Discussion Questions
Discussion Question 3
Directions:
- After reading the lecture, answer one of the following questions. This question is due no later than Thursday, September 17.
- Your responses to other students' answers are due by midnight on Sunday, Sept. 20.
- Remember: in order to get the full 20 points, you MUST respond thoughtfully to at least 3 or 4 other people's postings. This set of discussion questions is worth a possible 20 points.
- Late answers and responses receive 0 points, so post early :)
We will be using the ETUDES Discussion Board for this class. Click on the link below to get to the ETUDES portal, sign in, and then click on the tab for this class. You will find the "Discussion and Private Messages" link on the left side of the screen:
1. At the end of "Moxon's Master," the narrator says, "That was many years ago. If asked to-day I should answer less confidently." What does he mean?
2. In "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," why does Twain create a narrator to frame the action? That is, why have a narrator tell us about hearing the story from another man? Why not just make Wheeler the narrator?
3. In "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," what is Harte saying about guilt and redemption?
The whole city (Los Angeles) gives you the impression of impermanence. You have the feeling that one day someone is going to yell. "Cut! Strike it!" and then the stagehands will scurry out and remove the mountains, the movie-star homes, the Hollywood Bowl - everything.
~ Allan Sherman