Here are some samples using Jane Eyre:
Making your own prompt: Using SCASI to develop your ideas.
Setting
Analyze the role that Jane’s succession of homes plays in her development as a character.
Discuss the significance of weather and natural settings in the novel.
Character
Discuss the conflict represented by Jane’s relationships with St. John and Rochester.
Action
Track the development of Jane’s painting throughout the course of the novel.
Style
Identify and discuss the significance of Gothic imagery in Jane Eyre.
Describe and analyze the role of the narrator in Jane Eyre.
Idea
How does Brontë portray class in the novel? What is her statement about social class?
Setting: What do the different settings display about the characters personalities?
ReplyDeleteCharacter: How are Rawlins and Blevins foils of John Grady Cole?
Action: What specific events help to develop John Grady Cole's character, what changes does he undergo throughout the novel?
Style: How are horses displayed as a symbol in the novel, what can be inferred through their continual presence?
Idea: How does McCarthy's portrayal of the modern western myth compare and contrast to the typical idea associated with the "American western myth"
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Setting
ReplyDeleteHow does the landscape of Mexico help portray the idea of the Western Final Frontier?
Character
What is McCarthy trying to say by having Blevins die and Rawlins return home?
Action
What role does Alejanda’s family play in the life and development of John Grady?
Style
How does the unique dialogue of McCarthy emphasize his feelings toward the Western myth?
Idea
Does the attitude about the Western myth stay constant throughout the novel, or change as the story progresses? Explain through examples from the text.
Setting
ReplyDeleteHow would the story differ if it was set in the twenty-first century?
Character
Compare and contrast Perez’s experience in prison with Blevins/Rawlins experiences.
Identify and analyze the characteristics Blevins possesses of the stereotypical cowboy? How does this comment upon the idea of the Midwestern cowboy?
Analyze the progression of the relationship between John Grady and Alejandra.
Action
How would the boys’ adventures differ if John Grady was not bilingual?
Why do you think Rawlins chose to go home without John Grady after being released from prison? What does this separation represent?
Style
Significance of the colors red and blue throughout the novel
Idea
What made Perez significant inside the prison?
Style:
ReplyDeleteUsing examples of imagery, syntax, diction, and other figurative language, assess whether John Grady Cole represents the typical or atypical Western hero.
Idea:
What is McCarthy’s opinion of the conventional Western myth as seen through the novel?
Character:
Explain Blevin’s significance as a foil to John Grady Cole.
Action:
How does the fight scene contribute to John Grady Cole’s development into the typical Western hero?
Setting:
What is the significance of having the novel take place in Mexico instead of the United States?