Hi Class,
Here's an option for posting to the blog instead of submitting a response paper.
Let me know if you have any questions.
~Karen
Optional Alternative for Response Papers: Blog Posts
Submit two blog posts and comment on two posts not your own.
Important: Cut and paste your posts and comments, print them out, and submit in class as you would a response paper.
1. Create two blog posts:
a. One post on the overall group of stories assigned:
Post should cover: What connects the stories? What craft issues tie them together (theme, voice, character, tone, etc.)? Write about the general impressions of the text.
b. One post examining one particular short story:
Focus on one particular story (preferably one you loved) from the assigned text. This should explain why the story engaged you and should not be a plot summary. It would be helpful to discuss the aims of the story and what is at issue both on the surface and sub-textually in the piece. You should point to specific moments in the text to illustrate your points. Be sure to address the impact of the story on you as a reader and what does it leave you with after you’ve read it? What moments were the most striking for you? Why did you choose this story to annotate?
2. Post Two Comments on two posts not your own:
a. Post two (civil) comments on other people’s blog posts. Further the idea presented with additional examples, respectfully disagree providing evidence from text, ect.
Optional:
Post links to short stories you’ve read and liked, author interviews with authors we’re discussing for this class, etc.
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Brittany Rehain
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These stories all dealt with different hardships found throughout life. Hardships difficult to overcome although all the stories were able to find a happiness through the tradegy to continue on. I found these stories to be motivational. I was able to relate to them because I viewed each one as a tradegy and how they were able to overcome and continue on, always looking on the brighter side of life. Throughout life we are all faced with many obstacles and I find stories such as the group we read help deal with these obstacles and teach us there is more to life, and we must continue. Distancing yourself from the tradegy can help a person during the tradegy, you must reflect back and recall what has happened to make sense of the situation and help you grieve accordingly. The themes that connect these stories, of hardship internal and external conflicts , are themes that strongly connect this group of stories.
The story i enjoyed reading the most was “ the girl with the blackened eye”. I found this story to be enlightening and sad. To overcome this tradegy by simply blocking it out is difficult for a person to do. He recollection of the event was amazing, every detail and fact was there. When she describes how she was able to escape and didn't i found fascinating. She recalled every action that happened, and i felt so sad for her when she was describing how her family never speaks of the event that occurred. How the story is explained you feel as though you are there as her, being abused yourself. The story is brought to life, and gives an entirely different view of what is occurring by reading. I found myself encompassed in reading. How she remembered the forcible abduction , and every detail possible and doesn't talk about it now, and keeps it bottled up inside. I thought that was sad that her husband didn't know this ever occurred. On page 201 when she speaks about her privileged class, and describes in detail the disgusting and horrible things she went through, shows the irony of the situation. She speaks as though she is in third person and the event never actually occurred to her. How she is young and able to deal with this and escapes while others are killed is amazing. As she recalls the events it is almost as though it is an outer body experience and she recalls it like she wasn't there. She was able to disconnect herself, this is something i found fascinating because I would not be able to do this. Overall I found this story to be motivating because it made me feel as though my life is perfect and my hardships are not nearly what she went through.
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