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10/22/14. Freshman Composition. Take Quiz on 75 Readings Plus Readings Read selections “The Green Eyed Monster” and “Pride” and complete Response Reading Essays Introduction to Comparison and Contrast Essay Practice brainstorming using Grant versus Lee essay by Bruce Canton
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10/22/14 Freshman Composition
Take Quiz on 75 Readings Plus Readings • Read selections “The Green Eyed Monster” and “Pride” and complete Response Reading Essays • Introduction to Comparison and Contrast Essay • Practice brainstorming using Grant versus Lee essay by Bruce Canton • Pass out Comparison and Contrast Assignment Sheet and go over requirements What to Expect Today
Two Views of the Mississippi (Mark Twain) • Two Ways to Belong in America (Bharati Mukherjee) • Neat People versus Sloppy People Review 75 Readings
What do you know about Mark Twain? • Who was he? • What is he known for?
American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist • acquired international fame for his travel narratives, especially The Innocents Abroad (1869), Roughing It (1872), and Life on the Mississippi (1883), and for his adventure stories of boyhood, especially The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Views of the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Twain became a riverboat pilot and studied the Mississippi – learning this trade was a “valuable acquisition” • Not only did a pilot receive good wages and enjoy universal respect, but he was absolutely free and self-sufficient: “a pilot, in those days, was the only unfettered and entirely independent human being that lived in the earth,” he wrote. • The Civil War stopped his work as a riverboat pilot Views of the Mississippi
How did Twain’s perspective of the river (Mississippi) change from a newcomer looking at the river to after he became a riverboat pilot?
How things looked as a novice (1st view) and then as a riverboat pilot Views of the Mississippi
He had a more negative view of the river after becoming a pilot according to this text. Thesis: Although mastering his profession provided him with a valuable skill, in doing so he lost the ability to appreciate the beauty of its natural setting. Views of the Mississippi
Why does Twain pity doctors? Instead of seeing beauty in someone’s face (lovely flush in a beauty’s cheek) doctor sees disease or symbols of decay
About the Author: Bharati MukherjeeDate of Birth: July 27, 1940Where: Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Indiaborn to wealthy parents in India. • by the age of three she learned how to read and write • In 1947, she moved to Britain with her family at the age of eight and lived in Europe for about three and a half years. • By the age of ten, Mukherjee knew that she wanted to become a writer, and had written numerous short stories. Two Ways to Belong in America
Who do you think is the intended audience for this essay “Two Ways to Belong in America?”
Intended Audience for the Essay • likely Americans who would be interested in the issue of immigration; anyone who is willing to fight Congress for the rights of immigrants, Congress directly. Purpose Mukherjee wrote the essay in response to Congress after they started a movement to take away government benefits from resident aliens (immigrants). Two Ways to Belong in America
Both girls were born in India • Both came to the U.S. from India to attend college • Both married and remained • Both went into education as a profession • Both“like well-raised sisters we never said what was really on our minds..” Two Ways to Belong in America
Sisters Agree • sense of betrayal over Congress making a movement to take away benefits from resident aliens • Mira says “I feel used, manipulated and discarded’ – she is a legal immigrant who has worked hard and obeyed the rules • Bharati “felt then the same sense of betrayal that Mira feels now. I will never forget the pain of that sudden turning, and the casual racistoutburststhe Green Paper elicited. • attitude toward duty to siblings and toward marriage • same career field (education) Two Ways to Belong in America
Sisters Disagree over Citizenship • Mira is still an Indian citizen & works in the U.S. with a green card “happier to live in America as expatriate Indian than as an immigrantAmerican.” • Bharati– American citizen • “I am an American citizen and she is not. I am • moved that thousands of long-term residents are finally taking the oath of citizenship. She is not.” • “I need to feel like a part of the community I have adopted (as I tried to feel in Canada as well). I need to put roots down, to vote and make the difference that I can.” • Mira married an Indian, Bharatimarried someone of a different ethnicity (a Non-Indian) Two Ways to Belong in America
Marrying Outside of Indian Culture • “By choosing a husband who was not my father's selection, I was opting for fluidity, self-invention, blue jeans, and T-shirts, and renouncing 3,000 years (at least) of casteobservant,"pure culture" marriage in the Mukherjee family.” • She calls it “an emotional strain” to marry outside my ethnic community. Two Ways to Belong in America
The author says she’s “finally figured out the difference between neat people and sloppy people” What is the distinction? Neat People vs. Sloppy People
The author says she’s “finally figured out the difference between neat people and sloppy people” What is the distinction? It’s moral. Neat people are lazier and meaner than sloppy people. Sloppy people are sloppy as a consequence of their “extreme moral rectitude.” Neat People vs. Sloppy People
What are some characteristics of sloppy people? • Live in Never-Never land • They “aim too high and wide” and never get neat • They save everything
What are some characteristics of neat people? • “bums and clods at heart” • “have a cavalier attitude toward possessions, including family heirlooms” • “vicious with mail” –(throw away birthday cards) • Wasteful (don’t clip coupons or save leftovers) • Operate on 2 principles: • Never handle any item twice • Throw everything away
Two Views of the Mississippi (Mark Twain) • Two Ways to Belong in America (Bharati Mukherjee) • Neat People versus Sloppy People Take Quiz 75 Readings
The Green-Eyed Monster: Envy • 75 Readings page 130 • Pride - DagobertoGilb • 75 Readings page 135 Complete Response Reading Activity
This essay • attempts to define envy by distinguishing it from jealousy quotes dictionaries, philosophers, and writers • provides examples of types of envy and stimuli of envy The Green-Eyed Monster: Envy
Othello, Act 3, Scene 3 Who steals my purse steals trash Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy. ENVY OR JEALOUSY?
