Siddhartha Midterm Review

• To begin I need you post a comment with your G-mail account only- this way it is a more safe and secure way of knowing who is participating in the discussion.
• I will begin by releasing one test question and allowing for open discussion
• Once I feel that enough responses were collected I will give the proper answer and release another question.
• I will continue to do this until all the questions are released or until only 8 people are left on the discussion. 
• I will release 1-3 questions at a time.  Please reply to the questions in the reply section to the specific question you are responding to as not to confuse anyone (IANA!)

1984 Test Review

• I will begin the review chat on September 30th at 8:00 PM
• To begin I need you post a comment with your G-mail account only- this way it is a more safe and secure way of knowing who is participating in the discussion.
• I will begin by releasing one test question and allowing for open discussion
• Once I feel that enough responses were collected I will give the proper answer and release another question.
• I will continue to do this until all the questions are released or until only 8 people are left on the discussion. 
• I will release 1-3 questions at a time.  Please reply to the questions in the reply section to the specific question you are responding to as not to confuse anyone (IANA!)

Catcher in the Rye Test Review

I will release test question throughout the review.  As long as at least 10 of you are participating actively in the review I will continue to release questions.

"The Guest" Discussion

Answer the following in at least two well developed paragraphs and then respond to at least 2 of your classmates in at least one well developed paragraph.

The narrator identifies the gendarme as Balducci and the schoolmaster as Daru but refers to the prisoner only as an Arab. Is the narrator suggesting that foreign control of a country robs the natives of their identity? 

Lord of the Flies Discussion 2

Answer the following in at least 2 well developed paragraphs then respond to at least 2 of your peers in at least one well developed paragraph:

How do the following items function as symbols in this novel: Piggy’s glasses, the conch shell, the fire, the pig’s head?  Think of them and how they reoccur throughout the novel (or don't); what is the significance of the symbols reoccurring or only appearing once?

Lord of the Flies Discussion Chapters 5-6

Answer the following in two well developed paragraphs then respond to at least 2 of your classmates in a well developed paragraph:

•     How is fear used in the novel?
•       Why did Golding write the book with the main characters as children?
•       Are people innately savage, civil, both, or neither?

Scarlet Letter Discussion 3

Answer the following in at least 2 well developed paragraphs; using textual evidence to provide support for you claims:

The final scaffold scene brings the various themes, characters, and plot lines woven throughout the novel to a powerful conclusion. Describe your response to this scene, and to the disputed event that occurs near its end.

Respond to at least 2 of your classmates in at least 1 paragraph about their response.

The Scarlet Letter Discussion Chapters 6-15

Answer the following in at least 2 well developed paragraphs that include textual evidence to support your argument(s):

At this point in the novel you have seem many symbols.  Identify at least two of those symbols, explain the symbol, determine how and why these symbols are integral parts of the novel, and explain the purpose of the symbol in its use.

Respond to two of your classmates in a well developed paragraph. Due 1/29 at midnight (30 Points)

Scarlet Letter CH-chapter 5

In TWO well developed essays, suing textual evidence, answer the following:

During their interview, what is Chillingworth’s attitude toward Hester and her act of
infidelity?  Why is this important to the theme of the novel?  How does this set the tone, setting, mood, and any other elements for the story?

Why is it that the woman is persecuted and not the man?  Think not just about the current circumstances in the novel, but also about the time period.  Do we still do anything similar to this to woman today?

Respond to two of your classmates in at least one well developed paragraph.