ENG 102 ESSAY #2*** DUE THURSDAY Jan 4

I’ll be in my office from 9-11:30 on Wednesday Jan 3 to go over the paper with you!

2- 3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN

USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.

Refer to the class blog for outside source info: eng102winter17.blogspot.com

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.  

Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

"The Temp" and "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" and Edward Scissorhands

1)      Discuss the effects of Magical Stranger in Literature as seen in "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World", "The Temp" and Edward Scissorhands. Use at least two of these texts to display how a “magical stranger” comes into the lives of these people and changes how they look at themselves. Outside sources on different cultures would help answer this question.

2)      We also discussed the importance society places on appearance when discussing "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World", "The Temp" and Edward Scissorhands. Use an example from at least two of these texts to explain how appearance played a role in their stories while discussing how important it is in today’s world

3)      Use the sources on the blog that discuss office culture to explain how the office workers were positively influenced by the temp. What was it like before she got that? How did the workers feel about their jobs before and after? Why do people sometimes feel like this about their jobs?

“The Allegory of the Cave” and The Truman Show

4)      Compare Truman from The Truman Show and the prisoner that is freed to view the outside world. Talk about how they were both “imprisoned,” achieved freedom through knowledge and what ends up happening to them.

5)      Discuss three symbols (the sun, the cave, the chains, the outside world, the prisoners…to name a few) and explain what they may represent and their importance in “The Allegory of the Cave.”

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas", "The Sisterhood of the Night" and The Village

6)      One of the central themes found in “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,” The Sisterhood of the Night,” and The Village is groupthink. Using at least TWO of these stories or film to explain how it played a role in each story. Refer to the blog for outside sources and be sure to use example from the primary texts as well as the outside sources.

7)      Our class blog has a few articles about the Salem Witch Hunt and Trials; use those (or other reliable outside sources on the topic) to compare any similarities you see in “The Sisterhood of the Night.” It is often referred to as an updated version of the Salem Witch Hunt. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

8)      Pick a few symbols from “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”, “The Sisterhood of the Night” and The Village to explain how the stories address tradition and/or the idea of groupthink. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

9)      Using ““The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,”can you think if any analogy of the child in the room in our society? If so, who is the child, and who suffers at its expense?

·         DO NOT USE QUOTES IN INTRO OR CONCLUSION

·         CITE AND QUOTE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES

·         DO NOT START OR END A PARAGRAPH WITH A QUOTE

·         MAKE SURE QUOTES ARE 4 LINES OR SHORTER

Movies get italics and “Short Stories” get quotation marks