Week 4 discussion
DQ1 CHOOSING A
CRITICAL APPROACH
Review the You Decide activity for this week. After you have
reviewed the activity, use the descriptions of the critical approaches from the
activity and the assigned textbook readings and write a thesis for Sarah
Smart’s paper based on one of the critical approaches discussed in the You
Decide activity. Afterward, select and present evidence from Sylvia Plath’s
poem Daddy (pages 870–872) that you think would support the thesis you wrote.
The evidence should be quotations from the poem and references to specific
images, symbols, and metaphors from the poem. Be sure to explain how the
evidence you chose supports your thesis.
DQ2 CHILDHOOD IN
LITERATURE
Discuss how The Lesson, Where Children Live, and Sestina
portray childhood. What does childhood seem to mean in each work? How does each
portray the experience of being a child? Do you think these portrayals of
childhood are realistic? Why or why not? Be sure to quote from each work, and
discuss specific images, symbols, or metaphors as you clarify your answers.





