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OnFridaywestartedworkingwithintegratedthinking tryingtosynthesiseacrossthetextsinordertoanswera question. Wenowwanttodrawonthatlearningandapplyitina contextthatwillfitwitharesponsetotextessay. Thiswillbethelastpieceofworkforourunitonshort stories,whichisappropriate,aswearenowbringingitall together.
Letsstartwithtryingtoidentifysomesignificant similaritiesanddifferencesacrossthethreemaintexts: RockSprings,GreatFalls,andTheBath. e.g.RockSpringsandGreatFallsmakeuseofsymbolism. Thesymbolsoftenexpresstheproblemofcertainty,suchas thegoldmineinRockSpringsandthegunthatJackusesin GreatFalls.Carverusesnosuchsymbolism,whichmakes itmoredifficultforustofindsignificanceinhistext. Task Inapair,comeupwithonesignificantconnectionacross thetexts. Youmightconsidercharacter,pointofview, simile/metaphor,motifsoflightanddark,setting,other symbols. Youwillneedtobeabletosaywhyyourconnectionis significant,whichmeansbeingabletoconnectittoakey argument
Application to essays
Wenowwanttobeabletousethiskindofhigherorder thinkinginouressays.AndsowhatIrecommendforyouthis year,istowriteanessaythatinvolvesthreebodyparagraphs: oneonyourfirsttext oneonyoursecondtext oneintegratedparagraphthatspeaksacrossthetexts ThisstylewillprobablyworkbestifyoufocusonFordswriting foryourfirsttwoparagraphs,andthenbringinCarveratthe endtoshowapointofdifference,tohelpexpresshoweach authorhastheirownuniquetakeontheissues.
2.Shortstoriesaremostoftenaboutcharacterswhose livesaresolitary, poor, nasty, or brief.Towhatextent doyouagreewiththisview? I would arguethatFordsfictioncentresonindividuals whosufferfromsolitudeandalienationbecausehewants 3.Techniquesusedbyshortstorywritersallowthemto torepresentthewideralienationofhumanityinamodern, say more with less.Towhatextentdoyouagreewith uncertainworld. thisview? I would arguethatFordcraftshistechniqueswithgreat carebecauseitishisintentiontowritewithinthestark 4.Shortstorywritersareskilledatpresentingessential DirtyRealistgenrewhilealsoallowinghisreaderto detail.Towhatextentdoyouagreewiththisview? considerthewidercomplexityofmodernalienation. I would arguethatwhatmakesFordsuchashort story expertishisabilitytoselectnarrativesandnarratorsthat reflectonessentialmomentsintheirlives,which allowshis