Chapter 16 -- It’s All About Sex...
Chapter 17 -- ...Except the Sex
OK ..the sex chapters. The key idea from this chapter is that “scenes in which sex is coded rather than explicit can work at multiple levels and sometimes be more intense that literal depictions” (141). In other words, sex is often suggested with much more art and effort than it is described, and, if the author is doing his job, it reflects and creates theme or character. Choose a novel or movie in which sex is suggested, but not described, and discuss how the relationship is suggested and how this implication affects the theme or develops characterization.
Chapter 17 -- ...Except the Sex
OK ..the sex chapters. The key idea from this chapter is that “scenes in which sex is coded rather than explicit can work at multiple levels and sometimes be more intense that literal depictions” (141). In other words, sex is often suggested with much more art and effort than it is described, and, if the author is doing his job, it reflects and creates theme or character. Choose a novel or movie in which sex is suggested, but not described, and discuss how the relationship is suggested and how this implication affects the theme or develops characterization.
In the movie Bonnie and Clyde, the two characters have sexual intercourse many times but only shows them starting off kissing on the bed. Everyone knows where it leads to, and I believe it represents something more than just hooking up. Bonnie and Clyde commit horrible crimes and do bad things, therefore their love for one another is the only thing that truly is real to them. They may both be crazy, but their crazy about each other.
Chapter 18 -- If She Comes Up, It’s Baptism
Think of a “baptism scene” from a significant literary work. How was the character different after the experience? Discuss.
Think of a “baptism scene” from a significant literary work. How was the character different after the experience? Discuss.
Chapter 19 -- Geography Matters...Discuss at least four different aspects of a specific literary work that Foster would classify under “geography.”
No Country for Old Men would classify under geography because of where it takes place, which is the desert. It represents the struggle and pain that is caused; the suffering throughout the movie.
Star Trek, because the setting of space and galaxies shows the feeling of the whole movie and that is the unknown and the curiosity of the future.
The Notebook, because where it takes place at is the fairytale of every girl's dream romance. Taken place in a small town in the 1940's, very vintage, where two people fall in love.
Chapter 20 -- ...So Does Season
Find a poem that mentions a specific season. Then discuss how the poet uses the season in a meaningful, traditional, or unusual way. (Submit a copy of the poem with your analysis.)
Winter
trees stand bare
looks for coats to wear
hovers together seeking
a refuge from the icy winters air.
-Heather Burns
Burns uses winter in an traditional way, describing what happens to trees during the winter, but it carries more meaning by describing how the trees feel from the weather, therefore making it unusual.
Star Trek, because the setting of space and galaxies shows the feeling of the whole movie and that is the unknown and the curiosity of the future.
The Notebook, because where it takes place at is the fairytale of every girl's dream romance. Taken place in a small town in the 1940's, very vintage, where two people fall in love.
Chapter 20 -- ...So Does Season
Find a poem that mentions a specific season. Then discuss how the poet uses the season in a meaningful, traditional, or unusual way. (Submit a copy of the poem with your analysis.)
Winter
trees stand bare
looks for coats to wear
hovers together seeking
a refuge from the icy winters air.
-Heather Burns
Burns uses winter in an traditional way, describing what happens to trees during the winter, but it carries more meaning by describing how the trees feel from the weather, therefore making it unusual.
Interlude -- One Story
Write your own definition for archetype. Then identify an archetypal story and apply it to a literary work with which you are familiar.
a story that has been imitated.
The movie Percy Jackson is an imitation of the old story from the bible called David and Goliath. Percy has to get an important belonging back from a giant Cyclopes, by fighting him to get it back.
Write your own definition for archetype. Then identify an archetypal story and apply it to a literary work with which you are familiar.
a story that has been imitated.
The movie Percy Jackson is an imitation of the old story from the bible called David and Goliath. Percy has to get an important belonging back from a giant Cyclopes, by fighting him to get it back.
Chapter 21 -- Marked for Greatness
Figure out Harry Potter’s scar. If you aren’t familiar with Harry Potter, select another character with a physical imperfection and analyze its implications for characterization.
Harry Potter's parents were killed by Voldermort when he was a baby. After Voldermort killed his parents he walked over to Harry and looked at him. Trying to strike him, but didn't kill him, just simply scarring his head. Voldermort saw tremendous power in him, knowing he would be destined for greatness.
Figure out Harry Potter’s scar. If you aren’t familiar with Harry Potter, select another character with a physical imperfection and analyze its implications for characterization.
