Margaret Atwood

Write an essay about the short story “Happy Endings” by Margaret Atwood with specific textual references to support your discussion. Secondary sources are not expected/required. Recommended length: 900-1500 words. The discussion thread prompts and your responses should be great starting points for these essays. Although I try to discourage long discussion posts (to keep things conversational), if there was a thread where you wrote something you thought was significant, or that raised an issue you keep considering, that would be a good place to start when considering what you may write about. I will not assign essay questions. So please re-read the stories and review the discussion threads to generate ideas for essay topics. It is recommended that your third and fourth essays be based upon two of the five stories discussed in weeks 9-13. However, the five stories we covered in weeks 2-6 may be used for more than two of the four required essay submissions. Up to two additional essays will be accepted, as will a research paper (which would be worth two grades), as extra credit. Please note: the annotated bibliography assignments work well as a “scaffolding” towards a research paper that integrates secondary critical sources. The final grade will be based upon the four highest grades but the minimum requirement to complete coursework is four essays and two annotated bibliographies. You cannot simply submit four of the six required assignments. All coursework is due no later than the last day of the semester.