What Did the Nihilist Say to the Optimist?

Write an allegorical tale. I want you to include characters (at least two) from each list. Make sure you story follows Feytag's Triangle. You must have all of the elements of a good story!!! Have fun!

	belief
	faith
	optimism
	obedience nihilism repudiation atheism disorder

Switching Sides

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Jennifer Fulwiler tells the story of her transition from pro choice to pro life. What is her argument? And be careful. You need to listen to the whole thing before you decide what you think her argument is. What rhetorical strategies does she use to make her argument? And is she successful or unsuccessful?

Be prepared to answer a few listening check questions on Monday.

Home Sweet Home!

“You can leave home all you want, but home will never leave you.” —Sonsyrea Tate Sonsyrea Tate’s statement suggests that “home” may be conceived of as a dwelling, a place, or a state of mind. It may have positive or negative associations, but in either case, it may have a considerable influence on an individual. Choose a novel or play in which a central character leaves home yet finds that home remains significant. Write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the importance of “home” to this character and the reasons for its continuing influence. Explain how the character’s idea of home illuminates the larger meaning of the work.

Choose a work from the list below or another appropriate novel or play of comparable literary merit. Do not merely summarize the plot. NOTICE THAT THE GREAT GATSBY is on here and THINGS FALL APART. But you can use ANY of these works. You choose!
 Absalom, Absalom!
All the Pretty Horses
Beloved Bleak House
Candide
The Cherry Orchard
The Country of the Pointed Firs
Fences
A Free Life: A Novel
The Glass Menagerie
The God of Small Things
 Going After Cacciato
The Grapes of Wrath
Great Expectations
The Great Gatsby
 Home to Harlem
A House for Mr. Biswas
The House of Mirth
The House on Mango Street
The Inheritance of Loss
 Invisible Man
Jane Eyre
The Little Foxes
 Look Homeward, Angel
 The Namesake
Never Let Me Go
 The Piano Lesson
 The Poisonwood Bible
 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
 The Road Song of Solomon
 A Streetcar Named Desire
 Sula
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Things Fall Apart
Wise Blood
 The Women of Brewster Place
 Wuthering Heights

That Ending Really, Really Stinks!

Is it Possible to Escape Truth?

Scott Fitzgerald was born and raised Catholic. He eventually denounced his religion, but died running from it. A good friend of his, Dorothy Parker, at his funeral said, "The poor son-of-a-bitch. What he knew was true hounded him, no matter how much he believed that he had ceased to believe it."

How is this evident in The Great Gatsby? Are there characters who exemplify this quote? What is the "moral of the story" in regards to this novel.