One Page Essays for 2/24/10

1. What makes Tim stop in his tracks after killing the man in the ambush?

2. Why does Dobbins hold onto his girlfriend's stockings even after she dumps him?

3. When should one tell their children about their war stories?

-JTS

one page essays for 2. 4. 2010

• Similarities between Kien's and the Author's writing style.
• Impact of different girls in Kien's life.
• Purpose behind Kien's writing about his war memories.
• Will writing heal Kien's wounds or will it worsen it?

- SB

one page essay for 12. 4. 09

Ibo culture compared to the American dream.
Ikemefuna's singnificance and the changes he can bring in Okonkwo's personality.
Nwoye feeling the same way Okonkwo felt about his father due to characterstic differences.
What were the reasons behind Unoka's failure?
-SB

One-Page Position Paper #2

First One-Page Position Paper Topic

For those who were having trouble reading it via the calendar.

The Mahabarata, a religious text of the Hindu faith states:

"Truth, self control, asceticism, generosity, non-injury, constancy in virtue — these are the means of success, not caste or family."

Are these the components of success? Are there more than are on this list? Less? Are caste (social standing and upbringing) and family true measures of success or is it more what the individual does, and, if so, what does the individual need to have success?

In an essay of one page, pick a POSITION in this argument and SUPPORT it using relevant and specific information. Feel free to use your studies in literature and history, but also feel free for this essay to use personal experience. Just be sure that your personal experience is as specific as evidence from literature and that it truly supports your ideas.

As you conclude your essay, please COME TO A CONCLUSION about your own senior year and how you plan to make it a success. Of the components and reasons you have chosen, which will you utilize and how?

One Page Essay Topics for The Sorrow of War January 30th 2008

1. Is destiny decided for everyone and no one can change it? Or does one have the power to create their own destiny?

2. Is Kien alive because he was selfish and never sacrificed himself for others, or was it just a lucky circumstance of events that kept Kien alive?

3. If Kien had known that Phuong still loved him after she was raped, would they have been able to re-kindle their relationship, or would things have turned out just the same?

4. Was the fact that Kien and Phong ended up back at the school where there love first started a coincidence? Or was that done purposly by the author?

5. Is the reason why Kien wrote the novel because he was guilty that he survived when no one else did?

-L.S.

One Page Topis 1.31

One page essay topics for Sorrow of War due January 31, 2008

~ How has the sorrow of war changed Kien?

~Is Kien just a survivor or is he selfish and doesn't help others survive?

~Does Kien want to die?

~How has Kien's father helped or hurt him throughout his life?

~Has Kien and Phuong's relationship problems contributed to his sorrow of war?

~Did the fact that Phuong got raped play a role in the person that she has become?

~Why did Kien write? Was it because he wanted to rid himself of problems, or was it that he really wanted people to read about them?

~ Did Kien and Phuong's love die or did he just abandon it?

CK