BLOG POST #15--The Plot Against America #3
BLOG POST #15 [10 Points]
Discuss how Alvin and Sandy have changed by the end of the novel. Are they still representative of their reisistor, collaborator or independent type?
BLOG POST #15 [10 Points] The Plot Against America #2
BLOG POST #15 [10 Points]
How does Sandy and Aunt Evelyn begin to take advantage of the opportunities that the Lindbergh administration present to them? How does Herman (Philip's, the narrator's, father) react to these opportunities?
BLOG POST #14 The Plot Against America #1
BLOG POST #14 [10 Points]
In what ways do Sandy and Alvin react differently to the prospect of Charles Lindbergh becoming president? How does Roth use their different life situations and talents to hint at what their responses might be?
BLOG POST #13—Drama Paper
BLOG POST #13 [10 Points]
How does Edward Albee represent middle class American life in "The Zoo Story"?
Do you think he is fair in his representation? Do you think that his depiction of 1950s middle class life is still valid today?
BLOG POST #12 "The American Dream" by Edward Albee
BLOG POST #12 [10 Points]
How does Edward Albee represent middle class American life in "The American Dream"?
Do you think he is fair in his representation?
BLOG POST #11- "The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee
BLOG POST #11 [10 Points]
"The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee
On page 35 (after the dog story) Jerry says:
I have learned that neither kindness nor cruelty by themselves, independent of each other, creates any effect beyond themselves; and I have learned that the two combined, together, at the same time, are the teaching emotion.
How does "The Zoo Story" in its totality embody this concept laid out by Jerry? Is it a notion that appears to be as crazed as Jerry?
BlOG POST #10—Paper for Contemporary Poetry
BLOG POST #10 [10 Points]
Whose paper does a better job of exemplifying its point?
Is it
Bob's paper when he talks about Bishop's display of the experiential?
or
Is it
Larry's paper when he characterizes Adrienne Rich's poem as exhibiting both an internal and external focus?
Or are they both problematic?
Remember: you should cite the line numbers of the poems you refer to in your text according to
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