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1. CA Standard • Literary Response and Analysis 3.1 • Analyze characteristics of subgenre that used in poetry, prose, novels, essays, short stories, and other basic genres.

2. Thursday, February 16, 2012 • Today’s Agenda: • HW Packet #2: Week of 2/14 – 2/17 • *Tomorrow’s schedule • 1. Bellringer: Vocabulary Review • 2. Tree Map: Characteristics of Emily • 3. Writing: Character Analysis • HW: 1) Tree Map: Character Analysis of Emily • 2) Writing: Character Analysis dueTuesday (2/21)

3. Bellringer: Week of 2/14 – 2/17 • Thursday (2/16): • 1. People thought Miss Emily was ______________ because she preserved her lover’s corpse. • 2. When the townspeople’s suspicion of Miss Emily were confirmed, they were _____________. • 3. Miss Emily sometimes seemed ________________and nasty towards the townspeople. perverse vindicated virulent

4. Take out a sheet of paper and title: Tree Map: Character Analysis of Emily Colonel Sartoris/ Emily actions words what others think Told a white lie Old-fashioned; bias remitted Emily’s taxes “Colonel Sartoris invented an involved tale to the effect that Miss Emily’s father had loaned money to the town, which the town, as matter of business, preferred this way of repaying.” p. 647 “Only a man of Colonel Sartoris’ generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it.” p. 647 “…remitted her taxes, the dispensation dating from the death of her father on into perpetuity.” p. 646 Thesis: Colonel Sartoris believes that women are helpless and needs to be protected.

5. Character Analysis of Colonel Sartoris Introduction: • Thesis:Colonel Sartoris believes that women are helpless and needs to be protected. • Lead-in:Make some general comments about subject matter of the thesis • Women are perceived as physically and emotionally weaker than men. Men then feels obligated to lend support to the weaker, the frail, the inferior one—women. This preconceived notion enables men to generalize that a woman cannot fend for herself without the help of a man. Such beliefs are held by Colonel Sartoris of William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” for he believes that women are helpless and needs to be protected; women are frail beings.

6. Character Analysis: Colonel Sartoris Body Paragraph 1: • Thesis: Colonel Sartoris believes that women are helpless and needs to be protected. • 1.Topic Sentence: Introduce his action proving the thesis. • 2. Concrete Detail: Integration of Quotation • 3. Commentary: Explain/discuss the quotation • 4. Concluding Sentence: relate back to topic sentence • Colonel Sartoris’ act of kindness in exempting Emily from paying taxes stems from his pity that she no longer has her father, the protector. As the narrator notes how Colonel Sartoris, “remitted her taxes, the dispensation dating from the death of her father on into perpetuity,” because he knows that no one is taking care of her finances since her father’s death. (Faulkner, 646) Colonel Sartoris recognizes the stark situation Emily is in and presumes that she has no knowledge and cannot deal with financial handlings. His presumption allows him to assume the role of a protector, for she has none; otherwise, she will not be able to live on.

7. Character Analysis: Colonel Sartoris Body Paragraph 2: • Thesis: Colonel Sartoris believes that women are helpless and needs to be protected. • 1.Topic Sentence: Introduce his words proving the thesis. • 2. Concrete Detail: Integration of Quotation • 3. Commentary: Explain/discuss the quotation • 4. Concluding Sentence: relate back to topic sentence • Not only does Colonel Sartoris want to protect Emily’s financial well being, but he also wants to save her from the town’s gossip. As the narrator reveals “Colonel Sartoris invented an involved tale to the effect that Miss Emily’s father had loaned money to the town, which the town, as matter of business, preferred this way of repaying” in order to prevent the townspeople from talking negatively about Emily. He shelters her from criticism for fear that she might break down emotionally. Again, his assumption of Emily’s inability to handle the situation emotionally enables him to continue assuming the role of her protector which solidifies his belief that women are weak beings.

8. Character Analysis: Colonel Sartoris Body Paragraph 3: • Thesis: Colonel Sartoris believes that women are helpless and needs to be protected. • 1.Topic Sentence: Introduce what others think of him proving the thesis. • 2. Concrete Detail: Integration of Quotation • 3. Commentary: Explain/discuss the quotation • 4. Concluding Sentence: relate back to topic sentence • Colonel Sartoris’ perpetuation of the traditional belief that women are fragile indicates the old-fashioned stereotype of the time period. As the narrator remarks “Only a man of Colonel Sartoris’ generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it,” because only a man with Colonel Sartoris’ old-fashioned beliefs would go to such extent of fabricating a story to shield “only a woman” like Emily who needs it. The narrator comments that traditional beliefs and helpless figures of Colonel Sartoris and Emily, respectively, could only have existed in that time period. This statement clearly notes the changes of ideologies that have taken place over time. People like Colonel Sartoris and character like Emily are things of the past and remains to be simply there, the past.

9. Character Analysis: Colonel Sartoris Conclusion: • Thesis: Colonel Sartoris believes that women are helpless and needs to be protected. • 1.The conclusion, as in the sample essay, can remind the reader of the three ideas of the three main paragraphs, and then move the reader back to the thesis that summarized them. • 2. Three Ideas: Colonel Sartoris’ action, words, and what others think • 4. Concluding Sentence: relate back to thesis • Certainly, “only a man of Colonel Sartoris’ generation,” would hold such beliefs of weakness about women. His desire to be the protector, savior, and a figure of moral behavior for men may be seen as an act of compassion and even kindness on the surface. Beneath those well intended acts lie the deeply rooted notions of women’s inferiority, incompetence, and inadequacies to that of men.