The Lottery

The Lottery

 Articles on tradition:

This article discusses how different cultures address death:
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/19/local/la-me-0819-lopez-dyingwell-20120819

This link discusses American Culture:
http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/american_culture.htm

Here is a link to what The Bible has to say about culture:
http://www.openbible.info/topics/traditions

This is an interesting look at how different cultures have different traditions when it comes to childcare:
http://alphamom.com/parenting/interesting-parenting-traditions-from-different-cultures/




Somebody made a short movie based on the story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV03h3XWTDU

Criticism:
http://home.netwood.net/kosenko/jackson.html

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Jackson.htm
GROUPTHINK:
http://www.psysr.org/about/pubs_resources/groupthink%20overview.htm

http://www.abacon.com/commstudies/groups/groupthink.html

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/theory/grpthink.html

http://boingboing.net/2014/08/05/how-groupthink-gets-reality-ba.html?utm_content=buffer54149&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

More on Their Eyes Were Watching God

http://www.zoranealehurston.com/

Hair:

http://www.asu.edu/feature/includes/summer05/readmore/hair.html

http://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=jur
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1095&context=art_design_theses

http://file.scirp.org/pdf/JSS_2014010814473478.pdf

https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/139/

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=RuGMORXyF4YC&oi=fnd&pg=PA155&dq=nature+in+their+eyes+were+watching+god&ots=I9lQ3c8-t-&sig=1VQGjqg6o4V4Zv_6QdFSoBu17pI#v=onepage&q=nature%20in%20their%20eyes%20were%20watching%20god&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=DjQMg8gTzygC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=nature+in+their+eyes+were+watching+god&ots=iRj260ZYrT&sig=vyS5ro_-BwgLohx-7JMIrAnMCzM#v=onepage&q=nature%20in%20their%20eyes%20were%20watching%20god&f=false

Their Eyes Were Watching God

This website has a lot of information and links on the author:

https://www.zoranealehurston.com/

"How It Feels to Be Colored Me"

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/grand-jean/hurston/chapters/how.html

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/folklore-zora-neale-hurstons-their-eyes-were-watching-god

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=WBNuLxTzzwMC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=their+eyes+were+watching+god+&ots=KAzRr1Ma0_&sig=mxqil9lKNLCWkG8Ycj1Jvc6N2_k#v=onepage&q=their%20eyes%20were%20watching%20god&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=RuGMORXyF4YC&oi=fnd&pg=PA155&dq=their+eyes+were+watching+god+critical+&ots=I9gN-e64o7&sig=fZIDfaYqwb2NZjUuQPtX5rGQAsk#v=onepage&q=their%20eyes%20were%20watching%20god%20critical&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=DjQMg8gTzygC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=their+eyes+were+watching+god+critical+&ots=iRe-22X1m-&sig=SNAVAwSdsHW_WfsojBWRQlGiupA#v=onepage&q=their%20eyes%20were%20watching%20god%20critical&f=false

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/464063?sid=21105518868921&uid=2&uid=3739256&uid=3739808&uid=4

https://books.google.com/books?id=WWDZBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT36&lpg=PT36&dq=Simmons,+Ryan.+%22The+Hierarchy+Itself:+Hurston%27s+Their+Eyes+Were+Watching+God+and+the+Sacrifice+of+Narrative+Authority%22.+African+American+Review+36.2+%28Summer+2002%29:+181-93.+Print&source=bl&ots=TDBQHQO9Cc&sig=hYD7BMCCCTuHvHxUDTm7JGrO6NU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tSUHVenhE4uyggS9s4CIBQ&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Simmons%2C%20Ryan.%20%22The%20Hierarchy%20Itself%3A%20Hurston's%20Their%20Eyes%20Were%20Watching%20God%20and%20the%20Sacrifice%20of%20Narrative%20Authority%22.%20African%20American%20Review%2036.2%20(Summer%202002)%3A%20181-93.%20Print&f=false

Podcast:
 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/neas-the-big-read/id303133830?mt=2&i=52870823

ECC Recess Alert (Next Week)

Hello Class,

As you saw in the alert from the president, the school will have a recess next week. On Thursday March 19th we will know more about what will happen beginning the week of March 23.

If we go fully online at that point, all papers will be submitted through Moodle. So get to know how to use Moodle.


Please pay attention to any alerts sent by the college. 

Prof. O’Connell 

More on A Lesson Before Dying

Gaines on writing the novel:

http://thesouthernreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/TSR_Autumn2005_ErnestGaines.pdf

Podcast about the Novel:
http://www.neabigread.org/books/lessonbeforedying/media/

Some info on Religion in the novel:

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2011/02/18/february-18-2011-ernest-gaines/8169/


https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/05/22/lesson-before-dying-a-higher-education/bbc4e8fd-5640-43b7-a18a-f4a7d7f7f7c1/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.43a005294c73

A Lesson Before Dying

http://www.laguardia.edu/lesson/students.html

http://alessonbeforedyingalfonzo.weebly.com/literary-criticism.html


https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=a+lesson+before+dying&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C31&as_sdtp=

A page dedicated to the author:

http://aalbc.com/authors/ernest.htm

More links for the novel:

http://www.neabigread.org/books/lessonbeforedying/teachers-guide/additional-resources/

Review of the novel:

http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/3829/

Link to Articles About Racial Injustice in American South;

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=racial+injustice+in+american+south+1940s&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C31

NYTimes Book Review:

http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/bsp/16002.html

Critical Essay;

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/sr_papers/literature_sr/srliterature_2008/watson_gwen.pdf

Culture in the novel;

http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/main_misc_gaines_foodways.html

Women in the novel:

http://search.proquest.com/docview/213544915?pq-origsite=gscholar

http://thesouthernreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/TSR_Autumn2005_ErnestGaines.pdf

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=women+in+african+american+literature+1940s&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C31

"Revelation" by Flannery O'Connor Outside Sources

This article discusses violence in the story:

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=awards

This article discusses religion in the story:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/the-passion-of-flannery-oconnor/309532/

This one too:
 (SCROLL DOWN TO FIND WHERE SHE MENTIONS THIS STORY)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/01/29/this-lonesome-place

More religion:

https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/639/article/flannery-oconnors-religious-vision

This link has a lot of information on the author:

https://theflanneryoconnorsociety.com/index.html

Article on themes in her stories:

https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1830&context=utk_chanhonoproj