Wow.
I asked for you to write stories to respond to naturalism and show that you understood what it means for a writer to be called naturalist; what I didn’t expect was the quality of the stories. Not that I doubted your creativity, but creativity does not always produce great stories, and you guys have done [...]
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Having read Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” you know there’s no way to escape writing about it. Maybe in some corner of my pinky finger there had been hidden a cell that might have let you out of a written assignment for this story, but then I read Kyriana’s and Nate’s [...]
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Your assignment for Flannery O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” is the same as the one for Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams”: respond to the story in your blogs, and be interesting - so interesting that someone who hasn’t read the story will enjoy reading it. Write at least 250 words.
This time, however, I’d [...]
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Having discussed F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams,” I’d like you to respond to the story in your blogs in an interesting manner. Write at least 250 words.
That’s not much of an explanation, I realize, but that aides my goal for this assignment. I want you to be able to discuss a book, story, or [...]
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Of Mice & Men Worth It
