Vanity

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/a-necessary-vanity/?_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/13/nyregion/tortured-bodies-vanity-through-the-ages.html\

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/science/26tier.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/fashion/attention-narcissists-you-too-can-be-on-the-best-dressed-list.html

FINAL ESSAY***I WILL BE IN MY OFFICE MON 8/12 FROM 11-2

ENG 102 ESSAY #2*** DUE THURSDAY Aug 15  (NO LATE PAPERS!)

I will be in my office on Monday 8/12 from 11-2 if you have any questions/issues to discuss with this paper. THERE IS ONLY ONE DRAFT! WHAT YOU HAND IN ON THURSDAY 8/15 IS YOUR FINAL PAPER. THERE ARE NO LATE PAPERS FOR THIS PAPER!!! SO NO PAPER ON THURS 8/15 IS AN F.

3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN

USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.

Refer to the class blog for outside source info: ecceng102summer2.blogspot.com

1. One of the central themes found in “The Lottery,” The Sisterhood of the Night,” and The Village is groupthink. Using at least TWO of these stories or film to explain how it played a role in each story. Refer to the blog for outside sources and be sure to use example from the primary texts as well as the outside sources.

2. Our class blog has a few articles about the Salem Witch Hunt and Trials; use those (or other reliable outside sources on the topic) to compare any similarities you see in “The Sisterhood of the Night.” It is often referred to as an updated version of the Salem Witch Hunt. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

3. Three of the most important symbols in “The Lottery” are the lottery itself, the black box and Old Man Warner. Explain how these three symbols have larger meaning within the story. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

4. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” the grandmother throws the name of Jesus around a lot and there are other references to religion.  What does all that add up to? In other words, explain the role of God and religion in this otherwise gruesome story. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

5. The issue of whether The Misfit had grace or not was discussed in class. Pick a side of the argument and defend your thesis with outside sources and examples from the text.

6. We discussed character and saw the roles of The Misfit, Arnold Friend, Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill in each of their stories. Pick 3 of those villains and compare and contrast their roles in each of their stories. Outside sources on why people commit crimes may help here. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

·         Make sure your quotes are addressing the issue in your thesis.

·         Cite TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES within the text of your paper and include them on Works Cited Page.

·         Avoid asking questions, including quotes in your introduction or conclusion and do not begin or end a paragraph with a quote.

·         Do not use “I” and follow the examples in the two example MLA papers and that student page I handed out in class.

"The Sisterhood of the Night" and The Salem Witch Hunt

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/the-sisterhood-of-night-n_n_1521576.html

If  you use this information, give credit to the link under this passage:

The richest of the stories in this vein is ''The Sisterhood of Night,'' in which Millhauser adopts one of his familiar narrative voices -- the affable small-town archivist explaining some local peculiarity to an inquisitive stranger.

It seems that adolescent girls are going out at night in bands, seeking ''dark and secret places.'' Witchcraft is suspected, and also various unspeakable sexual perversions. ''What shall we do with our daughters?'' is the refrain of the adults. ''Tell us! we cry, our voices shrill with love. Tell us everything! Then we will forgive you.'' When the secret is revealed, we at first suspect that a joke is being made about teen-age girls and their ways. On reflection, we discover more complex meanings, to do with privacy, sanctuary and the unknowability of other minds. It is a lovely, haunting story, whose apparent simplicity masks its true depth.

http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/05/10/reviews/980510.10mcgratt.html

Interview with the author:

http://transatlantica.revues.org/562

Salem Witch Trials/Hunt:

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-salem.html

http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/home.html

"The Lottery", Tradition and Groupthink

Articles on tradition:

This article discusses how different cultures address death:
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/19/local/la-me-0819-lopez-dyingwell-20120819

This link discusses American Culture:
http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/american_culture.htm

Here is a link to what The Bible has to say about culture:
http://www.openbible.info/topics/traditions

This is an interesting look at how different cultures have different traditions when it comes to childcare:
http://alphamom.com/parenting/interesting-parenting-traditions-from-different-cultures/





Somebody made a short movie based on the story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV03h3XWTDU

Criticism:
http://home.netwood.net/kosenko/jackson.html

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Jackson.htm
GROUPTHINK:
http://www.psysr.org/about/pubs_resources/groupthink%20overview.htm

http://www.abacon.com/commstudies/groups/groupthink.html

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/theory/grpthink.html

JUST A REMINDER...

