Compare and contrast Orwell’s shooting and Elephant and Balwin’s Stranger in the Village

Essay 2 Key Questions Listed below are two “options” as to how you might approach this essay. The two options are really not significantly different, but one contains more general prompts and the other more specific ones. A note on tone and mood: Tone is the writer’s attitude towards his or her subject (it might be sentimental, sarcastic, frustrated, cynical, detached). This is different from mood (which is the emotion or feeling which is produced in the reader), though sometimes mood and tone can be similar. Mood is generally easier to identify than tone. Be sure you have a clear idea of what those terms mean before writing about them, especially tone. “Option 1” One possible approach to this essay is to use the following “big picture questions” which would apply to any of the readings we’ve done so far. For this option, you could choose to write about all three prompts for each author. You could also leave off the last prompt (“Are we supposed to…”) if you are having trouble with it. Big Picture Questions What is the source of the suffering which the speaker is experiencing? How does the speaker cope with or respond to that suffering? Are we as readers “supposed to” approve of the speaker’s course of action (or “coping mechanism”)? Why or why not? Several of our authors seem to imply that their courses of action were inappropriate, ineffective, or foolish. “Option 2” A second possible approach for this essay would be to use more specific prompts listed below. Please note that: Your essay should not simply be answering the following questions. That would result in poor coherence and organization. You might choose one or two of the prompts to help you begin thinking about areas of comparison and contrast for your chosen essays. Please note that strong thesis statements and strong, clear topic sentences are particularly important for this essay. Momaday’s “The Way to Rainy Mountain” & E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake” Both also deal with the process of time. What happens to the places or people they describe as time progresses? Do the authors seem satisfied with the progression of time? Is it a positive or a negative process? Essay 2 Key Questions Listed below are two “options” as to how you might approach this essay. The two options are really not significantly different, but one contains more general prompts and the other more specific ones. A note on tone and mood: Tone is the writer’s attitude towards his or her subject (it might be sentimental, sarcastic, frustrated, cynical, detached). This is different from mood (which is the emotion or feeling which is produced in the reader), though sometimes mood and tone can be similar. Mood is generally easier to identify than tone. Be sure you have a clear idea of what those terms mean before writing about them, especially tone. “Option 1” One possible approach to this essay is to use the following “big picture questions” which would apply to any of the readings we’ve done so far. For this option, you could choose to write about all three prompts for each author. You could also leave off the last prompt (“Are we supposed to…”) if you are having trouble with it. Big Picture Questions What is the source of the suffering which the speaker is experiencing? How does the speaker cope with or respond to that suffering? Are we as readers “supposed to” approve of the speaker’s course of action (or “coping mechanism”)? Why or why not? Several of our authors seem to imply that their courses of action were inappropriate, ineffective, or foolish. “Option 2” A second possible approach for this essay would be to use more specific prompts listed below. Please note that: Your essay should not simply be answering the following questions. That would result in poor coherence and organization. You might choose one or two of the prompts to help you begin thinking about areas of comparison and contrast for your chosen essays. Please note that strong thesis statements and strong, clear topic sentences are particularly important for this essay. Momaday’s “The Way to Rainy Mountain” & E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake” Both also deal with the process of time. What happens to the places or people they describe as time progresses? Do the authors seem satisfied with the progression of time? Is it a positive or a negative process? Essay 2 Key Questions Listed below are two “options” as to how you might approach this essay. The two options are really not significantly different, but one contains more general prompts and the other more specific ones. A note on tone and mood: Tone is the writer’s attitude towards his or her subject (it might be sentimental, sarcastic, frustrated, cynical, detached). This is different from mood (which is the emotion or feeling which is produced in the reader), though sometimes mood and tone can be similar. Mood is generally easier to identify than tone. Be sure you have a clear idea of what those terms mean before writing about them, especially tone. “Option 1” One possible approach to this essay is to use the following “big picture questions” which would apply to any of the readings we’ve done so far. For this option, you could choose to write about all three prompts for each author. You could also leave off the last prompt (“Are we supposed to…”) if you are having trouble with it. Big Picture Questions What is the source of the suffering which the speaker is experiencing? How does the speaker cope with or respond to that suffering? Are we as readers “supposed to” approve of the speaker’s course of action (or “coping mechanism”)? Why or why not? Several of our authors seem to imply that their courses of action were inappropriate, ineffective, or foolish. “Option 2” A second possible approach for this essay would be to use more specific prompts listed below. Please note that: Your essay should not simply be answering the following questions. That would result in poor coherence and organization. You might choose one or two of the prompts to help you begin thinking about areas of comparison and contrast for your chosen essays. Please note that strong thesis statements and strong, clear topic sentences are particularly important for this essay. Momaday’s “The Way to Rainy Mountain” & E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake” Both also deal with the process of time. What happens to the places or people they describe as time progresses? Do the authors seem satisfied with the progression of time? Is it a positive or a negative process?