popular culture metaphors Custom Essay

PLZ SENT THIS ORDER TO MY EMAIL WHICH IS LD_WYJ@HOTMAIL.COM THANK YOU choose one from the following topics for an essay of 5pages. pay close attention to your introduction and conclusion, of course, but also make sure the order of your paragraphs makes logical sense: you should be moving from point to point in a sequential and rational manner. your thesis should be evident somewhere near the beginning of your paper, usually in the introduction, this should be a polished product, as well: check your spellings and other mechanical elements, and make sure you document your paper with the pages numbers and quotations you need for support. The stories to choose from: A&P —araby Araby —-joyce Greasy Lake—- boyle The story of an Hour —chopin The yellow Wallpaper—gilman Desiree’s baby—chopin Sleepy time Gal— gilman 1. almost all of these stories reveal a pervasive sense of alienation as experienced by one or more of the characters. what is the causes (or what are the causes) of alienation among the characters of these stories? are the sources familial , psychological , religious, economic, culture-driven or ?discuss two pieces from the point of view of this theme. 2. how does status or characters’ perceptions of status affect their behavior? what creates status: peers? school? family? self-worth? society? compare two pieces from this point of view. 3. in some of these stories there is some role-playing . discuss two of them from this perspective. what is the role? why is it chosen? what is the result? 4. metaphors are taken from popular culture in several of these pieces, whether it is songs, or images, or dialect. dicuss how you see popular culture metaphors in two pieces. what do they add to the piece they appear in? 5. some of these pieces have a perspective sense of the characters being without direction in life. what are the things that go wrong ? what makes them lack direction?(family expectations? society? school? lack of something important in modern life? relationship problems?) Analyze two pieces to show which details support this theme. 6. choosing the wrong path: analyze how characters from two different pieces choose the “wrong path” , at least as their parents or as society might see it. what is the path each chooses, and why is it seen as wrong? why do they choose this wrong path, and where is your sympathy: with the person choosing the wrong path or not, and why? 7. how is “society” (its representatives in religion, education, or other institutions) as fault in these stories? (discuss two) 8.discuss the conflict between fantasy ( or any form of unreality) and reality as three of these pieces present that conflict. 9. discuss how girls or women are “victims” in three of the pieces we have read. what makes them victims? (society? their education? men? themselves? or ?) how effective is the presentation of their situation ? what details make their situations persuasive? discuss three pieces. 10. discuss how men may be “victims”. Consider the different ways they may be victims: of society? of their education? of false expectations? of women? or? ) how effective is the presentation of their situation ? what details make their situations persuasive? discuss three pieces. 11. moral issues arise in many of these stories: choose two to write about from this perspective . Identify the moral issues(s), explain the consequences of the presence or absence of moral grounding in the characters’ lives. 12. Various kinds of evil appear in these stories. choose two or three stories and identify the evil and what it means for the overall meaning of the stories.
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