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• Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby

  Your thesis is strong (can be argued and proven using facts from the novel): You are going to discuss how each of the three characters...

• Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby

  For Jay Gatsby (or James Gatz, his original name), his past is a roadblock to his future. Gatsby is, or at least wants to be, the...

• Answered a Question in Two Soldiers

  Without knowing the parameters of your assignment, I can really only offer suggestions for topics that you can discuss in either a...

• Answered a Question in English teachers

  I am not sure if this has been said, but I like the students to write letters to the upcoming class. In this letter, I ask them to...

• Answered a Question in Teaching Community

  What is your number ONE rule in the classroom and why?

  If you could summarize all your expectations for optimum learning...

• Answered a Question in Hamlet

  It has been years since I have read the play, but I have read it a number of times, so I am certainly up for any questions or...

• Answered a Question in Reference

  It really depends on what, specifically, you need.

  Elements of Style by William Strunk - Nice, general guidelines, particularly...

• Answered a Question in Literature

  Personally, here is what I deem the most culturally important texts:

  1. The collected works of Mark Twain

  2. The...

• Answered a Question in Teaching Community

  1. My almost insurmountable rage at people who hypercorrect..."just between you and I..."

  2. My inability to watch...

• Answered a Question in Literature

  I really, really hope not. I am, by no means, a literary snob, but as a lover of books, I cannot imagine enjoying books without the...