Category: Writing

You have read a piece of Comedy for this unit :
[The Second Bakery Attack by Haruki Murakami (PDF) ]
. For this experiment in analysis, you are to write a 3-4 paragraph diary entry for one of the characters in the story you’ve read this week. It should be on any day that is NOT listed in the story. For example, if the main character stole a horse in the story, you can write about what YOU think the character does on the other days of his life.
A great way to start would be, “Dear Diary” and then just tell what you think that person would write in his or her diary. You should use a lot of thought for this, but also have fun with it.

write a 1-2 paragraph answer to: “What to YOU is Comedy?” What do you find funny? Can you give examples of stories, authors or other arts that you find humor? Also, WHY do you find those things funny?

One of the most significant primary source genres to come out of early Christianity in the Roman world was the acts of the martyrs. These texts documented the faith, persecution, and even deaths of martyrs in grueling detail. Such people probably made a deep impression on their fellow Christians, although it’s important to remember that the vast majority of Christians who were put in this position chose to sacrifice to the state cult and survive. The martyrs’ faith probably also impressed a certain number of pagans. Perpetua’s Passio is one of the richest of these texts, and it reveals many aspects of early Christianity and everyday life in the late Roman Mediterranean world: gender, education, slavery, and prison life, etc. Sources. We will encounter Perpetua’s Passio in two formats: the Graphic History by Jennifer Rea and Liz Clarke and the primary text written by Perpetua herself.1 Wednesday 7 April: We will discuss Perpetua’s Journey, the “Graphic History,” pp. 1-86.2 (about four comic book issues in length) Friday 9 April: We will discuss Perpetua’s Journey, the “Perpetua’s Prison Diary,” pp. 167-181. 3 Perpetua Project Breakdown (20% overall grade). This project will combine two different aspects using Perpetua’s Journey. We’ll be reviewing the graphic history as it stands on its own and conducting a historical analysis of the primary source.
Attachments:
6434595_1_Perpetua-Project-Assignment.pdf
6434595_2_perpetua-analysis-help.docx
6434595_3_PART-II.docx