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SPRING 2026English 125 VA: Essаy Exаm Pаrt I. Identificatiоn: Yоu are respоnsible for seven identification questions. Choose two terms and five quotes. Write a complete paragraph for each one you choose. For key terms, define the term and illustrate it with an example from a text we have read so far this semester. For quotes, identify the writer, the title of the work, and explain the significance. (35 points) untouchablesmagical realismclimate fictionTritonsent-down youth “A sublime stain, the color of life.”“He promised rain-making machines, portable breeders for table animals, the oils of happiness which would make vegetables grow in the saltpeter and clumps of pansies in the window boxes.”“They were timid and skittish, reacting to the tiniest of movements or sounds. Every single change was a strain and one by one they perished.”“Forget the names of those people who harmed you; hold fast to the names of those who stretched out a helping hand in times of difficulty.”“He had liked the sculpture so much when he first saw it as a child that he had stared at it refusing to be led away. It was like a symbol of his life.”“Within my Garden, rides a Bird/Upon a single Wheel--”“I ate crocodiles.”“Not free. Not free at all. No, that’s one thought I just can’t stand. Never!”"“So tired of thinking about food, about food here and now from the moment I woke up in the morning—do we have enough breakfast for today—until I went to bed in the evening—did Isa have enough to eat at supper.”“Dikeledi took the note, read it and shook with rage.”“Nothing puzzles God”“So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.”“The horses I have with me are true takhis, primal horses, the only breed of horse on earth with sixty-six chromosomes.”“Ride abroad in ostentation/And subsist on Fuzz.” Part II. Essay response: At least three of the following questions appear on the essay exam. At exam time, you must choose ONE question. For questions one through seven, write a clearly organized and thoughtfully argued essay that uses specific examples from three literary works by three different writers listed on our syllabus during the semester. For question four, write a clearly organized and thoughtfully argued essay that focuses on Maja Lunde’s The Last Wild Horses. (65 points) 1. The problem of exploitation has been addressed in several of the literary works we have read. Writers explore the emotional agonies individual characters undergo as they have been manipulated, blackmailed, or repressed for personal gain, social gain, or greater financial gain. Choose three literary works by three different writers. Address how exploitation functions, who becomes oppressed by it, and explain how the writer generates sympathy for the exploited by using a specific literary device (plot, character, imagery, symbolism, irony, etc.). Tie your analysis to the writer’s social message. (Possibilities: Wordsworth, Blake, Dickinson, Pushkin, Dickinson, Ibsen, Chekhov, Kafka, Head, Devi, Achebe, Wang, Marquez, Ling, Valenzuela, Fuentes, Lunde, etc.) 2 . How does the representation of violence convey the magnitude of a specific social problem? Choose three different literary works by three different writers. Identify and analyze a memorable scene in which a significant image of violence is presented to the reader. What social or political problem generated such violence, and how does it signify the writer’s message about that social problem? How do the scene’s images signify the writer’s message in an emotionally powerful manner? (Possibilities: Ibsen, Fuentes, Valenzuela, Achebe, Head, Lunde, etc.)3 . The representation of death signifies much about a writer’s attitudes toward the set of circumstances that culminate in a character’s demise. How does the representation of death reinforce the writer’s message? Analyze a significant death scene in three different literary works we have read this semester. In your discussion, evaluate why the character’s death conveys the larger social concerns, themes, and questions embodied in the literature. (Possibilities: Márquez, Fuentes, Valenzuela, Ibsen, Blake, Chekhov, Achebe, Head, Lunde, etc.)4 . How does Maja Lunde’s apocalyptic vision in The Last Wild Horses inform the novel’s argument for better stewardship of the environment? How does the novel warn us against failures to protect against environmental destruction?
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