Monday, April 26, 2010

Your Social Commentary

If you were to write some sort of social commentary, what would you criticize about your society? And how would you express that criticism? Through art, music, novel, movie, etc?

Alternate Endings

Endings to stories, especially long ones, are extremely important. They end the story emotionally, but they also put the finishing touches on the themes they have been exploring. In Great Expectations, Dickens presents us with two different endings. Explore something else we read this year, and how a different ending would change its thematic level. Be specific about what happens in your alternate ending; be specific about how this changes the thematic level of the story.

Comparing and Contasting Bildungsromans

Compare and contrast Great Expectations to a different story that can be classified as a Bildungsroman. Within this genre, how was Dickens’ novel the same and/or different to others? (You can use a movie or a different novel.)