Essay Topics, Reading Schedule
We’ve had some great discussions the past few days. If you are still uncertain about a topic, ask Stacie. She keeps cranking them out then disowning them.
We decided to finish the book by Tuesday, which seems reasonable. Don’t rush if you’re feeling behind. Enjoy the book, read a bit every day, and you’ll be fine.
Here again are the board clips (less jumbled this time):
Sherrie presented her idea for synthesizing Ellison’s short story, MLK’s “Letter…,” the novel, and Montaigne’s quotation on conformity. (Keep us updated!)
The question I put before the class was: Are they happy? If so, why? If not, does it matter? We went through a list of things in our lives that upset us, then crossed out those that are eliminated in the BNW. The next question was why is Bernard unhappy initially, and what is the source of Hemholtz’s discontentedness?
If you come up with an idea, want to offer one to the class, have a question, or a general observation, comment below for the good of all.
August 31, 2008 at 2:21 pm
off topic:
I came across this neat website–
http://musicovery.com/
September 7, 2008 at 12:32 pm
there are SO many quotations in BNW about happiness, it’s amazing,maybe i should have done that topic…