Dishonesty in The Importance of Being Earnest

One of the major themes in The Importance of Being Earnest concerns dishonesty.

Consider the following concepts from your dialectic journal assignment:

• Humor: particularly epigrams
• Satire of social institutions: marriage, education, social class and religion
• References to earnest/Ernest and the title of the play
• The pursuit of pleasure

Write two paragraphs for this post:
1. How does dishonesty relate to each of these concepts? Write a few sentences on each.
2. What does Wilde seem to be saying about dishonesty through the characters and their speech and actions in the play?

Look through your dialectic journal entries to help you. You can refer to anything from anywhere in the play for this assignment.

Due Friday, January 28.

Animal Farm Project Evaluation

In addition to the projects presented in class, view ten projects of your classmates from their blogs. For each project complete the following:
1. Name of classmate
2. Type of project (comic strip, poem, artwork, etc.)
3. Effectiveness in conveying literary elements from the novel. Write a 1-3 sentences for this part for each project.

After evaluating the ten projects, write a little bit about how your own project measures up to those you viewed - did you do as well as your classmates? Did you put in enough effort? Do you think your project conveyed literary elements successfully?

Post by Sunday, January 10.
Happy viewing!

Extra Credit: New Year's Resolution

I apologize for the delay in posting your extra credit blog post. You have one week to write it - due Sunday, January 9.

A new year is an excellent opportunity to think about how you can improve your life. Think of one thing you could do to improve yourself and the quality of your life. Write a new year's resolution: describe what you resolve to change in the new year and how it will improve the quality of your life. This could be a personal, social, academic, or athletic goal - you have the freedom to think of any type of resolution - just be specific about how this plan will improve your life.  Be detailed and entertaining in your post. Describe how you will go about keeping this resolution. Attach a photo to enhance the post.