Your assignment is to read the first 4 stories of “Four Walls to Hold Me" in Somebody Told Me by Rick Bragg and write a response on the class blog.
We'll break it down and share the burden. In one comment, write about how Bragg uses structure/organization to build meaning in one of the stories and how he uses rhetorical devices other than structure/organization in a second story. Here's how it will shake out:
If your last name begins with A-D or Y, write about how he uses structure/organization to build meaning in "Where Alabama Inmates Fade into Old Age" and other rhetorical devices in "Man Imprisoned for 30 Years Is Rid of Bars but Not Fears." Refer to / quote specific text in your analyses.
If your last name begins with E, R, W, or Z, write about how he uses structure/organization to build meaning in "Inmates Find Brief Escape in Rodeo Ring" and other rhetorical devices in "A Thief Dines Out, Hoping Later to Eat In." Refer to / quote specific text in your analyses.
If your last name begins with K, O, or U, write about how he uses structure/organization to build meaning in "Man Imprisoned for 30 Years Is Rid of Bars but Not Fears" and other rhetorical devices in "Inmates Find Brief Escape in Rodeo Ring." Refer to / quote specific text in your analyses.
If your last name begins with F, L, N, or P, write about how he uses structure/organization to build meaning in "A Thief Dines Out, Hoping Later to Eat In" and other rhetorical devices in "Where Alabama Inmates Fade into Old Age." Refer to / quote specific text in your analyses.
The stories you don't write about in this breakdown will be the ones you respond to in class on Wednesday.