Topic: Post-Modernism

Order Description Part One: Several of our works this week portray family relationships that are less than perfect. Choose one that stood out to you as particularly movin" rel="nofollow">ing or engagin" rel="nofollow">ing. Describe the relationship and explain" rel="nofollow">in its personal resonance with you. Work Needed:James Baldwin" rel="nofollow">in: Sonny's Blues Part Two: Research one of this week's authors and tell us what about his or her biography struck you as bein" rel="nofollow">ing reflective of issues in" rel="nofollow">in the work. Be sure to cite all biographical in" rel="nofollow">information you report. Author: James Baldwin" rel="nofollow">in Part Three: Post-modern work is sometimes ambiguous. What do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink happens to Connie at the end of Oates's story? Explain" rel="nofollow">in why you thin" rel="nofollow">ink so. Use direct textual evidence to support your assumption. In O'Brien's story we meet a soldier who goes AWOL- he leaves his post and a squad of men is sent to fin" rel="nofollow">ind him. How do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink this story ends based on what you see in" rel="nofollow">in this short excerpt? What clues can you tease out of the chapter to give an in" rel="nofollow">indication of where this story might be headed? Work Needed: Joyce Carol Oates: Where Are You Goin" rel="nofollow">ing, Where Have You Been? Tim O'Brien: from Goin" rel="nofollow">ing After Cacciato