Western Lit (4/24/06) FINAL

[theoenophile.livejournal.com]

"My apologies for the lack of class last week, guys. If any of you actually spent the time studying... I'd be very surprised. I wouldn't've. But then, I'm a depressed, semi-alcoholic novelist who can't publish a novel and is forced to make ends meet as a high school English teacher."

"You may be completely unsurprised to learn that I will not be renewing my contract for this summer or next fall. This will be our last class together."

"Anyway, your final projects are due. Please make your presentation based on your written final project." [from the Syllabus]

"I will post your grades as soon as they are completed."

Comments

Presentation

[theoenophile.livejournal.com]

A presentation based on your essay.

Re: Presentation

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky was wearing a hat with a long feather in it and a cloak/poncho that had a kind of cross on the front. Sadly, he didn't have the gloves to complete the outfit. He did, however, have a completely harmless plastic sword.

"Hey, how's it goin'?" He greeted the class. "As you can see, I'm dressed like a musketeer from Alexander Dumas' The Three Musketeers. The Three Musketeers was about Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three guys who were part of the king's guard, the musketeers, in France. Then there was the fourth musketeer guy, whose name we know most in pop culture - d'Artangan. The plot revolves around these guys trying to save their King and country from an evil scheme run by a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic church. That's just a bit of background info. The stuff I wrote about was how The Three Musketeers appeals to such a wide audience. Both guys and girls get something out of it. For the ladies it's the romance side of things, plus I guess the image of possibly hot, noble guys running around saving things while dressed up all fancy." He gestured to his own outfit. "And the guys can get into it for all of the action and adventure and boys' club antics that the musketeers get up to. So yeah, The Three Musketeers is still popular today because Alexander Dumas came up with a good balance between romance and action that can draw the attention of a whole bunch of different people. All for one and one for all!"

Then he went to sit down.

Re: Presentation

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel's presentation includes video clips from the 1964 film starring Vincent Price and a discussion about what disease the Red Death actually represented.