The Terrace Gazette Maxson goes down swinging By Joe Student This is where your first story will go. It will be a summary of the events of the act that you have just finished. In it, be sure to include at least two quotes which help to make the plot clear to the reader. You should also make sure to dis- cuss what is going on with each of the major characters. Be sure to address Troy, Rose, and Cory at the very least. Let us know what each is doing, what each is saying, and what is motivating each to be acting they way that he or she is. Any less will not recieve credit. Here’s an example: During Act II of August Wilson’s play Fences, Rose expresses her dis- gust for Troy’s cheating, telling him that he “ought to have stayed upstairs,” (68) where he belonged. It is clear from this passage that Rose is saddened by Troy’s revelation of infidelity. When she speaks to him, she speaks to him like a child. He is chastized the same way one would speak to a toddler who has done wrong. It is clear she has pity for him, though it is not clear that she will stay with him. This is where you’ll put a caption for the illustration that you choose for the reading. The caption should tell us what is happening in the image, and why that scene is important in the play. The Requirements 1 story that summarizes the chapter and provides a discussion of the thoughts, actions, and motivations of at least Troy, Rose, and Cory 2 pictures. 1 should illustrate a major scene in the reading, the other should illustrate a particu- lar character. Each needs a cap- tion. 1 story that provides a detailed analysis of a char- acter through the lens of a particular theme in the text. 1 story that provides opin- ion. It can criticize a charac- ter, praise another, whatever. It needs evidence. Your character analysis needs a picture and a caption that explains it as well. This is Willie Mays playing Stickball. Bono believes racist boss By Bill Student This is where you’ll discuss one of the major charac- ters in the text. Make sure that you provide an analysis of the character, especially focusing on what the character’s thoughts, words, and actions say about what is imporant to the character. You’ll also be asked to examine that character through the lens of a particular theme in the play. For example, you could discuss Troy as embodying a man who cannot move beyond the past. As you do this, be sure that you bring in specific examples from the text to support your claims. A really well done analysis of a characer will also pay attention to why the character is acting the way that the characeter is the way he or she is acting. This will help to provide some insight into his or her life. Here’s a quick example: In the play Fences the character Bono is especially inter- esting. In some ways, he represents a black man who has accepted the place dictated to him by the society that sur- rounds him. At one point, wh ...

1. The Terrace Gazette
Maxson goes down swinging
By Joe Student
This is where your first story will
go. It will be a summary of the events
of the act that you have just finished.
In it, be sure to include at least two
quotes which help to make the plot
clear to the reader.
You should also make sure to dis-
cuss what is going on with each of the
major characters. Be sure to address
Troy, Rose, and Cory at the very least.
Let us know what each is doing, what
each is saying, and what is motivating
each to be acting they way that he or
she is. Any less will not recieve credit.
Here’s an example:
During Act II of August Wilson’s
play Fences, Rose expresses her dis-
gust for Troy’s cheating, telling him
that he “ought to have stayed upstairs,”
(68) where he belonged. It is clear from
this passage that Rose is saddened by
Troy’s revelation of infidelity. When
she speaks to him, she speaks to him
like a child. He is chastized the same

2. way one would speak to a toddler who
has done wrong. It is clear she has pity
for him, though it is not clear that she
will stay with him.
This is where you’ll put a caption for the illustration that you
choose for the reading. The caption should tell us what is
happening in the image, and why that scene is important in the
play.
The
Requirements
1 story that summarizes
the chapter and provides a
discussion of the thoughts,
actions, and motivations of at
least Troy, Rose, and Cory
2 pictures. 1 should illustrate a
major scene in the reading, the
other should illustrate a particu-
lar character. Each needs a cap-
tion.
1 story that provides a
detailed analysis of a char-
acter through the lens of a
particular theme in the text.
1 story that provides opin-
ion. It can criticize a charac-
ter, praise another, whatever.
It needs evidence.
Your character analysis needs a picture and a caption that

