Thursday, October 4, 2007

Period 6 - Essay Options

On your test next Wed. you will be given 2 of the following essays to write about. You will only need to select ONE essay to respond to in a thoughtful way. Be familiar with all possible essays.

You would respond to the following essays using: "Full Circle," Wasps' Nest," "Trifles," "The Great Taos Bank Robbery"

1. Which character(s) from the stories listed above our easiest to fool, and which do you think is most difficult?

2. Think about the strange or unusual behavior of some of the character in the selections listed above. Which strange or unusual action did you find easiest to understand, and hard to understand.

3. Which characters, from the selections above, are victims and which are victimizers (those who deliberately harm others). Are any of the characters considered both?

You would respond to the following essays using: "The Open Window," "Sorry, Right Number," "In the Family"

4. The selections listed above involve events that go beyond the limits of credibility. What events were most believable, and which events were least believable?

5. Many of the selections above concern images or views of death and how it affects the characters hwo remain after someone dies. Be able to describe the image or view of death in the select and how it affects the characters who remain.

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