Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Hemingway, Literary Analysis Essay


  • Discussion of Nick Adams Stories ("Indian Camp", "The Battler", and "The End of Something") and of Hemingway's style.
  • Read the story"Big Two-Hearted River" (Parts 1 & 2).
  • Essay Assignment:

    You will write a 5-6 paragraph literary analysis essay on Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Big Two-Hearted River.”

    Select one of the following arguable points: Post traumatic stress disorder, rebirth, healing power of nature, other with Ms. Johnson’s approval.

    Possible Literary Techniques--no more than two for this short paper: imagery, symbolism, character development (character’s actions, thoughts, comments), word choice/sentence structure.

  • Complete "Big Two-Hearted River" story chart as you read (handed out in class).
  • First draft of essay due TUESDAY, May 10 at the beginning of class.

No comments:

Post a Comment