Literature 7-8
"The Raven" is in many ways a showpiece. We have already noted such things as the unusual meter and complex rhyme patterns. It is also a poem that uses alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia to a surprising degree. Answer the questions below. Due no later than noon on Wednesday, April 1.
1. Give the definition of the following words.
a. alliteration
b. assonance
c. onomatopoeia
2. I have written out the first stanza below, and I have marked all the examples I could find of alliteration and assonance. I did not include rhymed and repeated words.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore--
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
" 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--
Only this and nothing more."
You see that I have used boldface for alliteration. Remember that for both alliteration and assonance, it is not the spelling but the sound that counts. So qu and c in the second line have the same sound, even though the spelling is different. For assonance, I have used underlining. In the first line, I wrote
"while I " because the two long "i" sounds assonate with each other. Since there is another, different example of assonance in the same line, I underlined and italicized it: "weak and weary".
Now you do the same thing with the stanza that begins "This I sat engaged in guessing" (l. 73ff.). Take your time and do it right. Reading it aloud will help.
3. Poe also loves onomatopoeia. There are at least two examples in the first stanza above. "Tapping" and "rapping" both echo the sound of someone lightly hitting a door. The repetition of both words, furthermore, echoes the fact that this knocking is done repeatedly. This same onomatopoeia is used in other stanzas as well.
Your turn: Find, write out, and explain all the examples of onomatopoeia that you find in the following stanzas. Be careful and do it right. Reading them aloud will help.
a. 3 ("And the silken")
b. 5 ("Deep into that darkness")
c. 7 ("Open here")
d. 10 ("But the Raven, sitting lonely")
e. 12 ("But the Raven, still beguiling")
f. 13 ("Then, methought")
American Literature
Read chs. 14-15. First, in a paragraph of no fewer than 100 well-chosen words, discuss how Wilson shows that he is a changed man in ch. 14. Give specific examples. Include a short sparkle. Also tell why you think this change has happened. Next, do the same thing for Henry in ch. 15.
due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
British Literature
Long-Term Assignment
Read Part 1 of The Power and the Glory for Monday, April 6. Part 2 will be due after your Easter break; Part 3 TBD. Here are a few introductory remarks to help you get the most out of your reading.
Graham Greene was a well-known 20th-century novelist. He wrote mysteries and spy novels (which he called "entertainments") as well as more serious books. But even his more serious books have had a lot of popular appeal, and many have been made into movies.
As a young adult, Greene turned away from agnosticism to embrace Roman Catholicism. He was sent on a fact-finding mission to Mexico in the 1930's, and that became the real-life background for this novel. At that time, Christianity had been outlawed by the Socialist government of the time. In some parts of Mexico, the persecution was relatively light, but in other states the government was much more aggressive and violent. That Greene saw for himself and heard from the people he talked to. And that is what he reported to the people who sent him.
We can see for ourselves how bad it was in this work of fiction. The viewpoint character is a Roman Catholic priest who is on the run from the state authorities and at the same time trying to minister to the Christians who have not renounced the faith...yet. He is known as a "whiskey priest," an alcoholic. He is, as he is well aware, a very flawed priest and a very flawed person.
He knows he is not much of a moral example, but as an ordained priest, he feels he has an obligation to do what only a priest can do--to hear confessions and grant absolution, to baptize children, and to celebrate the Mass, including (according to Roman Catholic teaching) re-enacting the death of Christ with Christ's body (the bread) and his blood (the wine) in the sacrament. It is a weighty responsibility, and he feels that weight constantly. The novel is the story of this fugitive priest. Seniors will notice many parallels with the novel Silence by Shusaku Endo, sometimes called "the Japanese Graham Greene"!
