Midterm exam for Prose class
Do men and women have different style of communication? Many would say "yes." Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand proved the case. If it is so, is it also reflected in literature?
Read John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" by following this link:
http://amb.cult.bg/american/4/steinbeck/chrysanthemums.htm
To get more understanding of gender communication style, go to:
http://raysweb.net/poems/articles/tannen.html
Write a short essay of 3-4 pages on the above issue. Use these questions as the guidelines:
1. How does Eliza communicate with her husband, Henry?
2. How is Eliza's conversation with the tinker different from her conversation with Henry?
3. Do you notice any changes in the way the tinker converses with Eliza? If so, do the changes bring any effects on his purpose?
4. How does the story employ non-verbal language (facial expressions, body language) to reflect the issue of gender and relationships?
Have your essay typewritten, 1.5 spaced, in Times New Roman-12. The essay is due on Wednesday, November 26, 2008. Submit the print-out version to Pak Khoiri (class A) and Pak Fahri (class B).
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i was surprised knowing some new titles in this blog, and shocked by the words "due in November 26" he????????
but then i guessed this room doesnt belong to my class, because we never talk about the chrysantemum in the class anymore.hwehehehe....
mam, talking about gender, i know a poem, i got it from a fun zine, that brings 'gender' thing. i guess the red thread is connected here. unfortunately all i have is the indonesian version. can i re-write it down here? the poem is very interesting. yes, that's true (at least to me ;p). if it is ok to write it here, i wont translate it to english. because for the sake of humanity, i'm afraid my bad translation will change the sense, the meaning or the emotion of the poem itself. but i believe that it is originally in english.
so,
can i, mam??
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