3. explains it as well. This is Willie Mays playing Stickball.
Bono believes racist boss
By Bill Student
This is where you’ll discuss one of the major charac-
ters in the text. Make sure that you provide an analysis of
the character, especially focusing on what the character’s
thoughts, words, and actions say about what is imporant
to the character.
You’ll also be asked to examine that character through
the lens of a particular theme in the play. For example, you
could discuss Troy as embodying a man who cannot move
beyond the past. As you do this, be sure that you bring in
specific examples from the text to support your claims.
A really well done analysis of a characer will also pay
attention to why the character is acting the way that the
characeter is the way he or she is acting. This will help to
provide some insight into his or her life.
Here’s a quick example:
In the play Fences the character Bono is especially inter-
esting. In some ways, he represents a black man who has
accepted the place dictated to him by the society that sur-
rounds him. At one point, while he and Troy were discuss-
ing Troy’s desire to file a complaint with his employers,
Bono voiced his concern for Troy’s job not by suggest-
ing that he is being careless, but that he should be careful
because he is challenging racial barriers. Troy is convinced
that he is in the right, but Bono says that the “white fel-
lows” suspect he will be fired after Troy’s complaint is dealt
with.

4. It is Bono’s reliance on the advice of white employ-
ees that tips his hand. Clearly, Bono does not trust that
Troy’s gamble will pay off. Troy has challenged the com-
pany policy that allows for white workers to drive garbage
trucks, saying that “[h]ell, anybody can drive a truck, (2).
However, without a valid driver’s license, Troy is simply
causing a scene. Bono recognizes this and sees the prob-
lems that Troy’s actions will cause, but he fails to see the
importance of these actions. He does not recognize that as
Troy stands up sto challenge company policy that the he
is simultaneously challenging the belief that blacks are any
less than whites.
This dichotomy exists throughout the entire book; on
one hand, characters are trying to “make it” in a white
world, on the other, they are sitting back and allowing for
the white world to dictate the terms of their existence.
Cory is an idiot
By Bill Student
This is the opinion piece that you’ll write. You can
write about any section of the story, about any charac-
ter, about any theme. It doesn’t matter.
Just make sure that you support your opinion with
some facts taken from the text. Make darn sure that
you support yourself well.
Here’s an example:
First thing first, I should clarify that headline. Cory
turned out okay, but not before he made the greivous
mistake of letting his father nearly ruin his life.

5. Of course, he seems to have pulled everything togeth-
er just fine, but he hasn’t been home in seven years, and
fails to realize the profound effect that his father has
had on his life.
One can infer that he never went to college. He didn’t
get to play football, and he certainly never followed his
dream of being a professional football player. Whether
he wanted to or not, he has let his father’s choices deter-
mine his life. Worse, he has adopted the same stubbor-
ness of his father, a fact which is lost on him.
It is not, however, lost on his mother. Rose tells him
in no uncertain terms that he is just like his father. “You
Troy Maxson all over again,” she said.
Cory, in his sheer idiocy, cries “I don’t want to be Troy
Maxson. I want to be me.”
This is representative of the exact kind of idiocy that
Cory embodies. He claims that he wants to be him-
self, but he hasn’t followed through with his goals. He
has found a job that can’t be taken, just like his father
wanted. He has failed to live for himself.
1. English 325 week 5A
· Reading
Victor Hugo: "A Fight With a Cannon"
http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/fightcan.htm
Honore de Balzac: "A Passion in the Desert"
http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/pitdbalz.html

6. Victor Hugo
Honore de Balzac
Discussion Board
In Hugo’s story the sea (Nature) is identified as an antagonist;
in Balzac’s story, Nature/antagonist is the panther. How do
these two authors treat the conflict between Man and Nature
differently? Use specific examples from the texts.
250 words. No work cited
2. English 325 week 5B
· Reading
Guy de Maupassant: "Boule de Suif"
https://americanliterature.com/author/guy-de-maupassant/short-
story/boule-de-suif
Emile Zola: "Captain Burle"
http://www.online-literature.com/emile-zola/captain-burle/1/
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Emile Zola
Discussion Board
A Theory of Naturalism, appearing in the preface of the
novel Germinie Lacerteux from Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
in 1865:

