Before class discussion last week, I asked my students to write for a few minutes about the stories they read. Mostly, I'm checking to see who read what while also letting them get warmed up for discussion.
My question: Which story did you like better, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" or "The Things They Carried"?
Student:
"I enjoyed 'A Good Man is Hard to Find.' It cut threw the fabric of what women want. It had true emotion and in my opinion, was very delightful. It's a great story describing the character of a person and what it takes to fall in love."
Uh, really? Which part was so very "delightful"? Was it when the grandmother gets shot in the head?
15 comments:
How funny -- I was thinking just this morning about that story and how very, very disturbing it is and how over the years it has taken up permanent residence in my head. But, um, I missed that whole "falling in love" business!
It would behoove that student now to figure out the kind of writing that Flannery O'Connor is famous for. I'm laughing my ass off.
I never type LOL. But that was LOL material!
I was wondering if there was some other story with the same title that I wasn't aware of..
The same student wrote about the lovely family relationships in Titus, I bet!
"A good man is hard to find" wink wink nudge nudge sounds a bit like a pr0n mystery novel with Dick Tracy.
jc
WN, It sticks with me, too.
TKW, No kidding.
LKL, I mean, really. That is some major BS. Why even bother?!
EA, I was kind of confused myself.
Bardiac, Ah, yum!
jc, Yes, that would be the story "A Hard Man is Good to Find." Maybe THAT'S the story the student read!
I'm not sure where I laughed harder -- reading the initial post or your response in the comments to jc.
:)
hahahahahahahaha...that's all i can muster. the best thing i've read in awhile.
Oh my god. That's hilarious. I love it when the students try to pull this bullshit. They think we're all so dumb. hahaha.
Word verification: clutrin (which I'm translating into "clue train" -- this student needs to take a ride on the clue train. haha)
OMG, OMG! LMAO!!!!!! "Very delightful"!!!!!!!
I have to ask...what did you write on that particular submission? :D
I can only now just laugh at this.
And I am still reading and still hating O'Conner - I mean the Bible salesman STEALS HER LEG???????
WHAT. THE. FUCK?
The sweetest and most tender part of the story, to me, is when the Misfit offers the kind and almost Hallmark sentiment, "She could have been a good woman if someone had been there to shoot her every day of her life."
The sweetest and most tender part of the story, to me, is when the Misfit offers the kind and almost Hallmark sentiment, "She could have been a good woman if someone had been there to shoot her every day of her life."
Ink, That may be the funniest part. It wasn't a graded assignment, and students could submit their responses anonymously, so I didn't return them. So, even though there wasn't a grade involved, the student took the time to fly this bogus response. Dare I think the student was cracking joke?
TSB, Well, yeah. Every body screws up in an O'Connor story. And I bet she thought that was really funny, too.
BK, Yes, the Misfit does seem to exhibit a tender sentiment there, does he not?
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