 NO CLASS MONDAY 8/5

READ HANDOUTS FOR TUESDAY 8/6

Psychology of Murderers Links

Psychology of Murderers Links:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201106/inside-the-minds-and-trials-murderers

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/psychology/index.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,943390,00.html

http://investigation.discovery.com/criminals/serial-killers/serial-killers-psychology.html

http://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/murder/index.html

Hannibal Lecter Links:

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/weird/lecter/1.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89472698

Buffalo Bill Links:

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/weird/lecter/2.html

"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"

A Psychological Analysis of Connie: A Feminist Viewpoint of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”

http://home.mindspring.com/~blkgrnt/footlights/foot66.html

Background Info:
http://www.philjohn.com/papers/pjkd_ga15.html

The story was based on Charles Schmid, the Pied Piper of Tucson:
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/schmid/sand_1.html


http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-12-20/news/17941422_1_pied-piper-french-killings

A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Links on Southern Culture:

http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/regionalism.html

http://edsitement.neh.gov/launchpad-flannery-oconnors-journey-through-the-south

Folow this link for a collection of links about the story:

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/O’Connor.htm

Four collections of essays provide a good range of criticism on O’Connor (These would be found in the Literary Criticism section of a book store or library):

1. The Added Dimension: The Art and Mind of Flannery O’Connor, edited by Melvin J. Friedman and Lewis A. Lawson (1966; rpt. Fordham University Press, 1977).

2. Critical Essays on Flannery O’Connor, edited by Melvin J. Friedman and Beverly Lyon Clark (Hall, 1985).

3. Flannery O’Connor, edited by Harold Bloom (Chelsea House, 1986).

4. Realist of Distances: Flannery O’Connor Revisited, edited by Karl-Heinz Westarp and Jan Nordby Gretlund (Aarhus, 1987).

The Grandmother:

The Misfit with the grandmother:

Taking the family to the woods:

The author:

ENG 102 ESSAY #2*** DUE THURSDAY AUG 1ST

ENG 102 ESSAY #2*** DUE THURSDAY AUG 1ST

3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN

USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.

USE THE EXAMPLE PAPER HANDOUT FOR MLA GUIDELINES!!

This link will also help with MLA questions:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01

Refer to the class blog for outside source info: ecceng102summer2.blogspot.com

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

1. Discuss the effects of Magical Stranger in Literature as seen in "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World", "The Temp" and Edward Scissorhands. Use at least two of these texts to display how a “magical stranger” comes into the lives of these people and changes how they look at themselves. Outside sources on different cultures would help answer this question. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
2. We also discussed the importance society places on appearance when discussing "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World", "The Temp" and Edward Scissorhands. Use an example from at least two of these texts to explain how appearance played a role in their stories while discussing how important it is in today’s world. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
3. Compare Truman from The Truman Show and the prisoner that is freed to view the outside world. Talk about how they were both “imprisoned,” achieved freedom through knowledge and what ends up happening to them. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
4. Discuss three symbols (the sun, the cave, the chains, the outside world, the prisoners…to name a few) and explain what they may represent and their importance in “The Allegory of the Cave.” Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

5.      In “Cathedral”, “The Allegory of the Cave” and The Truman Show, the theme of perception was represented and challenged by the authors of the stories and the writer of The Truman Show. Using examples from at least 2 of these texts explain how a character’s perception of life goes through some kind of transformation. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

More Links on "The Allegory of the Cave"

These links discuss the role of heroes in literature:

http://athome.harvard.edu/programs/nagy/threads/concept_of_hero.html

http://oldlaney.peralta.edu/apps/comm.asp?Q=30570
(JUST CLICK CANCEL WHEN THEY ASK FOR A PASSWORD)

http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/dillon/education_plato_republic.html

"The Alegory of the Cave" and the Fear of the Unknown

Here are a few sites that discuss "The Alegory of the Cave":

http://www.bachelorandmaster.com/creationofknowledge/allegory-of-the-cave.html

http://platophilosopher.pbworks.com/w/page/17201867/Analysis%20of%20the%20Allegory%20of%20the%20Cave






