"The Alegory of the Cave", the Fear of the Unknown and the Hero in Literature

Here are a few sites that discuss "The Alegory of the Cave":

http://www.bachelorandmaster.com/creationofknowledge/allegory-of-the-cave.html

http://platophilosopher.pbworks.com/w/page/17201867/Analysis%20of%20the%20Allegory%20of%20the%20Cave






Human's Fear of the Unknown:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200305/why-we-fear-the-unknown

http://convocation.wfu.edu/senior-orations/the-fear-we-do-not-understand/

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/nyregion/things-people-choose-fear-usually-they-are-unknown-uncontrolled-not-near.html

The Truman Show:

http://www.transparencynow.com/truman.htm

http://www.scandalon.co.uk/philosophy/plato_cave.htm

These links discuss the role of heroes in literature:

http://athome.harvard.edu/programs/nagy/threads/concept_of_hero.html

http://oldlaney.peralta.edu/apps/comm.asp?Q=30570
(JUST CLICK CANCEL WHEN THEY ASK FOR A PASSWORD)

http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/dillon/education_plato_republic.html

The Village

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jnt/summary/v038/38.2.collier.html

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=2wM5TgKsEHoC&oi=fnd&pg=PT1&dq=the+village+film+m+night+Shyamalan&ots=v0x4D3rcZa&sig=kLzOPeDHfqLyO3-BXAEv_RqHDEI#v=onepage&q=the%20village%20film%20m%20night%20Shyamalan&f=false

ENG 102 ESSAY #2*** DUE THURSDAY JUNE 5***

REMINDER: NO CLASS MONDAY 5/26 –OR- TUESDAY 5/27!

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: http://ecceng102summerone.blogspot.com/

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”, “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” 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.

3)      Explain the role of magical realism in “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” and Life of Pi. Pick out three examples from these two and explain how they can be described as magical realism. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

4)       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.

5)      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.

6)      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.

7)      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.

"The Sisterhood of the Night" and The Salem With Trials/Hunt

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/the-sisterhood-of-night-n_n_1521576.html

If  you use this information, give credit to the link under this passage:

The richest of the stories in this vein is ''The Sisterhood of Night,'' in which Millhauser adopts one of his familiar narrative voices -- the affable small-town archivist explaining some local peculiarity to an inquisitive stranger.

It seems that adolescent girls are going out at night in bands, seeking ''dark and secret places.'' Witchcraft is suspected, and also various unspeakable sexual perversions. ''What shall we do with our daughters?'' is the refrain of the adults. ''Tell us! we cry, our voices shrill with love. Tell us everything! Then we will forgive you.'' When the secret is revealed, we at first suspect that a joke is being made about teen-age girls and their ways. On reflection, we discover more complex meanings, to do with privacy, sanctuary and the unknowability of other minds. It is a lovely, haunting story, whose apparent simplicity masks its true depth.

http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/05/10/reviews/980510.10mcgratt.html

Links about upcoming film:

http://www.thesisterhoodofnight-movie.com/

Interview with the author:

http://transatlantica.revues.org/562

Salem Witch Trials/Hunt:

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-salem.html

http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/home.html

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Tradition, "The Lottery," and Groupthink

Articles on tradition:

This article discusses how different cultures address death:
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/19/local/la-me-0819-lopez-dyingwell-20120819

This link discusses American Culture:
http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/american_culture.htm

Here is a link to what The Bible has to say about culture:
http://www.openbible.info/topics/traditions

This is an interesting look at how different cultures have different traditions when it comes to childcare:
http://alphamom.com/parenting/interesting-parenting-traditions-from-different-cultures/





Somebody made a short movie based on the story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV03h3XWTDU

Criticism:
http://home.netwood.net/kosenko/jackson.html

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Jackson.htm
GROUPTHINK:
http://www.psysr.org/about/pubs_resources/groupthink%20overview.htm

http://www.abacon.com/commstudies/groups/groupthink.html

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/theory/grpthink.html

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 Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" (Magical realsim, fairytales and more)

Magical Realism:
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Magic_realism.html

http://www.english.iup.edu/pagnucci/courses/121/definitions/litdefinition-magicalrealism.htm

This article discusses "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" and magical realism:

http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/marquez.htm

Here is a list of fairytales that you may want to reference:

http://ivyjoy.com/fables/

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/

What makes a story a fairy tale?

