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Today we discussed possible topics for our next essays. Here’s what we came up with:
1st Hour Dracula—after exploring various symbols in Stoker’s novel (vampires, the stake, blood, the transfusions, lightness and darkness, etc), we came up with several topics from the book, which are listed below:
We also explored the vampire metaphor (life/health/soul/purity/blood-sucking) in modern culture and society. For the essay, each student will be writing a short fictional piece implementing the vampire metaphor and one or more of the topics listed above. We will be workshopping these in class tomorrow, and they are due Monday the 14th. The papers should be at least two typed pages, double-spaced, 12 pt font, header, etc.
3rd Hour War of the Worlds—as with Dracula, we explored various symbols in the novel (aliens, the alien technology, the curate, the hero), then pulled several topics from the work:
Students will write a short analysis of "Book I" from Wells’s novel, discussing one of the topics above and supplementing their argument with quotations from the text.
4th Hour War of the Worlds—Using an "invasion" metaphor, students will write a short fiction piece using one or more of the topics above from War of the Worlds. The perimeters of the paper are the same as those for the Dracula piece above.
January 11, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Hey Stallings whats your email address i need to email you my essay!!!
January 13, 2008 at 7:47 pm
yo stallings. can i write some sort of essay instead?
January 13, 2008 at 7:48 pm
over dracula
January 13, 2008 at 7:53 pm
No problem. A bit late to start, but write an analysis of one of the themes from the book. Choose a topic (good v evil, etc), then figure out what the book is saying about the topic. This is a theme. Write a paper defending your argument that “such-and-such” is a theme of Dracula, using quotes as support. Let me know if you have any other questions.