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 1950s 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_PraiseActivity

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

Click this link to access the Week 8 discussion.

Grading of Essay 1

I have reviewed your essay submissions and have left voice/text comments for you.  Please be sure to review these comments so that you can continue to improve your writing. Directions are in COURSE INFORMATION. I will also paste them here:

Go to TOOLS
Click on MY GRADES
Scroll down to the assignment you want to view and select.

Click here for directions for reviewing both text and voice  Essay comments  submitted through Turnitin.
Directions for voice comments follow the directions for reading text comments. (Click “Next”).