HIGHWAY ESSAY
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us-and those around us - more effectively.
--Louisa May Alcott
Analyze this statement by Alcott and apply it to Passchendaele. Take a position on whether it is correct or false; then, use data from the movie to prove the argument.
OR
· You may produce a one-page (typed, 11 pica, 1.5 spaces, one-inch margins, name and date in upper right-hand margin) opinion piece on the movie’s quotes.
· You need to relate each quote to the movie’s principle elements (love, hate, compassion, trust, or jealousy).
· You will compose four paragraphs with a topic sentence, three to eight sentences that support the topic in the body of the paragraph, and a transition.
· Do not type me the quotes; rather, reference them as quote 1, 2, 3 and 4.
· German Machine Gunner: Extending his hand toward Dunne. Kamarade (the statement by the German soldier that is stabbed in the head)
· David Mann: I came here to kill Germans!
Michael Dunne: No. You came here to kill your father.
· Dobson-Hughes: While I was born under the sun of the British Empire, you were born under the cloud of Germany!
· Michael Dunne: Listen to me. Forests burn 'cos they have to. And oceans, they go up and down 'cos they have to. I don't think we're that different. If you want to get through this you have to start seeing it for what it is. It's something we do all the time because we're good at it. And we're good at it because we're used to it. And we're used to it because we do it all the time.
Due Date: Tuesday, October 11th at the completion of class.
--Louisa May Alcott
Analyze this statement by Alcott and apply it to Passchendaele. Take a position on whether it is correct or false; then, use data from the movie to prove the argument.
OR
· You may produce a one-page (typed, 11 pica, 1.5 spaces, one-inch margins, name and date in upper right-hand margin) opinion piece on the movie’s quotes.
· You need to relate each quote to the movie’s principle elements (love, hate, compassion, trust, or jealousy).
· You will compose four paragraphs with a topic sentence, three to eight sentences that support the topic in the body of the paragraph, and a transition.
· Do not type me the quotes; rather, reference them as quote 1, 2, 3 and 4.
· German Machine Gunner: Extending his hand toward Dunne. Kamarade (the statement by the German soldier that is stabbed in the head)
· David Mann: I came here to kill Germans!
Michael Dunne: No. You came here to kill your father.
· Dobson-Hughes: While I was born under the sun of the British Empire, you were born under the cloud of Germany!
· Michael Dunne: Listen to me. Forests burn 'cos they have to. And oceans, they go up and down 'cos they have to. I don't think we're that different. If you want to get through this you have to start seeing it for what it is. It's something we do all the time because we're good at it. And we're good at it because we're used to it. And we're used to it because we do it all the time.
Due Date: Tuesday, October 11th at the completion of class.