Human's Fear of the Unknown:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200305/why-we-fear-the-unknown

http://convocation.wfu.edu/senior-orations/the-fear-we-do-not-understand/

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/nyregion/things-people-choose-fear-usually-they-are-unknown-uncontrolled-not-near.html

The Truman Show:

http://www.transparencynow.com/truman.htm

http://www.scandalon.co.uk/philosophy/plato_cave.htm

Culture Shock

Below is a link that discusses cultural differences:

http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/culture.htm

Links on Culture Shock:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/

http://www.worldwide.edu/travel_planner/culture_shock.html

http://kansan.com/news/2013/07/15/globe-trotting-students-experience-culture-shock-after-returning-from-studying-abroad/

http://www.internations.org/magazine/12-culture-shock

“The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, “The Temp” and Edward Scissorhands

Culture:

These links discuss cultural differences and also provides a number of links if you go to the bottom of the page. Use the information they provide as outside sources if you are writing your essay about this subject:

http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/culture.htm

http://www.worldwide.edu/travel_planner/culture_shock.html

http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijps/article/view/4510

Here is one on the effects of culture shock:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=effects+culture+shock&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ei=tIk6T-mJBaLn0QHXj5GXCw&ved=0CBoQgQMwAA

Links for "The Handsomest Drowned Man In the World":

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=THE+HANDSOMEST+DROWNED+MAN+IN+THE+WORLD&as_sdt=1%2C31&as_sdtp=

This week we will look at “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, “The Temp” and Edward Scissorhands in class. All three of these stories contain individuals that become part of a community in some way and have profound effects of the people. In “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” it is a corpse that washes ashore that gives the townspeople a new way of looking at their lives, in “The Temp” it is a temp hired in an office that changes the atmosphere of the wor enviroment and in Edward Scissorhands it is a unique young man that forces a rather boring town to see how boring and judgmental they really are. This week pay attention to what these “magical strangers” force the people in the stories to look at it in their lives.

ESSAY 1

ENG 102

ESSAY #1*** DUE THURS JULY 18***

3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN

USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.

USE THE EXAMPLE PAPER HANDOUT FOR MLA GUIDELINES!!

This link will also help with MLA questions:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01

Refer to the class blog for outside source info: http://ecceng102summer2.blogspot.com/

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

1. Use examples from The Namesake, “Two Kinds” and “Brave Are We”, and from your own experience if it applies to explain the “new American” experience and assimilation. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
2. We discussed how symbols were used in “Brave We Are” this week for the issues new Americans face. Discuss three of those symbols and explain their importance in the story. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
3. In “Two Kinds” the mother puts a lot of pressure of her daughter to do well. We refereed to it as her “putting all her eggs in one basket.” Explain how she attempts to shape her daughter’s life in the story. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

·         Your introduction should include:

1)      Title and authors of primary (stories we have read in class) texts

2)      Your thesis

·         Never end a paragraph with a quote.

·         Cite outside sources within in your text; if it appears on your works cited page it has to be used in the paper (direct quotes or paraphrasing).

·         Always keep in mind: is this quote proving and supporting my thesis? If not, do not use it!

Allways use the full title when referring to a story or film and follow the rules below:

The Namesake, “Two Kinds”, “Brave We Are”

“Short Stories”

Films

Websites That Will Help With Your Papers

Easybib.com

This site helps with setting up your works cited page:

http://www.easybib.com/cite/view

Dustball.com

This is the site that will let you know if you are plagiarizing:

http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/

This is the MLA cite that can help with any questions you may have with MLA guidelines:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Assimilation

Here is a link that talks about assimilation into American/other cultures.

http://www.asian-nation.org/assimilation.shtml

Here is a link to the PBS website that discusses “New Americans”:

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/

Here is a link that is specific to people living in new Jersey:

http://www.newamericansnj.org/

Http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?pagewanted=all

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/melt0525a.htm

“It’s difficult to adapt to the culture here,” said Maria Jacinto, 32, who moved to the United States 10 years ago with her husband, Aristeo Jacinto, 36. “In the Hispanic tradition, the family comes first, not money. It’s important for our children not to be influenced too much by the gueros,” she said, using a term that means “blondies” but that she employs generally in reference to Americans. “I don’t want my children to be influenced by immoral things.”

