For Thursday/Monday, March 28/31

Obviously, we did not create a character map today because we chose to bask in the sunlight/sonlight:)  We will complete this project together on Thursday.  We will also take a look at AP Exam questions that would be excellent prompts for The Heart of Darkness.

COME TO CLASS THURSDAY WITH YOUR RESEARCH DONE...MARKING TEXTS...AND I CAN HELP YOU STRUCTURE YOUR PAPER.

For homework due Monday, March 31.

Compare the poem "The Hollow Men" to Chapter 3 of Heart of Darkness.  I know I said that I would give you just one passage to work with, but as I review Chapter 3, I am seeing that you could incorporate so many sections of this excerpt.  I will leave that to you.  If you are reading on an electronic device, you can easily search for the words "hollow" and "shadow." 

Format for analysis:
Introduction and thesis; a minimum of three body paragraphs; a conclusion (think of the doctrine of existentialism in our conclusion).

Spend approximately an hour doing your research (within the texts) and gathering quotes/examples. 

Spend approximately an hour writing your essay (typed or handwritten).

You may focus on literary device or thematic elements.

Possible Prompts for this essay:

T.S. Eliot's The Hollow Men and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness Chapter 3 both address hollowness or emptiness.  Write a well-organized essay in which compare how the authors explore the hollow/vacant existence of man. 

OR

Write a well-organized essay in which you compare how the authors illustrate the depravity of man.

Another interesting essay would be to examine the theme of self-reflection in Heart of Darkness.  I am not sure if you could pull  "The Hollow Men" into that or not.  See what you think.  If this prompt interests you, go for it!