This week, you'll return to reading and learning how to analyze literature.

• Read "Writing about Setting" in Writing about Literature, pages 109-18
• Read "Writing about Point of View" in Writing about Literature, pages 77-92. Note that you should already have read Walker's "Everyday Use," which is in this section.
• Read Chapter 7, "Writing about Imagery and Symbolism," in Literature and the Writing Process, pages 115-137, including "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
• Go to the Prentice Hall site, (http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/mcmahan2/) and do the chapter 7 multiple choice and essay questions for Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." To find the questions, click on "J" for "Shirley Jackson."  
  • Print a copy of the essay responses and put in your journal (to be submitted at the end of the semester).
  • Send the multiple choice answers to me. Remember to only take the quiz once. Otherwise, you are guilty of cheating, and will be dismissed from the class.
• Read Willa Cather's "Paul's Case," Literature and the Writing Process, pages 257-71. You will write your second major paper on this story, so please read it VERY carefully. And think about it, and the way it represents Paul.
• Do Brainstorming Sheet (for your journal; no need to submit by e-mail).

Your next assigment, due at the end of next week, will be to write an analysis of Willa Cather's "Paul's Case." You should focus one of the following: character, setting, theme, point of view or symbolism. Go the Second Essay Site.

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