Friday - Sunday, September 7-9, 2012

 DUE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, 2012

2nd draft of Julian POV stories due. Remember: Think short, think powerful. You can send me whatever you have over the weekend for my feedback.

SPEECHES - You all should be continuing to work on your speeches.

DUE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, 2012

One-page response to Brady Udall's THE WIG. 
 

Read Brady Udall’s “The Wig.”

Read it again. Think about the author’s use of symbols in this short piece. Read a third time to search for symbols.

Remember: a symbol is a concrete object that represents an abstract element or idea.

CONCRETE OBJECT=ABSTRACT ELEMENT/IDEA

In this exercise, identify at least three (3) symbol equations and explain your equations.

For example (from Alice Walker’s THE FLOWERS):

Flowers=Innocence

EXPLANATION: The child Myop is gathering flowers before she discovers the dead man and the noose. After she sees death and violence, represented by the body and the rope, she lays down her flowers. She begins the story as an innocent girl but ends the story knowing the world around her contains terrible things. Laying down her flowers, she has lost her innocence.

Here is list of possible objects contained in “The Wig”:

the wig

the green paisley tie

the cereal

the garbage

the funnies

the window

the mist outside the window

Please write on at least three (3) of these. You can write on all seven (7) if you would like. Or you can come up with something not on the above list. Please type and doublespace your response. Please avoid one or two sentence explanations.

Remember: There is no wrong or right in this literature class. I welcome all ideas BUT you must thoroughly explain your answers.

If you have misplaced the story, you can find a copy of it here.

http://english1aspring2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/sunday-afternoon-april-17-2011.html