two essays from 40 Short Stories
Third essay from Man's Search for Meaning and "Gooseberries"
Essays 4 and 5 from Acting Out Culture
Essay Assignment Number One based on “Bartleby, the Scrivener” and “Winter Dreams”
Essay Assignment Number Two based on one of the following:
Defend, refute, or complicate that the two stories “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Lady with the Dog” are refutations of moral absolutism (moral black and white) and in favor of moral relativism (moral gray).
Develop an analytical thesis that shows how “Battle Royal” and “The Lottery” expose the evil streak behind America’s love affair with its myth of innocence. What parallel components of evil inform both stories?
Develop an analytical thesis that compares the spiritual death and resurrection evident in “Sonny’s Blues” and “Cathedral.”
Develop an analytical thesis that compares the “heart of darkness” in the two devilish characters from “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
Use Man's Search for Meaning and "Gooseberries for Essay 3 during Fall and Spring.
Essay 1 is due Week 3 with in-class essay 1
Essay 2 is due Week 6 with in-class essay 2
Essay 3 is due Week 10
Essay 4 is due Week 12
Essay 5 is due Week 16 with in-class essay 3
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