PART 1: Answer these questions about The Power (Due Wed)
For this homework assignment, please respond to FOUR of the questions listed below in a total of at least 400 words. Use evidence from the novel to support your reasoning.
Please format your response by copying each question that you chose to respond to and responding to each question directly underneath each question. It should be formatted like this:
Question: copy the question here
Response: respond here (and so on for all 4 questions and responses)
- Why is it significant that Roxy didn’t die when she lost her skein?
- What are the differences in Roxy’s and Allie’s goals?
- What does Allie find out from Mrs. Montgomery-Taylor? How does this information change her?
- Why does the voice leave Allie?
- What happens at the end? How do you feel about the ending and why?
- When did the events of this novel take place? Reference the historical information throughout the book to support your reasoning.
- How can you apply what you learned in the book to our society today?
- Discuss at least one major theme in the book, and explain its significance.
To cite The Power, your citations will look like this: “quote” (Alderman 221).
PART 2: Answer this question about Baldoni’s Ted Talk (Due Wed)
After watching Baldoni’s “Why I’m Done Trying to be Man Enough” TedTalk (Links to an external site.), write one paragraph connecting at least one main point from the Ted Talk to The Power so far. Specifically, include at least on quote from the Ted Talk and explain how it relates to something that has happened in the novel to this points.
Be sure to cite the Ted Talk in MLA using this format: “quote” (Baldoni 3:24). You should have Baldoni’s name and the time stamp in parentheses.
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