Old Man and the Sea Vocabulary and Analytical Sentences

Due Tuesday:

evoke
colloquial
self-effacing
concision
amalgamation
brusque
propensity
nebulous

For each word, you must provide

1. a brief definition
2. a sentence using the word to help you make an interesting, analytical observation about the Old Man and the Sea.

(This is just like what we did for Huck Finn.)

Old Man and the Sea Reading

Please refer to the calendar on the left taking note that the page numbers reflect the reading that should be done for that day.

Due Tuesday, May 12

Read "Hills like White Elephants" and "A Clean well-lighted Place."

Suggested thinking topics:

Hills: What can be inferred about the relationship between the man and the woman? How does the extensive use of dialog convey some of these dynamics?

Place: Alienation and isolation? Importance of paragraph beginning "'Good night', the other said" in terms of style and content?

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WELCOME BACK!

For Monday, please read the story "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway. (722-727).

Pay special attention to:

- The role of technology
- Existential elements (alienation, creation of essence, anxiety)
- Symbolism of characters

(In other words, if I ask a question about these topics in class, you should be able to point to specific quotations and add your own thoughts.)

Here is the complete text (I think) just in case you've forgotten your book.)

JSTOR Information and Advice

Here is a link to the citations for JSTOR.

Make sure you are also going to have all of your copies for your verification stack ready for Monday. This will include copies of ALL of your Huck Finn Quotations. If you have not already made copies, you will need to make sure you still have your book so you can do them over the weekend.

Also make sure you have made copies of any citations from essays in my room. I will not be here over the weekend. Obviously.

Remember you will arrange these copies in the order that they appear in your essay. Highlight direct quotations and page number; box highlight paraphrases and page numbers.

Research Paper Help

On the Reasearch paper page, I have placed the MLA online guides at the top of the left hand side. The Abel Scribe site has good information about ellipses, which we will be discussing tomorrow in class. It's listed under "delete parts of quotes".

Important Updates!

Please see the research paper website for important updates about your paper and the final due date (April 20th).

If you are caught up, at this point you have completed: Observation 1, Observation 2 and Importance 2. Please begin working on assembling your works cited and works consulted pages.

If you are not caught up, please do so!