7. "The public like novels that are untrue. [Germinie Lacerteux] is
a true novel. They like books which seem to take them into
society: this work comes from the streets. This is a clinical
study of love. The public like harmless and comforting stories,
adventures that end happily, ideas which disturb neither their
digestion nor their peace of mind. Nowadays, when the novel
has assumed the studies and the duties of science, it may claim
the liberty and frankness of science."
Considering the above definition, do you think that the stories
you read from Zola and de Maupassant are examples of
Naturalism? Support your response with evidence from the
texts.
250 words, no work cited
3. English 325 week 5 comment
(make sure write where is this quote from into beginning of
explanation) (you can find a quote from reading in first
assignment).
Students will choose a short excerpt / quote from one of the
readings of that week, type it in, then add a short (150 words or
so) explanation for your choice. Was your selection important
because it:
· is an example of beautiful or striking language?
· exemplifies a particular theme or character?
· makes the reader think about something in a new way?
· reflects a particular aspect of French culture?

8. · was just something that you liked?
For example:
"Whoever gets knowledge from God, science,
and a talent for speech, eloquence,
Shouldn't shut up or hide away;
No, that person should gladly display." Marie de France
explanation:
In the opening lines to the Prologue to the Lays,
Marie de France is providing her readers with an explanation
for writing these stories down. This is a very common and
traditional rhetorical move informing readers about the ethos or
qualifications of the speaker. In this case, Marie is claiming
that she is knowledgeable and eloquent and that these gifts
come from God and therefore should be used. I think it goes
further than that; Marie, like most women of her day,* would
have been expected to "shut up" and "hide away" as a matter of
course, since women's voices were not welcomed in the public
sphere. By opening her work in this way, she preempts
criticism about the appropriateness of her authorship.
Englisah 205 5A
READ:
Intro: 398-402 （at attachment）
The Autobiography: Part One and Two at
http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/autobiography/
A
The Fourth Estate and Democracy
READ: "Print Culture and the Road to Revolution" p. 370 – 75

9. （at attachment）
While it would be an understatment to point out that Benjamin
Franklin is well-known (especially here in Philadelphia, where
you are hard-pressed to escape his likeness), most people think
of him in popular vignettes: his arrival in Philadelphia, 2 rolls
of bread under his arms (p. 418) , the kite experiment, perhaps
some of his inventions (the Franklin stove, the lending library,
etc.). Less frequently, people remember that he had a printing
shop, the profession that was to earn him his living and later his
fortune.
However, the existence of a free press (enabled by printers like
Franklin) was vital to the communication of revolutionary ideas
and the ultimate success of the rejection of British rule.
Freely available media (newspapers, TV, etc.) is often referred
to as THE FOURTH ESTATE.
The "fourth estate" is a term that positions the press as a fourth
branch of government and one that is important to a functioning
democracy.
Statue of Franklin as printer, corner of Broad St. & JFK Blvd.
“Access to information is essential to the health of democracy
for at least two reasons. First, it ensures that citizens make
responsible, informed choices rather than acting out of
ignorance or misinformation. Second, information serves a
"checking function" by ensuring that elected representatives
uphold their oaths of office and carry out the wishes of those
who elected them.”
Discussion Board Post
Your reading in Franklin’s Autobiography covers much of his
introduction to, and involvement with, the world of printing in
the Colonies.

10. He even (half-jokingly) suggested the following serve as his
epitaph:
B. Franklin, Printer
(Like the Cover of an Old Book
Its Contents torn Out
And Stript of its Lettering and Gilding)
Lies Here, Food for Worms.
But the Work shall not be Lost;
For it will (as he Believ'd) Appear once More
In a New and More Elegant Edition
Revised and Corrected
By the Author.
How does Franklin’s insistence of his identity as primarily “a
printer” embody Enlightenment ideas?
250 words. No work cited
English 205 5B
· Gustavas Vasso, or Olaudah Equiano
READ:
Introduction: pp. 512-14
Equiano, from The Interesting Narrative of the Life: Chapters 1-
7 (pp. 514-36)
Visit http://www.equiano.org/ & spend some time looking at
The Equiano Project.
Musical Homage
"Olaudah Equiano" wtitten in 2006
http://www.songramp.com/mod/mps/viewtrack.php?trackid=542
47
Scholarly Debate: Equiano's Origins
Vincent Carretta, a well-respected biographer of Equiano, came

