For those of you who have already blogged your alternate endings to Will Ferguson's Happiness, they have been noted and read already. For those of you who forgot or just can't decide how to end such a wonderful novel, don't forget to do so....and soon. I will count this mandatory post as both class participation (since it's mandatory) and as a blog post towards your final goal. There aren't any true guidelines for an alternate ending (the sky is the limit since it is your interpretation of the novel's message that will shine through your prose), but just be sure to post at least 250 words.
As you begin Ruth Ozeki's 1999 novel My Year of Meats, it has probably already become obvious to you that Ozeki is exploring and critiquing various roles and issues. Meat, gender roles, nationalism, ethnicity...nothing is safe from Ozeki's gaze. As the back cover suggests, it is at once "juicy...tender...bloody...[and] sizzling." What roles stand out to you as the most important in this first half of the novel?
REMINDER: the above prompt is for those who would like a little nudge in the blogging direction. You are by no means required to respond to the prompt. Follow your own path, my grasshoppers!!
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