Task
#12
a) Read with care "The Daring Young Man on the Flying
Trapeze" by William Saroyan and review "Gumption" by Langston Hughes.
b) Take notes on each of them.
c) Then create a chart comparing and contrasting the three stories in the ways
you used to analyze "Masses of Men" in Task #9 and 10. Add
a statement of the theme of each story.
d) Fax or e-mail your work to me when
you're finished.
Task #13
1) In a well-written and carefully organized essay, compare
and contrast the three stories in terms what each of them has to tell us about
the period of the Depression. In your essay discuss the themes they communicate, the
people they chose to introduce you to in their stories, and the actions and interactions
that take place. Be sure to identify those elements of the Depression that appear in
all three stories.
b) Again, write your essay in Word, spell-check it, and then copy
and paste it into an e-mail message addressed to wreading@listserv.cc.va.us
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