Week 08

Elderly woman in a ditch pleads for her life to a gun-wielding man, who is viewed from behind, standing above the ditch.
Permission from Artist Shenho-hshieh
https://www.shenho-hshieh.com/

Activity 1

Please read the 3-page article “Excerpt from ‘On Her Own Work’: The Element of Suspense in ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find.'”

Activity 2

Click this link to access “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” on the Commonlit website. I recommend that you complete the short answers for a better understanding of the text, but they will not be officially graded.

Illustration of characters from story; grandmother with cat, Bailey, wife, children
https://kimrosen.tumblr.com/post/36597283232/flannery-oconnor
Used with permission of Artist Kim Rosen

 

Optional Activity
Although the sound is a little scratchy, that might just add to the authentic 1960s feeling of this reading of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by the author herself, Flannery O’Connor.

Activity 3

Click this link to access a fascinating literary critique from the BMCC library database Literature Resource Center, entitled “Things Darkly Buried: In Praise of ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find.'” This article discusses the many “buried things” readers can unearth in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor.

The critique is also attached in PDF format.

Things_Darkly_Buried_In_Praise

Little girl with long hair dances in diner
http://portfolios.mica.edu/gallery/68136071/A-Good-Man-is-Hard-to-Find
Emily Kofsky
Used with permission of Artist Emily Kofsky

Activity 4

Please read the lecture “Where Is the Goodness?”

Activity 5

First Draft Essay due: Sunday, March 27, 11:59 p.m.

Click here to access First Draft directions.

Click here to see Sample Student First Draft Essay.

All essays in this class must adhere to MLA format. Before submitting any written work, please review the guides to formatting. Only correctly formatted essays will be eligible for a grade of A. Please review the guides below.

Format Matters video

Guide to MLA essay formatting from the BMCC library.

Guide to MLA citation from the BMCC library.

To submit your essay, return to your Blackboard course and Click the Essay Submission Links folder on the black navigation panel. Within the folder, click the subfolder labeled “Essay 2.”

Activity 6

Click this link to access the Week 8 discussion.

Reviewing My Comments on Your Essays

When your grade shows up in Blackboard, please be sure to review both my text and voice comments on your essay.This is very important so that you can incorporate the comments/corrections into your next draft. Please see “How to Review Instructor’s Comments on Your Written Work” in COURSE INFORMATION.