Week 2 Discussion

Question 1

Initial Post: Discuss characterization in one of the short stories we read for this week. How is the protagonist revealed and developed?

Question 2

Initial Post: Discuss how conflict, rising action, and climax are established in one of the short stories we read for this week

Parameters

You must make a substantive and thoughtful initial post of 250 words or more to one of the questions, incorporating MLA citation and a Works Cited.

Readings

Meyer, Michael and D. Quentin Miller. The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, and Writing, 12th ed., Macmillan Learning, 2020.

  • The Flowers” by Alice Walker

  • A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

  • A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery OConnor

  • Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer