Death and Dying
Your objective in this assignment is to create a chapter that could be used in a textbook. This chapter will teach, demonstrate, and explain a particular theme or concept you have chosen, using examples from our textbook of all three genres (fiction, poetry, and drama) to illustrate that theme. You will include commentary on each work that places it in the context of the theme or concept you have chosen.
The chapter must include four poems, three short stories, and two plays. (Do not scan or copy the works themselves; just use their titles as placeholders.) At least one work in each genre must be from our assigned reading; the others need not be, but they must all be from our textbook. Be sure to cite each work correctly using MLA documentation.
here are the works needed for the chapter:4poems, 3short stories, 2plays
"The Second Coming”, Yeats/poem
"head, heart", Lidia davis/poem
"richard corey", Edwin Robinson/poem
"the ruined maid", thomas hardy/poem
'A Rose for Emily," William Faulkner/short story
"the shabbat", marjane satrapi/short story
"cathedral", raymond carver/short story
Hamlet, Shakespeare/play
"trifles", susan glasplell/play
For example, you might create a chapter on works that deal with childhood, or marriage, or family dynamics, or urban life, or death. Other examples could be quest for dreams, quest for identity, epiphanies, the importance of memory, etc. The chapter will include a close reading of each work and an explanation of how that work embodies the theme you have chosen. Be sure to make connections between the works (for example, comparison and/or contrast) to show how one work’s approach to the theme or concept differs from another’s.
The chapter should be presented in a well-designed, clear format. At least one graphic should be included. In terms of organization, you may wish to model your chapter after those in our textbook; however, feel free to organize your work as you see fit and what suits your style (and would appeal to readers). In general, you could begin your chapter with an overview, then include any definitions if needed. Then, include your selected pieces from each genre, followed by your analysis and research. It will be helpful for readers to provide clear transitions from one genre to the next—i.e. stating that just as in “X,” “Y” displays the same____________. Ultimately, there is no “right” way to format or organize the chapter as long as it is clear and well-written, pleasingly designed, and most important, insightful about the works you choose.
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Death and Dying
Michael Scott had served four tours to various parts of the Middle East among them Afghanistan and Iraq. Joining the army in his early twenties, Scott had risen through the ranks to become one of the most esteemed service men in his division. He had finally become a general, one of his childhood dreams and one that he shared with his late father who also a general in the marines. The last few years have been the most dramatic for Scott forcing him to seek counselling from the local veterans hospital. He never thought he would be seating on his front porch alone reminiscing the gone days. In 2012 he lost his dad to cancer and his mother had died seven years earlier after succumbing to Alzheimer’s. He wished that he would have had enough time with them and that he would share his memories with them whenever he could. That’s was not the case at the moment and life did seam unfair and the future bleak for him. Last year but one in January, he had come home to bury his beloved wife and only son. He was called in from his station to witness the horrors of losing the closest family members that he had. They had passed away from a car accident after visiting him. Before his wife left, they had argued about mortgaging the house and moving to a beach house that was on offer. The last thing he remembers was telling his wife that they could not afford it as his promotion was coming on slow and that she was not doing so well either. With the Matt his son going to college, they needed all the money that they could get to support his education and that moving would cause financial strain. Now he wanted to tell his wife that they could afford it as he finally made it to be a general. It has been one year since he lost his right leg to an attack on his camp in Afghanistan. He was the only one the survived to tell the horrors, but he wishes that he hadn’t.
Across the road is his neighbor Blake and his wife Melisa, who moved in some few months ago. As Scott seat on the porch, Blake comes with what seems like a paper on his left hand and keys on the right hand. He really angry at something, but Scott can tell what it is that he is saying to Melisa. As she stands at the door that is now wide open, Blake walks towards the car still ranting about something then turn back towards Melisa who is standing at the door, in her red robes with her arms crossed. Blake is the only one talking and Melisa is crying and every time she tries to talk, Blake shoots her down. Blake draws closer to her and seems really agitated and Scott thinks that this situation may turn violent. Scott holds on to his crutches tightly as he make an attempt to rise to his feet. Before he makes it to his feet, Blake storms away towards the car and speeds away. Melisa is visibly torn apart by whatever it was they were arguing about. She covers her face with her two hands and is now visibly shaken. When she look up and realizes that Scott is watching, she get it her house and closes the door behind her. Scott silently sympathizes with her but feels helpless to help the situation. He wishes that Blake understands the importance of loved ones and treats them as such. One never knows when death will snatc...
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