ENG 102---REMINDER! PAPER DUE TOMORROW FROM 11-1PM! 1137 IN THE RED AREA!

Hello Class,

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET…..

ENG 102---REMINDER! PAPER DUE TOMORROW FROM 11-1PM! 1137 IN THE RED AREA!

I will not be on campus again until September.

If you cannot get me the paper tomorrow, email it to me ASAP!

Soconnel@essex.edu

Thank you!

Appearance, Magical Stranger and Culture: "The Temp", "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" and Edward Scissorhands

Culture:

These links discuss cultural differences and also provides a number of links if you go to the bottom of the page. Use the information they provide as outside sources if you are writing your essay about this subject:

http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/culture.htm

http://www.worldwide.edu/travel_planner/culture_shock.html

http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijps/article/view/4510

Here is one on the effects of culture shock:

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=effects+culture+shock&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ei=tIk6T-mJBaLn0QHXj5GXCw&ved=0CBoQgQMwAA

Links for "The Handsomest Drowned Man In the World":

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=THE+HANDSOMEST+DROWNED+MAN+IN+THE+WORLD&as_sdt=1%2C31&as_sdtp=

This week we will look at “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, “The Temp” and Edward Scissorhandsin class. All three of these stories contain individuals that become part of a community in some way and have profound effects of the people. In “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” it is a corpse that washes ashore that gives the townspeople a new way of looking at their lives, in “The Temp” it is a temp hired in an office that changes the atmosphere of the wor enviroment and in Edward Scissorhands it is a unique young man that forces a rather boring town to see how boring and judgmental they really are. This week pay attention to what these “magical strangers” force the people in the stories to look at it in their lives.

The Importance of appearance:
http://elitedaily.com/news/world/the-importance-of-appearances-man-dresses-as-homeless-man-to-prove-nobody-would-help-him-video/592301/

http://www.ridingthetiger.org/2013/03/19/the-importance-of-appearance/

https://www.skillsportal.co.za/content/how-important-appearance-workplace

http://www.byui.edu/Documents/Admin_Offices/Advising/PowerOfPersonalAppearance.pdf

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/a-facial-theory-of-politics.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/appearances-mean-nothing-or-everything/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/fashion/26looks.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tykiisel/2013/03/20/you-are-judged-by-your-appearance/#4a2afa1b6d50

https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/how-important-is-it-to-be-attractive-in-our-society/

Office Culture:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/opinion/sunday/why-you-hate-work.html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=OP_WYH_20140602&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1388552400000&bicmet=1420088400000&_r=3

http://www.forbes.com/sites/vickvaishnavi/2013/03/28/five-must-follow-rules-for-a-successful-office-culture/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/office-culture/

http://www.immihelp.com/newcomer/work-culture-office-environment-usa.html

https://www.themuse.com/advice/rally-the-team-how-to-create-a-cool-office-culture

NO CLASS MONDAY JULY 22!!!

Hello Class,

I forgot that I have my daughter’s Stepping Up ceremony on Monday so there is no class Monday. I’ll see you Tuesday!

Identity in "Mrs. Turner's Lawn Jockeys", "Live For Today" and Lion

We will discuss identity and how we become who we are in "Mrs. Turner's Lawn Jockeys", "Live For Today" and Lion.  We will see different characters and explore how they constructed their identity. Setting also plays a major role in these stories. We will look at how that effects these characters as well.

This link below has a wide variety of articles on how we construct identity.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/identity

Identity and choice:

http://gawker.com/how-i-identify-is-not-your-choice-1741671073


Newark and the surrounding area plays a big role in "Live For Today" and we will look at how that colors how people view the city and people from there. Here are some links about Newark:

http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Newark-New-Jersey.html

http://libguides.rutgers.edu/content.php?pid=158675&sid=4109423

https://www.nj.com/essex/2016/06/5_surprising_facts_about_violent_crime_in_newark.html

https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/01/cops-on-the-streets-help-newark-set-a-record-5-decades-in-the-making.html

https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/03/122-young-men-were-murdered-in-newark-in-a-5-year-period-the-latest-numbers-are-troubling.html

Article about how "stressful" it can be to live in Newark:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/City-in-New-Jersey-Among-Most-Stressed-in-US-Study-Reveals--512745751.html

History of Lawn Jockeys

http://www.loudounhistory.org/history/underground-railroad-jockey-statues.htm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/16/AR2006091600851.html

http://wavy.com/2014/05/23/black-faced-lawn-jockey-creates-controversy-among-neighbors/

Black face:

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-blackface-in-america-video-20190311-story.html

Black face

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/history-of-blackface-unmasking-the-racism/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6i&linkId=58830520

