Our Schedule Next Week

Hi Everyone--

I jumped ahead in the calendar thinking next week was our last week, but we have next week in class.

Your homework is to think about the final I gave you in class which I will also post here--BELOW.  Monday we will discuss topics and also screen the film Rosewood, which will give us one more hero to include.

PLEASE SEND ME YOUR ZEITOUN ESSAY BY TOMORROW 3PM. THOSE WHO SEND WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVISE; OTHERWISE I CANNOT GRADE THEM IN TIME FOR TUESDAY LAB REVISION.

REMEMBER THAT YOUR RESEARCH PAPER GRADE DEPENDS ON BEING ABLE TO FIND, INTEGRATE AND CITE QUOTATIONS FROM SOURCES CORRECTLY.

FINAL EXAM TOPIC AND INSTRUCTIONS

Due in Class Tuesday December 18th

            For your final exam for this course, you will focus on the nature of the hero, and possibly the tragic hero, by comparing and contrasting any two heroes we have read about, discussed and written on this semester.  Options for comparison include Boxer, Snowball (Animal Farm), Electra, Orestes (Electra) Antigone, Creon, (Antigone) Senay or Okwe (Dirty Pretty Things) OR THE MAIN CHARACTER IN ROSEWOOD.

You will develop a clear thesis for this comparison-contrast essay by stating, in your introduction, the main similarities and differences between the two heroes you have chosen.  You may use Aristotle, but I would also like you to use Campbell’s stages of the hero’s journey—whichever steps apply to your hero.

Some Guide Questions:

1.     How is the hero (or heroine) called to adventure? (triggering event)

2.     When, how, why does he/she cross into the field of adventure?

3.     What are two important tests or trials he/she confronts?

4.     Where do you see him/her shifting from old world to new world (old self to new self)?  (evaluate changes, heroism)

5.     If the hero meets with a “goddess” (love that helps transformation), who/what is that goddess?

6.     Does the hero achieve the goal of his/her quest and have a kind of recognition?  Describe and discuss that moment in your conclusion

For your conclusion, you should also think of a creative and thoughtful way of describing what you have learned about the nature of the hero through your study of these two characters.

As always your essay should be 600-800 words.  It should include direct quotations from the texts, correctly documented using MLA style.  Please include Works Cited at end.  The essay will be due Tuesday, December 18 in our lab, and, yes, we will have time on Monday to brainstorm ideas about the topic.