English 1102 Week 6

English 1102 week 6

Textbook Reading

The Book of Lost Things: Chapters Twenty-Seven to Thirty

In the Of Fairy Tales, Dark Towers, and Other Such Matters section at the back of The Book of Lost Things (red cover book):

· "Rumpelstiltskin" (pages 349-354)

 

Web-site Reading

· John Connolly's "The Rat King"  from the 10th Anniversary edition of The Book of Lost Things, published in 2016 by Hodder & Stoughton Publishing

· "The Concept of Evil"  (Links to an external site.)from The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:  https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/concept-evil/ (Links to an external site.)

·  (Links to an external site.) "What Do We Mean by 'Evil'?" (Links to an external site.) - Rollo Romig for The New Yorker:  http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-do-we-mean-by-evil

 The Psychology of Evil (23:10)

https://youtu.be/OsFEV35tWsg (Links to an external site.)

Question: 

There is much evil in this story, however, the Crooked Man, perhaps, is the most evil of all.  What is most evil about the Crooked Man based on what you have read up to this point (the end of chapter 30).  What do you think he represents in the real world?  Is the Crooked Man the most evil character so far in the book?  Why or why not?

Instructions: Write an 800 to 1000-word essay  in MLA format  in response to the questions above.  No outside research is required; however, a minimum of one source outside of Connolly's writing should be used (either of the articles given or the TEDTalk video provided)