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Assignment -
Prompts: For your essay, you will choose one of the cross-genre prompts below.
1. Miss Emily in "A Rose for Emily" and the speaker of "Daddy" both have complex, difficult relationships with their fathers. Compare and contrast their attitudes, issues, and fate.
2. Dee in "Everyday Use" and Taxi in A Live Coal in the Sea both undergo severe shifts in their self-identity. Compare and contrast their attitude and sense of control over their identities as well as their ability to sort out the contradictions and problems associated with their identities.
3. Ozymandias in "Ozymandias" and Odysseus in The Odyssey both suffer from hubris (bad pride). Compare and contrast how their pride shows itself and what fate it leads them to. How do their subjects seem to feel toward them?
A Live Coal in the Sea (Chapters 11-12) Forum
This post requires at least 200 words that thoughtfully and completely considers all of the prompt questions, Prompt Questions: Chapters 11-12
1. Mild commentary about God is threaded through the novel. What are Mac's and Cam's beliefs about God, and how are they tested?
2. Discuss the technical aspects of the novel. Flashbacks play a significant role in the telling of the story, and the novel is not entirely in chronological order. How does that affect your reading experience? Why do you think L 'Engle chose to use this technique?
3. Olivia quotes William Langland, who says "But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal in the sea. "How is forgiveness and mercy necessary or needed with the trio of Olivia, Art, and Mac and the trio of Camilla, Rose, and Rafferty?
Instructions: Words: 700 Words.