Writing
"He thought about how when he hung up his uniform it would be time to go and get a job, and how some of his older friends were already talking about draft numbers for the war. And, as he had before the season, he thought of how it was, as he says, "my last time to be a kid."
Heneberry thinks this is his last hurrah. And some of you are in your last hurrah here at MA. It's your last time to be an MA student. Reflect and write on three things in your MA bucket list.
Chpt. 14 Question
1. Why does Ballard craft Shartzer and Sweet's stories in parallel? What impact does this have on the narrative? on the characterization of the men?
Larger questions on gender
Looking at the readings thus far, how does the text deal with the themes of ...
1. Father/Son dynamics
2. Masculinity
3. Adolescent males
How do these themes manifest themselves in the text and what conclusions are we to draw from the text about each theme? Use text evidence to support your ideas.
Question generation for essays
Questions on meaning (plot?)
Questions on purpose & audience (why?)
Questions on method and structure (how?)
Questions on language (tone, literary devices, style, characterization)
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