{"id":36428,"date":"2024-10-30T01:27:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T01:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/exploratory-essay-patti-smith-in-conversation-with-bob-dylan\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T01:27:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T01:27:11","slug":"exploratory-essay-patti-smith-in-conversation-with-bob-dylan","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/exploratory-essay-patti-smith-in-conversation-with-bob-dylan\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploratory Essay          \u200b                                                Patti Smith in Conversation with Bob Dylan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Write an exploratory essay that puts the brief memoir \u201cOff the Shelf\u201d by Patti Smith in conversation with the song \u201cDrifter\u2019s Escape\u201d by Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some exploratory essay guidelines from the Purdue OWL, but feel free to improvise:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/general_writing\/common_writing_assignments\/exploratory_papers\/organizing_an_exploratory_essay.html#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20an%20exploratory%20essay,how%20it%20might%20be%20solved.<br \/>\nYour Materials:<br \/>\n\u201cOff the Shelf\u201d by Patti Smith (2011, The New Yorker) SAVE AS PDF WHEN YOU OPEN THE ARTICLE<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2011\/10\/10\/off-the-shelf<br \/>\n\u201cDrifters Escape\u201d (1967) by Bob Dylan<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gSmwh3z9uv\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobdylan.com\/songs\/drifters-escape\/\">Drifter&#8217;s Escape<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Drifter&#8217;s Escape&#8221; &#8212; The Official Bob Dylan Site\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobdylan.com\/songs\/drifters-escape\/embed\/#?secret=fzPeRmH5WA#?secret=gSmwh3z9uv\" data-secret=\"gSmwh3z9uv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bob Dylan; Drifter&#039;s Escape\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1QwvyUn__Pg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n\u201cDrifter\u2019s Escape\u201d covered by Patti Smith (2012)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drifter&#039;s Escape - Patti Smith\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vqUlHBjc_M8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Address the following prompts as you see fit:<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cDrifter\u2019s Escape\u201d is allegorical. Are there any aspects of \u201cOff the Shelf\u201d that can be read allegorically?<br \/>\n\u2022 Do the Smith and Dylan texts share any themes, morals, or topics that work as social commentary? If so, what is the social commentary?<br \/>\n\u2022 Quote key phrases or sentences that underscore allegory or social commentary via connotations, subtext, themes, symbolism, and figurative language such as metaphors and similes.<br \/>\n\u2022 Do you see any parallels between the store detective and the mother in \u201cOff the Shelf\u201d versus any characters in \u201cDrifter\u2019s Escape?\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 Do you think that \u201cDrifter\u2019s Escape\u201d may have influenced \u201cOff the Shelf?\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 How do Smith and Dylan\u2019s sensibilities as musicians (folk, punk, protest singers) inform their texts?<br \/>\nRequirements:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Your essay should be at least 6 well-developed paragraphs in length.<br \/>\n\u2022 Use at least two quotations from each piece.<br \/>\n\u2022 Use MLA Style for your paper and any outside research. You don\u2019t have to use citations for your primary sources (the Smith and Dylan pieces) in this case.<br \/>\n\u2022 Blend quotations seamlessly into your own language:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/cdnsm5-ss19.sharpschool.com\/UserFiles\/Servers\/Server_61483\/File\/Academics\/EngQuotationGuide.pdf<\/p>\n<p>Drifter\u2019s Escape<br \/>\nby Bob Dylan (1968)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, help me in my weakness\u201d<br \/>\nI heard the drifter say<br \/>\nAs they carried him from the courtroom<br \/>\nAnd were taking him away<br \/>\n\u201cMy trip hasn\u2019t been a pleasant one<br \/>\nAnd my time it isn\u2019t long<br \/>\nAnd I still do not know<br \/>\nWhat it was that I\u2019ve done wrong\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside<br \/>\nA tear came to his eye<br \/>\n\u201cYou fail to understand,\u201d he said<br \/>\n\u201cWhy must you even try?\u201d<br \/>\nOutside, the crowd was stirring<br \/>\nYou could hear it from the door<br \/>\nInside, the judge was stepping down<br \/>\nWhile the jury cried for more<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, stop that cursed jury\u201d<br \/>\nCried the attendant and the nurse<br \/>\n\u201cThe trial was bad enough<br \/>\nBut this is ten times worse\u201d<br \/>\nJust then a bolt of lightning<br \/>\nStruck the courthouse out of shape<br \/>\nAnd while ev\u2019rybody knelt to pray<br \/>\nThe drifter did escape<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Write an exploratory essay that puts the brief memoir \u201cOff the Shelf\u201d by Patti Smith in conversation with the song \u201cDrifter\u2019s Escape\u201d by Bob Dylan. Here are some exploratory essay guidelines from the Purdue OWL, but feel free to improvise: https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/general_writing\/common_writing_assignments\/exploratory_papers\/organizing_an_exploratory_essay.html#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20an%20exploratory%20essay,how%20it%20might%20be%20solved. Your Materials: \u201cOff the Shelf\u201d by Patti Smith (2011, The New Yorker) SAVE AS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[154],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/36428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/36428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=36428"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=36428"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=36428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}