Assignment for Tuesday

Watch the John Updike interview linked on this site (below). Re-read A&P. Think about how Updike's own perceptions of/reflections on the story are like or unlike yours. Is your thinking about the story, and particularly the character Sammy, changed by hearing Updike's thoughts about him?

Read two poems by Sharon Olds, "Rites of Passage" (691) and "The Only Girl at the Boys' Party" (1147) and reflect on how the ideas/images of heroism/heroes is the same or different from Updike's. It might help to write with the questions that follow "R of P" in mind.

This can be one or two blog posts. Be sure to write in such a way that someone stumbling across your blog would be able to understand what you're writing about. Use complete sentences and paragraphing.