parents, can you please help me?

Parent Cafe
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<p>for my summer reading we have to read</p>

<p>The Sound and the Fury-Faulkner
Innocents Abroad-Twain
and pick one of a group of four, of which i chose
Dave Barry Slept Here-Barry</p>

<p>so,</p>

<p>we have all these required things to do with them, and the first one on the list(to do for the sound and the fury and the one of our choice) says…</p>

<p>Biography-1. Provide one concise paragraph on biographical detail, omitting specific birth or death dates.</p>

<p>WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???
are we supposed to do a biography of the authors?
or something else?</p>

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<p>Yep, I believe that you’re being asked to provide a biography for each author.</p>

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<p>Though I suppose it’s conceivable that you are supposed to proved a biography of one of the characters.</p>

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<p>Well, with the omission of “birth or death dates,” I’m thinking authors…</p>

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<p>I would say that you are being asked for a short bio on each author: I suppose you are expected to write more about the author’s style, techniques (stream of consciousness etc.) , what influenced his writing, than a simple where he was born, lived, schooled etc.</p>

<p>But perhaps not…</p>

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<p>But why ask them to omit birth and death dates? If it’s a character it’s because they aren’t available even though it’s a standard part of a biography. Any way you can get in touch with the teacher to ask?</p>

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<p>yea it’s definitely author bios. and the specification about birth and death dates is exactly how chocoholic explained: go beyond the superficial.</p>

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<p>we’ve been out of school for 11 days now.
all contact with the teacher is pretty much shot.</p>

<p>i guess i’m going to have to skip that part until i’ve finished the book anyway, but i think i’m assuming it’s the authors.</p>

<p>it’s just not very clear, so it didn’t hurt to ask</p>

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<p>I think the instructions are simply trying to tell you that precise birth and death dates aren’t very important if you are writing a one-paragraph biography. It’s important to know roughly when Faulkner, Clemens, and Barry were (are) writing, but irrelevant to know what their birthdays are.</p>

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<p>It wouldn’t hurt to call your school office (it’s almost certainly open all summer) and ask whether there is someone whom you can call or e-mail to clarify the instructions on the summer work. It’s possible that some of the faculty, especially the department chairs, may be working during the summer.</p>