Position Paper Ideas...

One Page Essay Prompts...

1.) Is it possible for one to completely conform to society's expectations, both internally and externally? The pressure to be the perfect example, to be a role model, is intense in OLAS, and for others it is merely a survival tactic. (For example, Suicide event, and Mario being gay, etc...) Support your answer with evidence from the novel.

2.) In the annotated text, can the traditional "All men are brothers" attitude, with personality traits like pride, honor, and loyalty, be beaten down in the name of national security/justice? Do you think this is just?

3.) "It is the first duty of a soldier to protect the nation's security; that's why they'd seized power, to make the nation strong again, and, in passing, to do away with their internal enemies." (Allende 132)

"Kill or be killed, this is war, these things have to be done, pull up your pants and don't tremble, don't think, don't feel, and above all don't look at the man's face, because if you do, you're fucked good and proper." (Allende 133)

Do you think either of these two quotes are true? Is the "greater good" an adequate justification for the death or "disappearance" of so many? Are such actions truly necessary?

~Rama A.~

VOCAB (OLAS1)

Peremptory
Rheumatic
Prelate
Affable
Benedictions
Ascertain
Macabre
Cadavers
Indomitable
Subverted

BREAK!

Enjoy your break. You all deserve it. Just don't forget to qrite your rough drafts. Those are due upon your return. Tackle a little every night or two and it won't seem so bad. Don't save the whole thing for the night before we get back!

Look at that dog on the right.

Outline Example

Below is a link to an example of an outline. Use it as a jumping off point if you have having trouble.

Outline Example

Palestine Journal

Below are three possible topics for tomorrow journal entry:

10. What are your reactions to "Through Other Eyes" in Chapter Nine?
11. What point is Sacco making on pages 282-3?
12. Before reading this book, what where your attitudes about Palestine and Palestinians? About Israel and Israelis? In what ways has the book informed you more deeply about these places and peoples?

Source Cards

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One Page Essays 12/9/09

1. Should people be allowed to fight and cause war in holy places ? carry guns ?

2. is it wrong for the Palestinian civilians to fight back against the Israeli soldiers ?

3. Have the people learned to love with violence, or is violence a message of desire for change ?

4. both sides are fighting in the same place for the same thing. How does this make it hard for one side to win ?

-- JL