Referring to p. 587 in Writing with Power, think of a question to pose to the classroom discussion board regarding one of the topics below. Your question should be insightful and meaningful; provide your classmates with an opportunity to consider elements of each topic that have yet to be covered in your lessons. You will not receive credit if your question is one that can be answered with “yes” or “no.”

Question

Referring to p. 587 in Writing with Power, think of a question to pose to the classroom discussion board regarding one of the topics below. Your question should be insightful and meaningful; provide your classmates with an opportunity to consider elements of each topic that have yet to be covered in your lessons. You will not receive credit if your question is one that can be answered with “yes” or “no.”

Comparison of postmodernism to the twenty-first century
Irony in Updike’s “A&P”
Satire in Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”
Themes expressed by the Beat Generation
The effects of war on literature

Answer 1

How does the concept of irony in Updike's "A&P" reflect larger societal attitudes towards gender roles in the 1960s?