Toni Morrison This Amazing Troubling Book Essay Term Paper
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Toni Morrison This Amazing Troubling Book Essay Term Paper
I know it’s been a while since my last general post or announcement. I thought it best to wait until I knew you had finished Huck Finn. (Notice how confident I am that you have!) I have another “homework’ assignment for you based on it. Before I explain what it is let me first provide a little preface to it.
Toni Morrison was an African-American novelist, essayist, and professor. She won the National Books’ Critics Circle Award for her novel The Song of Solomon; in 1988 she won the Pulitzer Prize in Literature for her widely acclaimed and best-known work, Beloved–which was made into a
film. In 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She also wrote a rather personal assessment of Huck Finn, which I’d like you to read. Before you do let me emphasize, as you’ll see for yourselves, that’s it’s a “personal” piece of literary criticism. I want you to be aware of that
because after we read Ragged Dick (more on that later) you’ll be submitting your mid-term paper and I’d invite you to write your own essay in such a personal way, so to speak. I was never one for the rather phony and goofy conventional literary essay students were asked to write. You
know, the kind that is supposed to be ‘objective’ and not include the subjective “I” or “me.” In other words, rather than writing “I found some of the humor in Huck Finn to spotlight society’s flaws,” “One might find the humor in Huck Finn highlighting society’s flaws.” Well, aren’t you the ‘one’? Of course, if you’d prefer to write your paper in that ‘objective’ style I’m cool with that.
First, you have to find and read the Toni Morrison essay. You can do that by going to a Google search and typing in “Toni Morrison, This Amazing Troubling Book.” The first site that should come up will be “this_amazing_troubling_book.pdf-UCT English Dept.”
Please read it; then submit a 2/3 page “Response Paper” of your own to it, which may include some of your own opinions/ assessment of Huck Finn. That’s it. While it shouldn’t take you too long, let’s say you submit it by this Saturday. Please do so via email.
In the mean time, could you also start reading Ragged Dick, if you haven’t already. I’m assuming that if any of you have you haven’t gotten very far along. It’s a quick read, as you’ll see, and you can likely breeze through half of it in two sittings. Before you do get into it, pose the age-old American Dream statement into the form of a question (like a Jeopardy contestant!): Can anyone, any citizen of the US (heck, maybe even non-citizens) be successful (for the sake of argument financially speaking) so long as they work hard, don’t give up, and keep ‘faith’ in not only being
successful but maintain faith in America providing the opportunities for becoming successful? Ragged Dick was meant as a prescription, a template, for its (almost largely male) readers to be successful. Look for what those ingredients are in its Success Recipe Playbook, so to speak.
Let me suggest a couple of films you might want to check out while you’re reading Ragged Dick. One is one of my all time favorites, “Working Girl.” That’s probably because the main character is from Staten Island, where I grew up–don’t hold that against me. The other is “Trading Places.” They’re both comedies from the 80’s–check out that hair in Working Girl!–and they may seem a bit dated, although I think they hold up well enough.
RUBRIC
Excellent Quality
95-100%
Introduction 45-41 points
The background and significance of the problem and a clear statement of the research purpose is provided. The search history is mentioned.
Literature Support
91-84 points
The background and significance of the problem and a clear statement of the research purpose is provided. The search history is mentioned.
Methodology
58-53 points
Content is well-organized with headings for each slide and bulleted lists to group related material as needed. Use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance readability and presentation content is excellent. Length requirements of 10 slides/pages or less is met.
Average Score
50-85%
40-38 points
More depth/detail for the background and significance is needed, or the research detail is not clear. No search history information is provided.
83-76 points
Review of relevant theoretical literature is evident, but there is little integration of studies into concepts related to problem. Review is partially focused and organized. Supporting and opposing research are included. Summary of information presented is included. Conclusion may not contain a biblical integration.
52-49 points
Content is somewhat organized, but no structure is apparent. The use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. is occasionally detracting to the presentation content. Length requirements may not be met.
Poor Quality
0-45%
37-1 points
The background and/or significance are missing. No search history information is provided.
75-1 points
Review of relevant theoretical literature is evident, but there is no integration of studies into concepts related to problem. Review is partially focused and organized. Supporting and opposing research are not included in the summary of information presented. Conclusion does not contain a biblical integration.
48-1 points
There is no clear or logical organizational structure. No logical sequence is apparent. The use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. is often detracting to the presentation content. Length requirements may not be met
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