11. across several documents that call into question the first 30
pages (or so) of the Narrative (the part dealing with his
childhood in Nigeria, abduction, and crossing in a slave ship).
"However, over and above any other evidence, two documents
that Carretta cites have turned Equiano studies upside down.
These are a 1759 parish baptismal record and a 1773 ship
muster.7 Both refer to Equiano as "Gustavus Vassa," the third
of three slave names bestowed upon the young boy and the one
he retained throughout his life in correspondence and on legal
documents. The 1759 baptismal record lists Gustavus Vassa as a
"Black born in Carolina 12 years old" and then there's the 1773
ship muster for the Race Horse that lists among the rollcall of
the crew a "Gust. Weston" and a "Gust. Feston" of "S.
Carolina.""
* * * * * * * *
"Was Equiano/Vassa the son of an African "chief" before he
was abducted and forced into slavery, thus making him one of
the only victims of the heinous Middle Passage to write about
it? Or was Equiano/Vassa actually an ex-slave from South
Carolina who invented the Middle Passage sequence in The
Interesting Narrative from other sources and from his own
imagination, thus making him the author of a compelling and
genre-defining slave narrative that was, at its foundation,
fictional? If it turns out that Equiano/Vassa was born in South
Carolina, does that change the significance of The Interesting
Narrative as a literary text and a historical document? How and
to what extent? If Equiano/Vassa is a liar, should we still be
teaching him, or is The Interesting Narrative simply a hoax that
deserves to be disregarded? Should we, as one scholar has
insisted, be saying "Goodbye, Equiano, the African"?
Discussion Board Post:
How does Equiano's narrative compare with others we've read in
the class, such as Bradford's, Rowlandson's, or Franklin's? What

12. values and/or experiences do they seem to share?
Why is Olaudah Equiano's narrative appropriate reading for an
American literature course? He was born in Nigeria, and except
for ten years as a slave in the Americas, he lived most of his
life in England. What specifically "American" experiences or
values does he seem to typify or embrace?
250 words. No work cited
English 205 week5 comment
(make sure write where is this quote from into beginning of
explanation) (you can find a quote from reading in first
assignment).
Students will choose a short excerpt / quote from one of the
readings of that week, type it in, then add a short (150 words or
so) explanation for your choice. Was your selection important
because it:
· is an example of beautiful or striking language?
· exemplifies a particular theme or character?
· makes the reader think about something in a new way?
· reflects a particular aspect of French culture?
· was just something that you liked?
For example:
"Whoever gets knowledge from God, science,
and a talent for speech, eloquence,
Shouldn't shut up or hide away;
No, that person should gladly display." Marie de France
explanation:
In the opening lines to the Prologue to the Lays,

13. Marie de France is providing her readers with an explanation
for writing these stories down. This is a very common and
traditional rhetorical move informing readers about the ethos or
qualifications of the speaker. In this case, Marie is claiming
that she is knowledgeable and eloquent and that these gifts
come from God and therefore should be used. I think it goes
further than that; Marie, like most women of her day,* would
have been expected to "shut up" and "hide away" as a matter of
course, since women's voices were not welcomed in the public
sphere. By opening her work in this way, she preempts
criticism about the appropriateness of her authorship.
The Terrace Gazette
Maxson goes down swinging
By Joe Student
This is where your first story will
go. It will be a summary of the events
of the act that you have just finished.
In it, be sure to include at least two
quotes which help to make the plot
clear to the reader.
You should also make sure to dis-
cuss what is going on with each of the
major characters. Be sure to address
Troy, Rose, and Cory at the very least.
Let us know what each is doing, what
each is saying, and what is motivating
each to be acting they way that he or

