American Gods

An Observational Reflection
Upon completing your statement/composition on American Gods, I ask you to reflect on both your work and the novel.
The aim is to produce a few thoughts for you to carry forward into our continued course work, all the way to the end. For
this companion task with the statement, provide a short response (couple or three sentences, for example).
1. What is the value of this novel: In this regard, why is it important to expose readers to situations which may make
readers uncomfortable?

2. What is the value of this novel: In this instance, why expose readers to characters which are not perfect, or for a
different track all-together, what do you consider the danger of moral relativism?

3. What is the value of this novel: In this regard, what do you consider, if any, the noteworthiness of ideas you found new
or original, if not even innovative?

4. If you could tell the writer your opinion of the text, what would you state? Please be elaborative, not merely its spiffy
kind of responses!

5. What do you feel you have learned this novel, from the in-class prompts, and from this reflection?

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The Lovely Bones Mini-Project Rubric ~
Prompts
Minor One
Minor Two
Major One

15
15
20

One
Two
Three

05
05
05

Reading Checks

Reflection
Total

Notes:

35
100 pts