Short Answer Responses

 

Choose FIVE of the following to write about in short answer responses—use specific examples from the stories to support your thesis: 

1. How do "Nineteen Fifty-Five" and “The Blues I'm Playing” combine music and elements of race?
2. How does music become an element of horror in “The Music of Erich Zann”?
3. In “The Portable Phonograph,” Mr. Smith suspects the phonograph distracts the group from facing the grim reality of their world. Is he right?
4. Which story best illustrates music as a source of joy?
5. Why is The Marauder (the narrator) so drawn to Owen Noone in the excerpt from Owen Noone and the Maauder?
6. How is the music featured in "The Second Bakery Attack" absurd?
7. In “Them Old Cowboy Songs,” explain Archie’s relationship to music.
8. Which story gave you the biggest emotional response?

NOTE:

• You may answer the questions out of order, but PLEASE number your responses clearly.

Requirements:

• MLA Style, including works cited*

Due: Sun 9.21 (via Canvas) [UPDATED DUE DATE]

 

*Look for a citation at the end of each story.