Questions to answer:
“The Location of the River” 271
The story explores the issue of loss in terms of tangibles and intangibles. Which disciplinary perspective would you use to explore these losses and why? What does the story reveal about these issues when you consider them as issues in the wider context of the real World that we live in? Consider the notion of technology as the panacea to solving all the problems of the World and giving people a false sense of security. You can relate that to the situation in the story and in today’s World.
Be specific with your response. Make sure you write about 125 words to respond to this question.
“Greasy Lake”
What perspective is appropriate or useful here to explore an issue and why?
How does the socioeconomic status of the characters in this story relate to the plot and the theme here?
What is the thematic implication here from the boy’s reluctance to engage with the girls?
“Best Cousin”
Write a paragraph where you describe the most interesting issue that you see in the story. Try and give an example that relates to the issue you describe from the story.
Poems
Success is counted sweetest (112)
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne’er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.
Not one of all the purple Host
Who took the Flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of victory
As he defeated – dying –
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!
Richard Cory
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
“Good-morning,” and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
Tell me what you think about the two pomes in terms of issues you seeing the poet bring to light.
Post some ideas you have about Disciplinary Perspective you think are appropriate for the three stories you have read. Be specific and detailed and remember not to confuse theme with topic/ subject matter.
Really think about the issues the stories bring to light and which Disciplinary Perspective is the most effective at getting to the heart of the issue you see in the stories.
As long as you follow the rule that it is impossible to describe a theme in one word, you are on the right path. A theme will require at least one sentence to describe it.
Of the three, which did you enjoy the most and why
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