English 308

Write a developed, 6-9 sentence paragraph with the main points of the work on each of the following pieces.

Give the author, title, and the key points of the plot. Make any comments you wish about what portrait this gives you of the culture depicted.

1) Twain,”The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”

2) Winnemucca, Life Among the Piutes

3) Jewett, “A White Heron”

4) Chopin, The Awakening

5) Discuss Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself

6) London, “To Build a Fire”

7) Discuss any poem of your choosing of Emily Dickinson

8) Zitkala Sa, Impressions of an Indian Childhood and The School Days of an Indian Girl