CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS TO ADDRESS IN YOUR SHORT ESSAY:
1. Discuss the ways in which this series is relevant to contemporary society.
2. To tell the story is to survive.- How is this statement relevant to The Handmaid's Tale?
3. 'Ordinary: said Aunt Lydia, "is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now. but after a time it will. It will become ordinary.- Discuss the author's treatment of the dangers of passivity and lack of resistance in The Handmaid's Tale.
4. Discuss the ways in which Atwood treats women's issues in the series. i.e. sexuality, fertility, reproductive rights, rape. motherhood.
REQUIREMENTS:
You will not be able to reply to other students until you create your own post. When you're done. get to know some of the other students in the class. Reply to at least 1 other student. If you are one of the first students to post in a discussion forum. you may have to return to the forum later to complete the reply posts.
The essays in your "new thread" in the discussion are Gordon Rule assignments. Therefore. you should use your best writing skills when you work on these assignments. Each essay and discussion assignment has four basic requirements:
1. Prepare: Read the literature and take note of its discussion question. Be careful to answer the discussion question for each essay. You work needs to be "on topic," as the saying goes.
2. Write: Adhere to the length requirements for the essay and the discussion portion of the assignment."New Threads" should be at least 500 words in length. As you write. Blackboard will keep track of your word count. so its easy to know where you are. After you submit your new thread. you will be able to read the other students' posts. Your essay MUST have an introduction, 2 short body paragraphs, and a conclusion. If you submit just one paragraph for this assignment. you will automatically receive no more than 60%. Organization /Format Reminder: Keep in mind that this is a short essay assignment, not a paragraph assignment. Thus, you must have an introduction, body, and conclusion in your original response.
3. Reply: You must respond to at least 2 other students/classmates to earn full credit for the assignment. Replies/responses should be in paragraph form (at least 250-500 words). Your responses could be just one short paragraph.
4. In-text Citations: You must use at least ONE quotation per work you analyze in your short essay. Please place an in-text citation (also called a parenthetical citation) immediately after you close the quotation marks and before you place a period for your sentence. That way, anyone in the class (including me!) can easily find the quotation in the text if necessary. If you're not sure what to place inside the parentheses, review MLA style in Module 1.
word count:500