Harry Potter's parents were killed by Voldermort when he was a baby. After Voldermort killed his parents he walked over to Harry and looked at him. Trying to strike him, but didn't kill him, just simply scarring his head. Voldermort saw tremendous power in him, knowing he would be destined for greatness.
Chapter 22 -- He’s Blind for a Reason, You Know
Chapter 23 -- It’s Never Just Heart Disease...
Chapter 24 -- ...And Rarely Just Illness
Recall two characters who died of a disease in a literary work. Consider how these deaths reflect the “principles governing the use of disease in literature” (215-217). Discuss the effectiveness of the death as related to plot, theme, or symbolism.
In My Sister's Keeper, the older sister dies from cancer. I believe it was a symbol that she died to show her family something....to not take things for granted. Her family was so stressed into everyone else's problems, they were forgetting about hers. Finally her speaking up and saying that she wants to go ahead and die, opened their eyes.
Chapter 25 -- Don’t Read with Your EyesAfter reading Chapter 25, choose a scene or episode from a novel, play or epic written before the twentieth century. Contrast how it could be viewed by a reader from the twenty-first century with how it might be viewed by a contemporary reader. Focus on specific assumptions that the author makes, assumptions that would not make it in this century.
In Bonnie and Clyde, the two characters are fornicating secretly and never get married. In the old days that was considered horrible and frowned upon, but to society in the present time would generally accept the fact that the two characters are having a sexual relation without being married, because in this day in time, many people are doing such a thing. When someone from the present does not comprehend why everyone in the movie thinks what they are doing is so bad, when they need to reconsider the place and time the movie is set in.
Chapter 23 -- It’s Never Just Heart Disease...
Chapter 24 -- ...And Rarely Just Illness
Recall two characters who died of a disease in a literary work. Consider how these deaths reflect the “principles governing the use of disease in literature” (215-217). Discuss the effectiveness of the death as related to plot, theme, or symbolism.
In My Sister's Keeper, the older sister dies from cancer. I believe it was a symbol that she died to show her family something....to not take things for granted. Her family was so stressed into everyone else's problems, they were forgetting about hers. Finally her speaking up and saying that she wants to go ahead and die, opened their eyes.
Chapter 25 -- Don’t Read with Your EyesAfter reading Chapter 25, choose a scene or episode from a novel, play or epic written before the twentieth century. Contrast how it could be viewed by a reader from the twenty-first century with how it might be viewed by a contemporary reader. Focus on specific assumptions that the author makes, assumptions that would not make it in this century.
In Bonnie and Clyde, the two characters are fornicating secretly and never get married. In the old days that was considered horrible and frowned upon, but to society in the present time would generally accept the fact that the two characters are having a sexual relation without being married, because in this day in time, many people are doing such a thing. When someone from the present does not comprehend why everyone in the movie thinks what they are doing is so bad, when they need to reconsider the place and time the movie is set in.
Chapter 26 -- Is He Serious? And Other Ironies
Select an ironic literary work and explain the multivocal nature of the irony in the work.
In the television show American Horror Story, there is one episode where a woman is trying to become famous and wants to be well known. Well her teeth are out of line so she decides to go to the dentist. What she doesn't know is that the dentist is a murderer. Therefore, when she goes to the dentist being the pretty woman she is, the dentist decides to kill her, have sexual contact with her, cut her up in pieces, then dump it in town somewhere. Over all, the woman becomes famous by being murdered which is very ironic.
Select an ironic literary work and explain the multivocal nature of the irony in the work.
In the television show American Horror Story, there is one episode where a woman is trying to become famous and wants to be well known. Well her teeth are out of line so she decides to go to the dentist. What she doesn't know is that the dentist is a murderer. Therefore, when she goes to the dentist being the pretty woman she is, the dentist decides to kill her, have sexual contact with her, cut her up in pieces, then dump it in town somewhere. Over all, the woman becomes famous by being murdered which is very ironic.
Chapter 27 -- A Test Case
Read “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield, the short story starting on page 245. Complete the exercise on pages 265-266, following the directions exactly. Then compare your writing with the three examples. How did you do? What does the essay that follows comparing Laura with Persephone add to your appreciation of Mansfield’s story?
Read “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield, the short story starting on page 245. Complete the exercise on pages 265-266, following the directions exactly. Then compare your writing with the three examples. How did you do? What does the essay that follows comparing Laura with Persephone add to your appreciation of Mansfield’s story?