7 Deadly Sins Why is Envy The Worst Sin? The Green-Eyed Monster: Envy
Why is Envy The Worst Sin? Envy is the only one that involves a direct wish to harm or take something from another person The Green-Eyed Monster: Envy
Green is traditionally a color associated with illness, dating back to the Greeks. But it wasn’t until Shakespeare that the notion of being “Green With Envy” really started to take shape. • In Othello, Iago warns Othello “beware, my lord, of jealousy;/It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock/The meat it feeds on.” [Inspired by a cat who plays with its prey] • In Anthony and Cleopatra, • “Lepidus, since Pompey’s feast, as Menas says, is troubled with the green sickness.” [The green sickness, being envy] • In Merchant of Venice, • “How all the other passions fleet to air,As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair,And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!” “Green with Envy”
Gilb defines the concept of pride positively by describing various members of the community in El Paso, Texas. In showing the attitude of different generations toward work, family, and civic duty, he not only defines what it is to take pride in one‘s community and role in it but also reveals something about the people of El Paso, who are primarily of Mexican heritage. Pride - DagobertoGilb
author‘s intention is to portray Mexican Americans as people who take pride in their strong work and family ethic and long-standing service to the country Pride - DagobertoGilb
working hard at a job • scoring high on a video game • wearing pretty clothes • graduating high school • one‘s children‘s accomplishments • the land, one‘s culture and history and heritage, • the sacrifices of one‘s ancestors, contribution to one‘s nation through military service Examples of Pride
―Pride is working a job like it‘s as important as art or war…. • ―Pride is the fearless reaction to disrespect and disregard.‖ Metaphors
―Pride hears gritty dirt blowing against an agave whose stiff fertile stalk, so tall, will not bend • ―Pride smells a sweet, musky drizzle of rain and eats huevos con chilein corn tortillas heated on a cast-iron pan – the love of heritage.‖ Personification
Writing a comparison/contrast paper involves comparing and contrasting two subjects. • A comparison shows how two things are alike. • A contrast shows how two things are different What is a Comparison/Contrast Paper?
It is not enough to merely list what is the same and what is different. Consider the following: • What overall pattern is operating in the similarities and why does it matter? • How does the comparison enhance our understanding of the separate entities? • What is the cause of the differences and why does it matter? • What unique and new insight comes from contrasting the entities? Guidelines
For this assignment, your choices include: • two musical styles, such as classical and contemporary reggae • two musicians, composers • two filmmakers, artists, authors • two scientists, such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking • two military leaders, such as Robert E. Lee and Ulysess Grant • two American Presidents, such as Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson • two world leaders, such as Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev • two professional athletes such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant • two vacation destinations • Two seasons such as autumn and spring • living on campus with living off campus • online classes versus traditional classes • two political systems, such as communism versus democracy • two religions, such as Christianity versus Judaism • two religious leaders, such as the Pope and Dalai Lama • Or two others – get approval from instructor Step 1: Choose two topics / subjects that can be compared and contrasted
Ryan Jordan Step: 2 • Begin researching your topics • List Similarities and Differences • Use charts or graphs to organize ideas Use ColumnsVenn Diagrams
