The following are the approved proposals. The book in bold-face is the book on which you will be making a presentation on January 25. Your data sheet for that book will be due at that time.Peter
Three books by John Steinbeck: Travels With Charley; The Short Reign of Pippin IV; and collection of short stories
Julianna
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain; Time and Again by Jack Finney; and The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov. Link: the element of time travel
Naomi
A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Link: "coming of age in America" novels
Ashley
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller; Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut; and The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer. Link: anti-war themes
Jennifer
Little Women by Louisa Mae Alcott; The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton; and Peony by Pearl S. Buck. Link: The boundaries of love
Larry
Three books by Mark Twain: Collection of short stories; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court; and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Sean
Three books by Chaim Potok: The Chosen; The Promise; and My Name is Asher Lev
Annmarie
Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes; The Outsider by Richard Wright; and Contending Forces by Pauline Hopkins. Link: themes of racial segregation
Olivia
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison; and A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. Link: themes of racial injustice
Joseph B
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo; The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane; and Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (or, alternate: Catch-22). Link: exposition of the horrors of war
Gabriela
Black Boy by Richard Wright; To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; and Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Link: themes of racism
Elizabeth
Contending Forces by Pauline E. Hopkins; Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain; and Uncle Tom's Cabin by Hariet Beecher Stowe. Link: slavery and the treatment of "black people" before and after the Civil War
Marcella
Three books by Willa Cather: My Antonia; O Pioneers!; and A Lost Lady. Additional link: growing up in the American West
wow, the issue of racism seems to be a common link.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the differnce between calling them Black v. African-American?
isn't that like calling white people "European-American"?
ReplyDeleteDCM Ishmael,
ReplyDeleteIn this context African-American is the same as black, yes. Though, if you were to call a black person in, say, England or France, an African-American, that would just be silly. And yes, it is the same type of term as Italian-American, German-American, Franco-American, Mexican-American, Polish-American, Irish-American, Asian-American, etc.
I see your reasoning, but I was thinking that it would be an insult to those whose ancestors, or the person himself, did not in fact come from Africa, but another part of the world that has Black population.
ReplyDeleteI realize that my paper will deal with slaves who were primarily from Africa, but I hope that you see my point.
What kind of presintation are you looking for? Do you want one like the ones before discution days in class or less detailed.
ReplyDeleteIsh,
ReplyDeleteAre you calling me "white"? ;--)
Lar,
I'll go over the necessities for the "presintation" in class. That's not until January 25 -- in about seven weeks.
well, Bartleby, I'm not calling you black. :)
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