Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)


26 Jan 2007

Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online)

The full text of this out-of-copyright story by F. Scott Fitzgerald is available online.

About 24 hours before class, post your agenda item (see the FAQ page) on this story. Then, before class today, respond to 2-4 agenda items posted by your peers. During class, I may call on you to lead a brief class discussion based on your weblog, or I might ask you to share the comment you posted on a peer's agenda item.

I don't generally offer discussion questions, because I'd much rather you come up with your own important questions to answer during the class discussion. Nevertheless, I'll get you started this time.

In what ways does Marjorie demonstrate strength? In what ways does Bernice? Who is the stronger character, and why? Quote exact words from the story that support your claim, and identify quotations from the story that work against your claim.

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The "Slight Thud"
Excerpt: Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
Weblog: The Cookie Jar
Tracked: January 24, 2007 11:19 PM
Fitzgerald=Popularity Pro!
Excerpt: Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
Weblog: CheraPupi
Tracked: January 24, 2007 11:39 PM
Of Ocean and Golf
Excerpt: The waves of this ocean, so to speak, were the heads of many curious caddies...and there were usually several stray, diffident waves who might have rolled inside had they so desired. Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150...
Weblog: JenniferPrex
Tracked: January 25, 2007 12:13 AM
Think Twice Before Using Scissors
Excerpt: Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) ""At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide." After reading "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" I remembered...
Weblog: BethanyMerryman
Tracked: January 25, 2007 9:59 AM
Not To Sure...
Excerpt: Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) There was another silence, while Marjorie considered whether or not convincing her mother was worth the trouble. People over forty can seldom be permanently convinc...
Weblog: MargaretJones
Tracked: January 25, 2007 10:16 AM
Scissors Hurt and Get Even
Excerpt: Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) Do you think I ought to bob my hair, Mr. Charley Paulson? I felt sorry for Bernice throughout the story because I think that Marjorie manipulated her....
Weblog: JennaMiller
Tracked: January 25, 2007 10:24 AM
Marjorie Gets a New Haircut
Excerpt: Bending over she found one of the braids of Marjorie's hair, followed it up with her hand to the point nearest the head, and then holding it a little slack so that the sleeper would feel no pull, she reached...
Weblog: MacKenzieHarbison
Tracked: January 25, 2007 10:30 AM
What to Say and How to Act in Social Situations: A Difference of Opinion
Excerpt: Chapter II (paragraph 2) "Bernice felt a vague pain that she was not at present engaged in being popular...she knew that even in Eau Claire other girls with less position and less pulchritude were given a bigger rush. It had...
Weblog: LorinSchumacher
Tracked: January 25, 2007 1:39 PM
Marjorie never knew what was coming...
Excerpt: Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "Bending over she found one of the braids of Marjorie's hair, followed it up with her hand to the point nearest the head, and then holding it...
Weblog: DerekTickle
Tracked: January 26, 2007 8:53 AM
Popular..I wanna be popular!
Excerpt: "What's a little cheap popularity?" Mrs. Harvey sounded annoyed. "It's everything when you're eighteen," said Marjorie emphatically.Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
Weblog: EllenEinsporn
Tracked: January 26, 2007 8:54 AM
Satan Does Hair
Excerpt: Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "'I want to be a society vampire, you see.'"...
Weblog: MatthewHenderson
Tracked: January 26, 2007 8:55 AM
Innocence and Maturity
Excerpt: Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) They stared at each other across the breakfast-table for a moment. Misty waves were passing before Bernice's eyes, while Marjorie's face wore that rather hard expre...
Weblog: HallieGeary
Tracked: January 26, 2007 8:56 AM
Hells yes
Excerpt: "Huh!" she giggled wildly. "Scalp the selfish thing!"...
Weblog: MichaelPoiarkoff
Tracked: January 26, 2007 10:02 AM
Kicking a Dog When Its Down - Doesn't Work
Excerpt: And some last energy rose up in Bernice, for she clinched her hands under the white cloth, and there was a curious narrowing of her eyes that Marjorie remarked on to some one long afterward. . . . Suddenly she...
Weblog: A Storybook of Quotes
Tracked: January 26, 2007 10:51 AM
Wallflowers Aren't that Pretty
Excerpt: Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "'Oh, my Lord!" cried Marjorie in desperation. "You little nut! Girls like you are responsible for all the tiresome colorless marriages; all those ghastly inefficie...
Weblog: JohnFish
Tracked: January 27, 2007 7:09 PM
Teh difference between Now and then
Excerpt: Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide. "...
Weblog: JaraWhite
Tracked: February 1, 2007 2:17 PM
Reflection on "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
Excerpt: Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (online) -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) I really liked this story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It contained characters with opposite personalities and I enjoyed reading about their conflicts. I think that even...
Weblog: JennaMiller
Tracked: February 20, 2007 5:06 PM
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I've noticed that two-way trackbacks have stopped working. I'm looking into the problem, but for now the entry on the student blog is being created, with a link pointing to this entry... but for some reason the link from this blog back to the yours isn't appearing. For now, I'm asking that you work around this problem by posting a comment here that points to the permalink of the entry you just created. Just past the URL here, and the system will turn it into a link automatically.

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DennisJerz/018862.php

Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at January 25, 2007 9:38 PM
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