Answer TWO of the following questions, one essay per answer.
Answer TWO of the following questions, one essay per answer. Each essay should be a minimum of 750+ words long. You should only use the text, your notes and thoughts on lecture and discussion. No outside sources are required or permitted. Essays that attempt to pass off material from websites or any other non-sanctioned source (that is, anything besides your notes from lecture, discussion, and the text) will be subject to discipline as instances of academic dishonesty. In practice, this means you will receive a 0 on the exam and your exam will be referred to the Judicial Procedures Office for further academic sanctions. Receiving a 0 on any exam virtually guarantees failure in the course. Late exams are subject to a full letter grade penalty per day late (so anything turned in on Tuesday is one letter grade lower, any time Wednesday is two letter grades lower, etc.).
1. In the course so far, we have considered the notion of how identity and body seem somehow separate. And in many of our thoughts in discussion and lecture, we’ve examined how identity seems the more endurable of this pair: we often tend to change or shape our bodies to conform to what we feel our identities to be. In Glasshouse, this process seems, possibly, reversed, despite the fact that a person’s identity can be uploaded in body after body. So consider the following statement: “In Glasshouse, identity is shaped by the body you are in rather than the other way around.” Do you agree?
2. The similarities between the prison in Glasshouse and our own society are striking. Can you prove that we are not living in a glasshouse right now? (Good answers will be able to note and discuss in detail similarities and differences between our world and that of the novel.)
3. Construct a persuasive argument in favor of a place like Glasshouse. In other words, what, if anything, can one say in defense of the experimental world created by the war criminals in the novel?
Grading Rubric:
F = Failure to turn in exam / turn in an essay with plagiarized elements / turn in something that is an obvious evasion of any effort to engage with the readings or ideas in the course to this point
D = Exam consists of essays well short of the length requirement. It shows little to no familiarity with the lectures for the course and a bare understanding of the texts for the course to this point.
C = Exam consists of essays that are close to the minimum length requirement. It shows some familiarity with lectures for the course and a better than minimal understanding of key issues in the course to this point. It may be confused about key elements of plot in the texts and may betray a sometimes shaky grasp of basic concepts discussed so far in the course.
B = Exam consists of essays that exceed the minimum length requirement. They demonstrate a solid understanding of the ideas discussed in lectures and show an ability to apply those ideas to the texts. They go beyond a bare familiarity with the texts, showing a real level of engagement and mastery of textual detail in answering the questions.
A = Exam consists of essays that exceed the minimum length requirement. They show complete mastery of the ideas discussed in lecture and the texts. They are detailed and persuasive in their mastery of detail and their ability to make insightful arguments linking texts to concepts in the course.
Please note, the exam is graded on content, not form. I’d prefer you to write clear, grammatical prose, but I am focused on the content primarily. While I don’t insist on your using quotes from the texts, the fact that you have all weekend to write the exam and you have the texts at your fingertips suggests that good essays are going to refer in detail to the texts, if not quote them outright. I don’t need fancy citation techniques. Just give me the page number in parentheses, like so (25) for the article or the chapters in the novel. For the poems, you don’t even need to do that. Counterarguments are not required, but they are encouraged as useful ways to add depth and nuance to your answers. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me an email. Good luck!
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