Biblical Allusions Final

For each of the Biblical allusions below, write a paragraph explaining who or what the allusion is and why it is important. Be sure to cite where in the Bible your information comes from (boo, chapter, and line number), for example Genesis 9:18-27. Because this is an open internet final, some of these allusions are not from the assigned readings, but are important nonetheless.

1. 7 days
2. The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
3. Noah and the flood
4. Ham
5. Abraham
6. Sodom and Gomorrah
7. Lot
8. Lot's wife
9. Isaac and Rebekah
10. Jacob/Israel
11. Esau
12. Rachel and Leah
13. Joseph and his coat
14. Moses
15. 10 plagues
16. Parting of the Red Sea
17. Aaron
18. 10 commandments
19. Golden calf
20. Samson and Delilah
21. Samuel
22. Saul
23. David and Goliath
24. Bathsheba
25. Ammon and Tamar
26. Absalom
27. Joab
28. Solomon
29. Baal
30. Ahab and Jezebel
31. Daniel in the lion's den
32. Esther
33. Nebuchadnezzar
34. Jonah and the whale
35. Ruth and Naomi
36. 12 apostles
37. Parable of the lost sheep
38. Prodigal son
39. Good Samaritan
40. Lazarus
41. Pharisees
42. Last supper
43. Gethsemane
44. Crucifixion
45. Ascension
46. Saul and the road to Damascus
47. The lake of fire
48. The whore of Babylon
49. Four horsemen
50. Number of the beast

Samuel: Analysis Question

Post your analysis question below.

Example: Why do you think God considered Israel's wish for a king as a rejection of Him?

Samuel: Evaluation Question

Post your evaluation question below.

Example: Do you think David was a good king?

Samuel: Creation Question

Post your creation question below.

Example: What would Israel been like if they had continued to have judges instead turning into a monarchy?

Exodus: Evaluation Question

Post an evaluation question below.

Example: To what extent was Moses a good leader?

Exodus: Analysis Question

Post an analysis question below.

Example: Why did God want to smite Egypt?

Exodus: Creation Question

Post a creation question below.

Example: What would the Hebrew journey have been if the Pharaoh had let them go willingly?

Thesis for independent novel

Post a thesis below. Remember, a good thesis should be:

1. Clear
2. Focused (author and name of work included)
3. Arguable
4. Analytical
5. Creative

Genesis: Analysis Question

Post an analysis question below.

Example: Why did God favor Abel's gift more than Cain's?

Genesis: Evaluation Question

Post an evaluation question below.

Example: Is God just?

Genesis: Creation Question

Post a creation question below.

Example: What would have happened if Jacob had been born first?

To Kill a Mockingbird Revised Thesis

Post your revised thesis (even if you received credit for it) and topic sentences.

Example:
Thesis: In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee argues not only that one should "love one's neighbor as one loves oneself," but that all humans are each others' neighbors.
TS 1: The literal neighbors in the Finch neighborhood treat each other with courtesy.
TS 2: Scout and Jem adopt Walter Cunningham as a neighbor.
TS 3: Calpurnia, Tom Robinson, and the entire black community of Maycomb are also neighbors of the Finches.

Thesis for To Kill a Mockingbird

Come up with a thesis for To Kill a Mockingbird. This time you will actually be writing an essay based on the thesis. Please put the thesis in TPS form and make sure that it is clear, focused, arguable, analytical, and creative.

How It Feels to Be Colored Me: Analysis Question

Ask a question that analyses whether or not Hurston is racist.
Example: Is the passage about Hurston being transported to the jungle racist?

How It Feels to Be Colored Me: Evaluation Question

Come up with questions that evaluate the validity of Hurston's views.
Example: Do you agree with Hurston that the effects of slavery are negligible? Why or not not?

How It Feels to Be Colored Me: Creation Question

Assume that equal representation is a goal (i.e. if a race/ethnicity makes up a certain proportion of a state's population, that race/ethnicity should make up the same proportion in the state's universities and workplaces. If a state is 37% black, such as Mississippi, then 37% of the states' university student population should be black).

Come up with questions about how to create such equal representation.
Example: Is affirmative action necessary to achieve equal representation?

Thesis for "Life on the Mississippi"

Post a thesis for "Life on the Mississippi." Please make sure you have a topic, position, and statement. Your thesis should be clear, focused, arguable, analytic, and creative.

Thesis for "A Rose for Emily"

Post a thesis here for "A Rose for Emily." It will be graded out of three, depending on how strong I think it is. You can make up points by revising your thesis.

Thesis for The Great Gatsby

For an in-class activity tomorrow, post a thesis on The Great Gatsby. We will be evaluating the theses tomorrow.

To Kill a Mockingbird 25: Analysis Question

Discuss the portrayal or lack of portrayal of black characters. (i.e. Is Calpurnia a token black character?)

To Kill a Mockingbird 25: Evaluation Question

The evaluation question should address what is or is not racist/an accurate portrayal. (i.e. What do you think of Atticus saying that it is ten times worse to cheat a black man than a white man?)

To Kill a Mockingbird 25: Creation Question

Post a question addressing possible solutions for portrayals of minorities (i.e. Should writers be required to incorporate diversity?)

To Kill a Mockingbird 15: Analysis Question

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To Kill a Mockingbird 15: Evaluation Question

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To Kill a Mockingbird 15: Creation Question

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