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ENG 106-INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE TEST #1 SUMMER 2019 Choose five (5) of the following prompts and write a 1-2 paragraph response for each. #1. What role does music play in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" 2. Is Fortunato's death "poetic justice"? Write a response on the relationship between irony and justice in "The Cask of Amontillado," using at least three examples from the story. 3. Magical realism as a genre blends fantasy, myth, and the paranormal with reality and actuality. Characteristics of the genre include plentitude (embellishment or use of the fanciful), hybridity (blending time periods or constellary realities), metafiction (the reader and the text directly enter each other's worlds), and unreliable narrator (the narrator withholds or does not justify events or characters' viewpoints). Write an essay in which you identify some of the characteristics of magical realism in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings." 4. Compare Hulga from "Good Country People" with the grandmother from "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." What does that comparison reveal about O'Connor's strategies of characterization? What thematic connections do you see between the two? Alternately, compare the Misfit to Manley Porter. 5. II symbolism in TWO of her stories. Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting O'Connor's use of characterization, setting, or 6. Write an essay examining how "A Good Man Is Hard to Find” conveys O'Connor's vision of sin help support your thesis. and redemption. Use her letters and essays, as well as the critical piece by Eileen Pollack, to 7. Write a comparison/contrast response discussing the function of point of view in "The Cask of Amontillado" and "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. 8. Discuss the role of religion and/or Christian images in ANY two stories. 9. Describe the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of the first-person narration in "A&P," "Why I Live at the P.O.," The Cask of Amontillado," or "Cathedral” (choose 2). 10. Examine the relationships of married couples in "The Gift of the Magi," "Young Goodman Brown,”. "The Yellow Wallpaper," or "The Story of an Hour" (choose 2). - 11. Discuss the notion of male domination (or female oppression) in any two of the following stories: "The Lottery," "Hills like White Elephants," "The Story of an Hour," "A Jury of Her Peers," or "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" $ 12. In "Cathedral," what is the significance of the fact that the narrator reacts so strongly and so imaginatively to the idea of the death of the blind man's wife? What does this reaction suggest about him? 13. Why does "Girl” end with dialogue about feeling bread? Is this somehow a conclusion to what has come before? Why does the author end where she does (with a question)? 14. What does Sammy's description of the shoppers in the A&P as "sheep" and "house slaves" tell us about him? Does his judgment seem fair? 15. In "The Lady with the Dog,"compare and contrast Gurov's reaction to the Pomeranian in Yalta and later in the town of S. Why are his reactions different? 16. Discuss the idea of "living in the past” as it applies to Miss Emily Grierson and the grandmother from "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." 17. Compare and contrast Arnold Friend with the man Goodman Brown meets in the forest. 18. "A Jury of Her Peers” was also published as a play called "Trifles." Which title do you think is more effective? Why? 9. What is unique about the point of view of "A Rose for Emily"? Why is it told in this way? 20. Create your own essay question in which you compare/contrast the role of any literary element in two (2) related stories. Show the relationship between the two stories in your response.
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1. What role does music play in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
Music is used to signify Connie’s inner life, particularly the pleasure she takes in romantic
relationships. Music is always played in the background whenever she goes to the plaza with
her friends to have fun (Urbanski 200). Additionally, Connie becomes more aware of music as
she experiences intense moments of pleasure. While reflecting on her previous relationships,
she references music. Through this, it can be seen that music is tied to her desire for fulfillment
and feelings of pleasure.
2. Examine the relationships of married couples in “The gift of the Magi” and” The
Yellow Wallpaper.”
In “The Gift of The Magi,” Jim and Della are a young couple who are madly in love with each
other. They strive to buy each other Christmas gifts even though they have very little money
(Henry 21). Their love us priceless as they are willing to go to extremes to show their love for
each other. In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the husband treats his wife, the narrator, as a child,
thus leaving her to be very unfulfill...


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