http://www.voxmagazine.com/blog/2012/10/what-makes-a-fairy-tale/

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=jkSzkr4UWDgC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=what+makes+a+story+a+fairy+tale&ots=5INIgjj9fI&sig=-bBpPAXuosHCiUyBu3uFbQmYHOA#v=onepage&q=what%20makes%20a%20story%20a%20fairy%20tale&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=-AR9FEgly9wC&oi=fnd&pg=PA64&dq=what+makes+a+story+a+fairy+tale&ots=AcMzBieWQS&sig=UY-nsUqv1cfOsWdlWoEEM7Nr7A8#v=onepage&q=what%20makes%20a%20story%20a%20fairy%20tale&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=1esOc6GGtOsC&oi=fnd&pg=PA2&dq=what+makes+a+story+a+fairy+tale&ots=0d0nbXFdyu&sig=XK7cnjf_z8L06Q5aEzwxBNZbBss#v=onepage&q=what%20makes%20a%20story%20a%20fairy%20tale&f=false


"A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"

http://www.academia.edu/1000317/Marquezs_A_Very_Old_Man_with_Enormous_Wings_and_Bambaras_The_Lesson

http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Annotation?action=view&annid=12287

Author's Obit:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/books/gabriel-garcia-marquez-literary-pioneer-dies-at-87.html?_r=0

ESSAY 1***DUE MAY 22***

3 PAGES (WORKS CITED DOES NOT COUNT), DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN

USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.

USE THE EXAMPLE PAPER HANDOUT FOR MLA GUIDELINES!!

This link will also help with MLA questions:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

1. Use examples from (use at least TWO) The Namesake, “Two Kinds” and “Brave Are We”, and from your own experience if it applies to explain the “new American” experience and assimilation. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
2. We discussed how symbols were used in “Brave We Are” this week for the issues new Americans face. Discuss three of those symbols and explain their importance in the story. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
3. In “Two Kinds” the mother puts a lot of pressure of her daughter to do well. We refereed to it as her “putting all her eggs in one basket”. Explain how she attempts to shape her daughter’s life in the story. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
4. Food is clearly important in all cultures and we see that in “Brave We Are” and to a lesser extent in The Namesake; using examples from both of those texts OR JUST “Brave We Are” and two outside sources, explain what role food plays in culture.
5. Use examples from (use at least TWO) The Namesake, “Two Kinds” and “Brave Are We” to explain how the parents in these stories attempted to pass on their culture to their Americanized children. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

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·         Never end a paragraph with a quote.

·         Cite outside sources within in your text; if it appears on your works cited page it has to be used in the paper (direct quotes or paraphrasing).

·         Always keep in mind: is this quote proving and supporting my thesis? If not, do not use it!

·         DO NOT USE QUOTES THAT ARE LONGER THAN 4 LINES

 

Allows use the full title when referring to a story or film and follow the rules below:

The Namesake, “Two Kinds”, “Brave We Are”

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:

Food and Culture

http://www.pbs.org/opb/meaningoffood/food_and_culture/

http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FPNS%2FPNS41_02%2FS0029665182000342a.pdf&code=a5f2bf50f4e788b1d69390f92ddf4fcd

http://www.tasfed.org/en/makaledetay.aspx?id=698

http://www.uwlax.edu/urc/jur-online/pdf/2007/neely.pdf

http://edibleschoolyard.org/sites/default/files/meaningfoodinlivesJNEB2005.pdf

http://family.jrank.org/pages/639/Food-Food-Culture.html

http://pakistan.saarctourism.org/pakistan-food.html

http://www.pak-foods.com/

The Namesake and How to Do an In Text Citation for a Film

NY Times Movie Review:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/movies/09name.html?mabReward=relbias:w&_r=0&action=click&adxnnl=1&region=searchResults&module=Search&url=http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&region=Masthead&pgtype=Homepage&module=SearchSubmit&contentCollection=Homepage&t=qry226#/the namesake&adxnnlx=1399392285-cOQhIgbbksf+3kKwx4M/GA

Review of the novel:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/books/review/28METCALT.html?action=click&module=Search&region=searchResults&mabReward=relbias%3Aw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Fsitesearch%2F%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSearchSubmit%26contentCollection%3DHomepage%26t%3Dqry226%23%2Fthe+namesake

More sources:

http://ece.uprm.edu/artssciences/atenea/Atenea-XXVII-1.pdf#page=104

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3200/CRIT.50.1.111-128#.U2kJF_4cy70

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17449850701219892#.U2kJMf4cy70

In text citations for films:

To cite a movie within the text of your paper, put the first item of the Works Cited entry in parentheses at the end of the sentence. Your parenthetical citation may list the title, the director or a performer.

For example:

Ashame worries about her children getting married to please her and not for their own happiness (The Namesake).