14. she is. Any less will not recieve credit.
Here’s an example:
During Act II of August Wilson’s
play Fences, Rose expresses her dis-
gust for Troy’s cheating, telling him
that he “ought to have stayed upstairs,”
(68) where he belonged. It is clear from
this passage that Rose is saddened by
Troy’s revelation of infidelity. When
she speaks to him, she speaks to him
like a child. He is chastized the same
way one would speak to a toddler who
has done wrong. It is clear she has pity
for him, though it is not clear that she
will stay with him.
This is where you’ll put a caption for the illustration that you
choose for the reading. The caption should tell us what is
happening in the image, and why that scene is important in the
play.
The
Requirements
1 story that summarizes
the chapter and provides a
discussion of the thoughts,
actions, and motivations of at
least Troy, Rose, and Cory
2 pictures. 1 should illustrate a
major scene in the reading, the
other should illustrate a particu-
lar character. Each needs a cap-

15. tion.
1 story that provides a
detailed analysis of a char-
acter through the lens of a
particular theme in the text.
1 story that provides opin-
ion. It can criticize a charac-
ter, praise another, whatever.
It needs evidence.
Your character analysis needs a picture and a caption that
explains it as well. This is Willie Mays playing Stickball.
Bono believes racist boss
By Bill Student
This is where you’ll discuss one of the major charac-
ters in the text. Make sure that you provide an analysis of
the character, especially focusing on what the character’s
thoughts, words, and actions say about what is imporant
to the character.
You’ll also be asked to examine that character through
the lens of a particular theme in the play. For example, you
could discuss Troy as embodying a man who cannot move
beyond the past. As you do this, be sure that you bring in
specific examples from the text to support your claims.
A really well done analysis of a characer will also pay
attention to why the character is acting the way that the
characeter is the way he or she is acting. This will help to
provide some insight into his or her life.

16. Here’s a quick example:
In the play Fences the character Bono is especially inter-
esting. In some ways, he represents a black man who has
accepted the place dictated to him by the society that sur-
rounds him. At one point, while he and Troy were discuss-
ing Troy’s desire to file a complaint with his employers,
Bono voiced his concern for Troy’s job not by suggest-
ing that he is being careless, but that he should be careful
because he is challenging racial barriers. Troy is convinced
that he is in the right, but Bono says that the “white fel-
lows” suspect he will be fired after Troy’s complaint is dealt
with.
It is Bono’s reliance on the advice of white employ-
ees that tips his hand. Clearly, Bono does not trust that
Troy’s gamble will pay off. Troy has challenged the com-
pany policy that allows for white workers to drive garbage
trucks, saying that “[h]ell, anybody can drive a truck, (2).
However, without a valid driver’s license, Troy is simply
causing a scene. Bono recognizes this and sees the prob-
lems that Troy’s actions will cause, but he fails to see the
importance of these actions. He does not recognize that as
Troy stands up sto challenge company policy that the he
is simultaneously challenging the belief that blacks are any
less than whites.
This dichotomy exists throughout the entire book; on
one hand, characters are trying to “make it” in a white
world, on the other, they are sitting back and allowing for
the white world to dictate the terms of their existence.
Cory is an idiot
By Bill Student
This is the opinion piece that you’ll write. You can

17. write about any section of the story, about any charac-
ter, about any theme. It doesn’t matter.
Just make sure that you support your opinion with
some facts taken from the text. Make darn sure that
you support yourself well.
Here’s an example:
First thing first, I should clarify that headline. Cory
turned out okay, but not before he made the greivous
mistake of letting his father nearly ruin his life.
Of course, he seems to have pulled everything togeth-
er just fine, but he hasn’t been home in seven years, and
fails to realize the profound effect that his father has
had on his life.
One can infer that he never went to college. He didn’t
get to play football, and he certainly never followed his
dream of being a professional football player. Whether
he wanted to or not, he has let his father’s choices deter-
mine his life. Worse, he has adopted the same stubbor-
ness of his father, a fact which is lost on him.
It is not, however, lost on his mother. Rose tells him
in no uncertain terms that he is just like his father. “You
Troy Maxson all over again,” she said.
Cory, in his sheer idiocy, cries “I don’t want to be Troy
Maxson. I want to be me.”
This is representative of the exact kind of idiocy that
Cory embodies. He claims that he wants to be him-
self, but he hasn’t followed through with his goals. He
has found a job that can’t be taken, just like his father

18. wanted. He has failed to live for himself.