Discuss with a partner possible stories that could be paired. What themes or issues could be compared and contrasted? Or, how might two stories give insight into a theme/concept/culture?
A Good Man is Hard to Find Everyday Use Both stories involve submissive personalities (Maggie and the mother from A Good Man is Hard to Find) and dominant personalities (Dee and the grandmother)
I think "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" pair nicely with each other. They both involve serial killers and their 'quirky' personalities and methods. However, they also both contain a kind of mental breakdown of sorts, something that is very interesting to note.
I believe that "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" and "A Good Man is Hard to Find" are very similar in the context that they both can have the perspective of a "good vs evil" kind of theme. In "A Good Man is Hard to Find" there is explicit talk about Jesus and religion. However, in "Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been" it is more in the character development through dialogue, not just dialogue in itself that expresses that theme.
I believe "A&P" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" go well together because they both involve teenage girls being sexualized. Societal expectations are brought up in both stories with how the girls dress and present themselves. They contribute to the theme that a girl or woman should not be judged based on the way they are dressed.
I think that "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" and "A&P" go very well together in the aspect that they both objectify teenage girls and feature males that consider themselves superior in a way to these girls. Girls are essentially punished for dressing certain ways, because apparently they deserve what they are "asking for".
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Both involve teenagers with parents that may have pushed them to be more like society's expectations
Cathedral Did the narrator truly see the Blindman for who he was?
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The Grandmother saw Good in The Misfit. Did she truly see the Misfit for who he was?
They both have themes of seeing. Did both characters truly see things for what they are? Or did they see what they wanted to see?
A Good Man is Hard to Find
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Both stories involve submissive personalities (Maggie and the mother from A Good Man is Hard to Find) and dominant personalities (Dee and the grandmother)
I think "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" pair nicely with each other. They both involve serial killers and their 'quirky' personalities and methods. However, they also both contain a kind of mental breakdown of sorts, something that is very interesting to note.
ReplyDeleteI believe that "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" and "A Good Man is Hard to Find" are very similar in the context that they both can have the perspective of a "good vs evil" kind of theme. In "A Good Man is Hard to Find" there is explicit talk about Jesus and religion. However, in "Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been" it is more in the character development through dialogue, not just dialogue in itself that expresses that theme.
ReplyDeleteI believe "A&P" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" go well together because they both involve teenage girls being sexualized. Societal expectations are brought up in both stories with how the girls dress and present themselves. They contribute to the theme that a girl or woman should not be judged based on the way they are dressed.
ReplyDeleteI think that "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" and "A&P" go very well together in the aspect that they both objectify teenage girls and feature males that consider themselves superior in a way to these girls. Girls are essentially punished for dressing certain ways, because apparently they deserve what they are "asking for".
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