English 12 2008 Final Project

Over the last four weeks of school you will independently read Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and complete a final paper for the class. The paper will count as the final grade for the fourth quarter and a final exam grade worth a full marking period.

Essay Question:
What is the nature of perseverance within the pattern of the Monomyth/Hero’s Journey as seen in The Old Man and the Sea, Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Inherit the Wind? If you need copies of either of the previous books, ask. Remember you have Kurzweil versions in your network folders.

Paper should be five pages long and is due by Friday June 20.

You can read with me or preview/review with me. I am here to answer questions. I encourage you to run paper drafts by me for comment and review.

You may use outside sources.  You must cite all sources of outside information.  See http://citationmachine.net/ for citation formats. A work cited list and parenthetical citations are required if outside material is used.

Each person will receive the book on paper, as a Kurzweil file, and as an HTML file.

I suggest you develop a work schedule for reading the book and the completing the paper. If you need help with this, please see me.