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/13/arts/music/blackface-master-echoes-in-hiphop.html

http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/huckfinn/minstrl.html

http://globalgrind.com/2013/10/30/reason-why-its-not-ok-to-wear-blackface-list-photos/

Assimilation, The Namesake, "Brave We Are" and "Two Kinds"

Assimilation, The Namesake, "Brave We Are" and "Two Kinds"

Video from class on Tiger Moms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAel_qRfKx8

An article about what it means to be American:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/books/review/amy-chua-political-tribes.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth&region=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below


An Article about saying no to assimilation:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/29/us/a-fervent-no-to-assimilation-in-new-america.html

More on assimilation:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/education/edlife/international-students-find-the-american-dream-in-flint.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=http://m.facebook.com&_r=0

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/on-assimilationists-and-nativists/

Articles about choosing names for children born in America to new Americans:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/opinion/sunday/for-muslim-americans-baby-aidan-or-baby-muhammad.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=http://m.facebook.com&_r=0

https://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/88_donna.html

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/education/edlife/international-students-find-the-american-dream-in-flint.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=http://m.facebook.com&_r=0

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/the-great-assimilation-debate/

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/douthat-when-the-assimilation-of-immigrants-stalls.html

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/07/garden/l-benefits-of-assimilation-229202.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?pagewanted=all

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/right-there-in-black-and-white-identity-assimilation-and-the-resume/?_r=0

Clink on this link for articles about food and culture:

https://www.google.com/#q=cultural+importance+of+food

These links would help with the issues in "Two Kinds" also:

Here is a link that talks about assimilation into American/other cultures.

http://m.nydailynews.com/life-style/children-tiger-moms-european-american-moms-differ-article-1.1798300

http://www.asian-nation.org/assimilation.shtml

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2673184?uid=3739808&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21104040633247

http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/edu/89/3/433/

http://jbd.sagepub.com/content/29/6/505.short

Interviews with Amy Tan (author of "Two Kinds")

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/travel/amy-tans-evolving-sense-of-china.html?hpw&rref=travel&_r=0&referrer=

https://www.npr.org/2017/10/17/558295524/-i-am-full-of-contradictions-novelist-amy-tan-on-fate-and-family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COVE8t4vvfo

https://www.the-american-interest.com/2007/05/01/a-conversation-with-amy-tan/

Here is a link to the PBS website that discusses “New Americans”:

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/

Here is a link that is specific to people living in new Jersey:

http://www.newamericansnj.org/

Http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?pagewanted=all

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/melt0525a.htm

Here is an article entitled: “Why They Won’t Assimilate”:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/05/why_they_wont_assimilate.html

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President Obama’s speech about in which he discusses the American dream and what it means to us today.

http://raleightelegram.com/20120125624

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/assimilation-and-nativism-cont/

http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/dmessinger/c_c/rsrcs/rdgs/peers_social_general/Varela_etal_2004.pdf

The psychological definition:

http://psychology.about.com/od/aindex/g/assimilation.htm

Syllabus

College Composition II

ENG 102

Essex County College

Prof. Sean O’Connell                                                  M/T/W

Email:soconnel@essex.edu     

Phone: 973-877-1926                                                   Office: 1137

Office Hours: Mon/Tues/Wed 11:30-12:10                           Room:                  

                        By Appointment                                                                     

Text: To be handed out on first today

CLASS BLOG: eng102summerII2019.blogspot.com

*In class assignments will be handwritten; all homework assignments should be typed and double spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font.

America and Assimilation

7/8M Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus, plagiarism and What it means to be American?  Read Two Kinds and Brave We Are

7/9T The Namesake (Film), Two Kinds and Brave We Are

7/10 W The Namesake (Film), Read “Live For Today” and “Mrs. Turner’s Lawn Jockeys”

Identity and Learning from the Past

7/15  M “Live For Today” and “Mrs. Turner’s Lawn Jockeys”

7/16  T  Film: Lion

7/17 W Film: Lion ASSIGN FIRST PAPER, Read The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” and “The Temp”Read “The Temp”

The Magical Stranger and Culture

7/22 “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” and “The Temp”

7/23 Film: Edward Scissorhands

7/24 Film: Edward Scissorhands, PAPER DUE

Read “The Sisterhood of the Night” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”

Reality and Perception

7/29 M NO CLASS

7/30 T “The Allegory of the Cave”, The Truman Show, ASSIGN SECOND PAPER

7/31 W The Truman Show

Final Week

8/5 M Meet in my office for help with Final Paper

8/6 T Meet in my office for help with Final Paper

8/7 W FINAL PAPER DUE (NO CLASS AFTER THIS!!!)