I got some essays. It was grand.
Just a couple of links you might be interested in before you send your essay:
- How Do I Embed Quotations ?
- What format would Mr. Pogreba prefer ? (Ignore the e-mail part. Use the Briefcase
- The Essay Portfolio Briefcase is where ?
The following are the results of the class votes for novel/play selections:
Weighty Classics
- Invisible Man (36)
- Great Expectations (3)
Rural Tales of Redemption
- Resurrection (23)
- As I Lay Dying (1)
- The Road (15)
Finding the Self
- Siddhartha (17)
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (9)
- The Lake of the Woods (13)
African Tales
- Things Fall Apart (35)
- The Stranger ( 3)
Romance
- Love in the Time of Cholera (28)
- Wuthering Heights (11)
Elizabethan Drama
- Hamlet (3)
- Othello (4)
- Macbeth (10)
- Merchant of Venice (1)
- Doctor Faustus (20)
Everyone is going to remember different things about the novels we have read. The point is to use those details that we remember to the best possible effect on the test. Looking over the notes for Grapes of Wrath I was reminded of this small detail.
At the beginning of the book, Tom (the son) talks about how his father would always wait to eat a pig, and by the time he was ready to butcher and eat it, the pig would have died of some disease. By contrast, Uncle John wouldn't save and would butcher a whole pig just because he had a sudden craving for pork. In a sense, both were insane in their own way, one waiting for a promise that would never be fulfilled, the other not having the patience to wait.
Easy stuff. 🙂