Formal Email #5
Writing Situation:
In the short story "Harrison Bergeron," Kurt Vonnegut creates a satirical
possibility for the future of America, which suffers from excessive government
regulation.
In the short story "The Masque of Red Death," Edgar
Allen Poe creates an allegory for the human condition, in a style that has become
known as Gothic horror. Within this dark tale, a prince abandons his country's
people by locking himself in an isolated abbey in order to protect himself and
thereby relinquishing the responsibility of leadership.
In the short story "The Lottery," Shirley
Jackson decribes a town whose continued way of life
depends upon the continuance of various rituals and traditions.
In the short story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," Ursula Le Guin
describes a society founded on a disturbing condition, a condition that leads
some people to a perplexing decision.
Directions: Write a well-developed response
that connects the ideas and themes from one or more of these stories to outside
sources and then support your connections with clear illustrations and examples.You
may make your connections to movies, television, music, art, other books and
literature, and/or history.