Paper #2 Topics

Realist/Regionalist Paper
Winter Term 2008

Length: 2.5-3.5 pages

Topic: Using one of the regionalist/realist novels and/or short stories we have read this year, answer the following question: What intentions do the authors’ have in documenting and demonstrating the various tensions that arise when the sterilizing influence of the modern world comes into contact with the largely isolated communities where these stories take place?

Works for Consideration:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Their Eyes Were Watching God
“The White Heron”
“Namesake”
“The Death in the Desert”

Note: Resist the temptation to guess wildly. Good analysis is the product of looking closely at a given subject. These tensions can be both physical and emotional/phycological in nature. Your opinions will need to be backed up with excellent textual support.