Examination #3 LILA

Answer the following questions in the form of a minimum of at least one well-organized paragraph. One answer must be two paragraphs in length. Use quotations, paraphrases, and examples from Lila to support your answers. Submit Examination #3 as a File no Canvas no later than November 23. One point will be lost for every error from the “17 Corrections Symbols” hand-out, and the quiz must be typed or word processed. Each question is worth a maximum of ten points. Answers to any of these six questions may be expanded as potential topics for Essay #3.

Quotations from Lila are required to support each answer.

1. One choice for Essay #4 is Finding and Expressing a Theme. Marilynne Robinson has written “the most complex thing we know of [is]the human brain.” An important theme in Lila is that every human being is completely unique and complicated. How, specifically, is Lila unique and complicated? (10 Points)

2. It is obvious that Lila and Reverend Ames are very different people. How are Lila and Reverend Ames similar? Why do Lila and Reverend Ames fall in love? (10 Points)nswer the following questions in the form of a minimum of at least one well-organized paragraph. One answer must be two paragraphs in length. Use quotations, paraphrases, and examples from Lila to support your answers. Submit Examination #3 as a File no Canvas no later than November 23. One point will be lost for every error from the “17 Corrections Symbols” hand-out, and the quiz must be typed or word processed. Each question is worth a maximum of ten points. Answers to any of these six questions may be expanded as potential topics for Essay #3.

Quotations from Lila are required to support each answer.

1. One choice for Essay #4 is Finding and Expressing a Theme. Marilynne Robinson has written “the most complex thing we know of [is]the human brain.” An important theme in Lila is that every human being is completely unique and complicated. How, specifically, is Lila unique and complicated? (10 Points)

2. It is obvious that Lila and Reverend Ames are very different people. How are Lila and Reverend Ames similar? Why do Lila and Reverend Ames fall in love? (10 Points)

3. Lila, Doll, and Reverend Ames all exhibit extraordinary heroism throughout Lila. Which of these three characters is most heroic? Why? (10 Points)

4. The biggest influence on Lila’s life is Doll. How are the example and life of Doll positive elements in Lila’s life? How are the example and life of Doll negative aspects in Lila’s life? (10 Points)

5. A symbol is something that represents something else; a flag represents a nation, etc. Certain objects in Lila such as Doll’s knife, the shawl that Doll and Lila share, water, the name “Gilead,” the roses that Lila plants on the graves of Mrs. Ames and her baby may be interpreted as symbols. Choose an object in Lila that you believe has a symbolic meaning, and explain the symbolism. (10 Points)

6. A revelation is “an act of revealing, especially a dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized.” What is Lila’s conclusive revelation on pages 257 – 261 of Lila? How does her revelation apply to the rest of the novel? (10 Points)

3. Lila, Doll, and Reverend Ames all exhibit extraordinary heroism throughout Lila. Which of these three characters is most heroic? Why? (10 Points)

4. The biggest influence on Lila’s life is Doll. How are the example and life of Doll positive elements in Lila’s life? How are the example and life of Doll negative aspects in Lila’s life? (10 Points)

5. A symbol is something that represents something else; a flag represents a nation, etc. Certain objects in Lila such as Doll’s knife, the shawl that Doll and Lila share, water, the name “Gilead,” the roses that Lila plants on the graves of Mrs. Ames and her baby may be interpreted as symbols. Choose an object in Lila that you believe has a symbolic meaning, and explain the symbolism. (10 Points)

6. A revelation is “an act of revealing, especially a dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized.” What is Lila’s conclusive revelation on pages 257 – 261 of Lila? How does her revelation apply to the rest of the novel? (10 Points)