2) When responding to a classmate's post, feel free to respectfully challenge their interpretation or provide a different perspective on the story. This can lead to a deeper discussion of the text and help all students to think critically about the story. Remember to provide evidence from the text to support your points and to engage in a thoughtful and respectful conversation with your classmates.
Overall, the goal of this assignment is to encourage you to think deeply about Kafka's story and engage in a meaningful discussion with your peers about its themes, characters, and language. Enjoy the process of exploring this complex and thought-provoking text!
For the Franz Kafka and Leo Tolstoy discussion board, you should post your reaction to and interpretation of one of Kafka's stories. Once you have completed your response/interpretation to the story, you should comment on at least two of your classmates' responses to the story. Note: There is no partial credit for these assignments. You must complete an original post and two response posts to earn credit for the assignment.
Response/interpretations should be a minimum of 400 to 425 words. About the text "The Bucket Rider" by Franz Kafka Note: response/interpretations should not simply summarize what is happening in the story. Instead, the posts should offer some ideas about why things are or are not happening and how each of those things are impacting the characters in the story.
There are three ways to focus your response:
1) The text itself: Trace the development and expression of a theme, the narrator, or the use of language. How do one or more of these help to create a particular meaning or tone within the story?
2) Your own response as a reader: Explore how the story affects you as you read through it. Read the story closely, noticing how the character and plot shape your response.
3) Context: Analyze the text as a product of a certain time or place in history or culture.
Replies to other student posts should be a minimum of 8-9 sentences long.
1) When responding to a classmate's post, keep the tone professional. Focus the response on what you agree with or what you find interesting about the response. Do not simply say that you agree with an idea; explain specifically why and how you agree with a particular point that your classmate is making.
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