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Monday, March 9, 2015

"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? 

Monday, March 2, 2015

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?