Well, your first essays are due on February 26th. These should be short essays of around 4-5 pages, clear, concise, and coherent...
Use the discussion questions from the post on Joseph Boyden to generate your essays. These can be developed to include discussion of Broken Ground. You may write a comparative essay if you like, or focus on one of the two novels. Your reader responses can lead you to some solid essay topics. The questions are quite general - you will need to narrow them down to create a strong sense of your topic. You will also want to think about meaning as you write... Go beyond what the book is about; think about what it means, in larger abstract terms. What are the issues that these novels address? I think about the challenge of representation here, for instance.
Let's get some discussion on topics going here! Note that I will be away for the weekend, and back on Tuesday, so you may not hear much from me until then.
Remember, the idea of using this Blog instead of classtime is for you to develop your own skills in terms of research direction and reading!
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