Here is an article entitled: “Why They Won’t Assimilate”:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/05/why_they_wont_assimilate.html

Assimilation is not a process magically initiated upon setting foot on American terra firma.  Rather, it only occurs when one or both of two conditions are met: The foreign elements must have a desire to assimilate or the host nation must place pressure on them to do so.  Unfortunately, neither is the case today because both immigrants and native-born Americans are far different than they once were.

President Obama’s speech about in which he discusses the American dream and what it means to us today.

http://raleightelegram.com/20120125624

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/assimilation-and-nativism-cont/

http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/dmessinger/c_c/rsrcs/rdgs/peers_social_general/Varela_etal_2004.pdf

Syllabus

College Composition II

ENG 102

Essex County College

Prof. Sean O’Connell                                                  M/T/W/R 11:15-12:55

Email:soconnel@essex.edu     

Phone: 973-877-1926                                                   Office: 1141

Office Hours: M/T/W/R 10:15-11:15                                    Room:                        

                        By Appointment

Class Blog

(SIGN UP…IT WILL BE UPDATED WEEKLY)                                                 

Overview:

This course is a continuation of ENG 101 with emphasis on the longer composition and the process of documentation.  Techniques of research are taught, culminating in the production of an original, extensive, multiple source, fully documented, literary research paper.  Informational literacy is stressed through advanced library skills as well as hands-on experience utilizing computers in researching and developing projects.  Interpretive skills are developed through the introduction of literature.

Texts:

*Exploring Literature: Writing And Arguing About Fiction, Poetry, Drama, And The 

  Essay 5^TH  Edition by Frank Madden

*Other required materials: Folder, 8 ½ x 11 lined notebook, pens and USB storage stick

YOU MUST HAND IN A PAPER WHEN IT IS DUE OR YOU FOREFEIT THE RIGHT TO ANY REVISION. ANY PAPER HANDED IN ONE CLASS MEETING LATE WILL KEEP WHATEVER GRADE IT RECIEVES. NO PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THAT.

YOU MUST HAND ME EACH PAPER. EMAIL IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR FORMAL ESSAYS.

Evaluation Criteria:

Students are expected to come to class on time, attend class regularly with their class texts, notebooks, completed assignments and something to write to every class.  Participation by everyone will enrich everyone’s experience in the classroom. Do not listen to music or have your cell phone at anytime during class.

Please turn off your cell phones and refrain from using them in the classroom.

Excessive lateness or absences will result in failing grades.

MINIMUM COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

A minimum of four critical essays (MLA) based on the literature read in the course.                  

The reading of all assigned material and participation in class discussions.

METHOD OF EVALUATION:

I.  Passing average on critical essays and other course work.

           II. Participation in class, limited absence and lateness.   

          NOTE: The D grade is not authorized for English 102.

All reading assignments are to be done before that class meeting!

America and Assimilation

7/8 M Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus, plagiarism and themes we will cover each week. Read Brave We Are and Two Kinds, BUY THE BOOK

7/9 T Brave We Are and Two Kinds

7/10W Film: The Namesake

7/11R Film: The Namesake, ASSIGN FIRST ESSAY, Read The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World

The Magical Stranger and Culture

7/15 M The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, Read The Temp

7/16 T The Temp

 7/17 W Film: Edward Scissorshands

7/18 R Film: Edward Scissorshands, FIRST ESSAY DUE, Read Cathedral (1111)

Perception and Reality

7/22M Cathedral (1111), Read The Allegory of the Cave (1235)

7/23 T The Allegory of the Cave (1235)

7/24 W Film: Truman Show

7/25 R Film: Truman Show, ASSIGN SECOND ESSAY, Read A Good Man is Hard to Find

Character

7/29 M A Good Man is Hard to Find, Read Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been

7/30T Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been

 7/31 W Film: The Silence of the Lambs

8/1 R Film: The Silence of the Lambs, SECOND ESSAY DUE, Read “The Lottery” (Handout)

Tradition, Persecution and “Groupthink”

8/5 M “The Lottery”, Read “The Sisterhood of Night” (Handout)

8/6 T  “The Sisterhood of Night”

8/7 W 8/8 R Film: The Village

5/16 R Film The Village, ASSIGN FINAL PAPER

8/12 M WORK ON PAPER

 8/13 T WORK ON PAPER

8/14 W WORK ON PAPER

8/15 R FINAL PAPER DUE…BRING PAPER TO MY OFFICE ROOM 1141 (RED AREA)