Argumentative Prose

Here's an excerpt from an interview with Octavia Butler from 2004, twenty-five years after the publication of Kindred : Joshunda Sander...

I'm confused... Pages 141 and 193 both mention Vessey, the man who planned to lead South Carolinian slaves in revolt. However, it seems ...

After reading more of Kindred, what does everyone think of the relationship between Rufus and his father? Is it what it should be? Is is u...

I just wanted to agree with Amy that this book is a page turner and captures my interest. After reading about Carrie comming up with food [p...

I (along with everyone else I'm sure) find this book very interesting. It's a real page turner. Something that ouccured to me as I...

Okay, everybody. Here it is . . .

I really enjoyed reading this story. It is a real page turner. Parts of it remind me of Tony Morrison's Beloved. Rufus's innocence ...

Click here for that interview with Octavia Butler I mentioned in class on Wednesday. (By the way, you probably noticed I changed the templa...

Mrs. Hale seems to accuse herself of not being a friendly neighbor. I was wondering if anyone agreed with her that she is guilty. In one sen...

"A & P" by John Updike The story is basically about a boy who quits his job just because the manager talked bad to some girls...

This short story tells of a mother and father struggling with the death of their son, who has been shot by the ex-husband of his current lov...

This is a different side of the story being told by a minority when it comes to assimilation. Rodriguez believes that its important for immi...

In this essay, Elizabeth, a struggling mother of three, realizes that the "reformed" welfare system put in place to assist them ma...

Who do you think is the main character in the play? Why?

Do you think that Donald is right when he said that Pete doesn't have any purpose in life? Does this statement have any connection with...

The way in which Bambara chooses to end her story leaves the reader wondering if the author learned anything from Miss Moore. Do you think M...

"If you own things, what's their effect on you?" That's the question E.M. Forster poses in his essay "My Wood." ...

Each of the poems that we read discuss some sort of nature - be it the trees and the sun or the nature of getting old. Both speak of life a...

Throughout this story O'Brien discusses the things the men most often carried whether they were necessary or not. In your own opinion, w...

I am unsure if I am doing this right but here it goes. It seems that Orozco, like the other authers we have read, is describing how people h...