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Social Issues in Literature

SOCIAL ISSUES IN LITERATURE. Social Issues in Literature. 11 th Grade Research Paper January 2010. C H O I C E S. The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Emotional/Physical Abuse (in terms of Eddie’s relationship with his father)

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Social Issues in Literature

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  1. SOCIAL ISSUES IN LITERATURE Social Issues in Literature 11th Grade Research Paper January 2010

  2. C H O I C E S • The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Emotional/Physical Abuse (in terms of Eddie’s relationship with his father) • The Five People You Meet in Heaven and the Effects of War (i.e. Post Traumatic Stress, etc.) • The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Social Isolation (in terms of the Blue Man’s experiences) • “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” and Mental Disability • “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” and Exploiting Other People for Personal Gain • “Soldier’s Home” and the Effects of War (i.e. Post Traumatic Stress, etc.) • “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and Troubled Marriages • “Richard Cory” and Suicide • “Hills Like White Elephants” and Abortion • “Chicago” and Crime/Corruption of Major American Cities • The Great Gatsby and Bootlegging/Prohibition • The Great Gatsby and Adultery (*NOTE: You may only choose this one if you did not address it in detail in your Gatsby essay) • The Great Gatsby and Financial Corruption (*NOTE: Same as above) • Of Mice and Men and Poverty • Of Mice and Men and Mental Disability • Of Mice and Men and Brutality/Bullying (in terms of Curley’s behavior) • Night and Genocide • Night and Discrimination/Brutality For Ms. Love’s class, add… • “The Lottery” – Jackson – ethics and hypocrisy/social class/traditions • “A Rose for Emily” – Faulkner – social context e.g. the role of the South in the short story • “A Worn Path” – Welty – Let’s stretch here and look at the use of Phoenix and her role (as influenced by society) within the work.

  3. WHAT WILL I BE LOOKING FOR IN THE LIBRARY?

  4. WHAT’S THE MAIN SOCIAL ISSUE IN THE SCARLET LETTER? ADULTERY

  5. IN WHICH TIME PERIOD IS THE SCARLET LETTER SET? PURITAN TIMES 17TH CENTURY AMERICA

  6. RESEARCH THIS! RESEARCH THIS! RESEARCH THIS! HOW WAS ADULTERY REGARDED, TREATED, AND DEALT WITH DURING 17TH CENTURY Puritan America?

  7. HOW IS THAT REFLECTED IN THE SCARLET LETTER?

  8. DESTINY PRINT SOURCES

  9. Special print sources that will help…The Roaring Twenties: An Eyewitness HistoryREF 973.91 STR(series)

  10. Special print sources that will help…American Decades REF 973.91 AME

  11. Special print sources that will help…Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them REF 809 LIT V. 1

  12. THE BASIC SEARCH… The SPHS Library has oodles of information on every decade in history! Just go into Destiny and type in a search term like “Great Depression” or “Holocaust.” Also use broader search terms like “1920’s” or “1930’s.” Don’t forget to sort by call number to make it easier to find your book! It’s just as easy to type in “Steinbeck” or “Of Mice and Men.”

  13. THE POWER SEARCH… A faster way to get the search results you want is to use Destiny’s power search tool. Type in two to three terms at a time and the computer will search all the books in the library and give you the titles of the books that contain the three terms you typed in. For example, if you want a book about prohibition during the 1920’s, you would type in the terms “prohibition” and “1920’s” into the power search bars.

  14. LOOK AROUND… Most of the history books in our library are located in the 900’s section. The nonfiction 900’s (by the Community Room) and the reference 900’s deal with historical topics. Most of the books about literature are located in the 800’s and the reference 800’s. Social issues are in different areas; consult the online catalog. Please take the time to peruse our entire collection! It’s fantastic!

  15. http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex/form?l=1&u=LitIndex&o=DocTitlehttp://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex/form?l=1&u=LitIndex&o=DocTitle This is the online index for the big, brown books…your social issue and story might be discussed here!

  16. e SOURCES

  17. On the Web Google Advanced Search

  18. Is this why, no matter what Lennie does, George continues to take care of him?

  19. Google Books and Google Scholar

  20. Databases Literature Resources from Gale Student Research Center Gale or EBSCO Power Search All on the AVL!

  21. Source Citations The MLA Handbook, 7h ed. is NEW!!!! Citations are DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE! Multiple copies are available at the circulation desk! Quick online guides… University of Nevada Las Vegas MLA Guide http://www.library.unlv.edu/help/mla_2009.pdf Cornell University MLA Guide http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/mla

  22. Source Citations Some basic citations from the MLA 7th Edition Periodical from a database (MLA 5.6.4—PAGE 192): Ritson, Mark. “Phelps Will Not Go to Pot.” Marketing. 11 Feb 2009: 22. Business Source Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2009. Article from a Website(this varies—see MLA 5.6--PAGES 181-193) Pesca, Mike. “Michael Vick Happy for New Chance in Philadelphia.” National Public Radio. Natl. Public Radio, 14 Aug. 2009. Web. 20 October 2009. Book Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. New York: Levine-Scholastic, 2000. Print.

  23. SLIDE IMAGES FOUND AT • www.zionism-israel.com/log/archives/00000597.html • http://mockingwords.blogspot.com/2009/11/things-that-are-younger-than-senator.html

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