Here is the procedure we will follow. Read at your own pace, but you must finish Part 1 by Monday. When you finish each chapter, send me an email. Ask questions, give me your impressions (no summaries, please), and include a sparkle with a brief explanation. Pace yourself, and don't do it all at the last minute. I will expect to hear from you regularly, if not every day. (Sunday is the Lord's Day, even when we can't go to church. Please don't do schoolwork. Honor the Lord by keeping his day holy.)
Short-term Assignment Due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
1. Read the biography of William Wordsworth on pp. 605-606. Write 5 things about Wordsworth that are worth knowing.
2. Read aloud or listen here to the sonnet "The world is too much with us" (p. 611). Answer questions 1-10 in the "Reviewing the Selection" section (pp. 612-613).
C.S. Lewis
See post from Friday.
Luke and Acts
Read Acts 11 and answer the following questions. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
1. What was Peter criticized for?
2. Who criticized him?
3. Summarize the story Peter tells in response.
4. According to Peter, what does this story teach?
5. How did the Jerusalem church respond?
6. Give the location of a )Phoenicia, b) Cyprus, and c) Antioch.
7. The focus is on the church in (Syrian) Antioch.
a. What new group is hearing the gospel there?
b. The Jerusalem church sent Barnabas there--yes, that Barnabas!
i. How had he encouraged the church in ch. 4"
ii. How had he helped Saul in ch. 9?
iii. What good things did he see during his visit?
iv. Why did he then go to Tarsus?
c. What prediction did the prophet Agabus make?
d. How did the church in Antioch respond to this prediction?
Poets and Prophets
Read Isaiah 27and answer the following questions. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
1. Leviathan
a. Review what we said about this creature in our discussion of Job 41. Summarize the most important points (50 words).
b. This creature is also mentioned in Ps. 104. What is the context, and what is Leviathan doing?
c. This creature is also mentioned in Ps. 74. What is the context, and what is Leviathan doing?
d. Think about this creature now in the context of Is. 27 and of Isaiah's prophecy so far. Make an educated guess about what it's doing here.
2. vineyard image
a. How was it used in ch. 5?
b. What's different about how it's being used here?
3. threshing image
a. What is threshing?
b. How is it being used figuratively here?
c. Is. 11 uses a different image for a similar event. What is it?
4. trumpet image
a. How is a trumpet being used in the following passages?
i. Numbers 10:1-10 (Note that there are several functions for the silver trumpets).
ii. Joshua 6 (skim)
iii. Judges 7 (skim)
iv. II Chronicles 5 (skim)
v. II Chronicles 7 (skim)
vi. Ps. 98, Ps. 150
vii. I Thessalonians 4:13-18
viii. Revelation 8-9 (skim)
b. How is the image used in Is. 27.
5. What are some ways in which this chapter foreshadows Christ and the Church (50 words)?
Introduction to French
Notice
The next book we will be doing is Presque Mort. We will start next week. Please call Mrs. West at the school to arrange for a time to pick it up before then.
Answer the following review items about Fama 1-12. Write all answers in complete sentences. You may use online dictionaries, if you must, but under no circumstances use online translators. Do your own work; Makeing a few misstakes iz alrite! (But always do your best.) Due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
Tell one way you know that:
1. Fama travaille dur.
2. Elle aime sa famille.
3. Elle aime voyager.
4. Elle apprecie la Mauritanie.
5. Elle apprecie aussi les Etats-Unis.
6. Fama est une bonne amie.
7. Elle est courageuse.
8. Elle n'est pas raciste.
9. Elle est intelligente.
Intermediate French
We are returning to the Easy French Reader. Read 8 &9 and do the questions at the end. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Monday, March 30, 2020
Troll Island Notes 11: Monday, March 30, 2020
Literature 7-8
Answer the following questions on "The Raven." Due no later than noon tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31.
1. Poe mostly uses long lines each with 8 strong beats. Write out the first line of the poem and mark where you find the strong beats.
2. When you read these long lines aloud, you notice that there is a noticeable pause in the middle of the line, usually marked by punctuation. Write out and mark 3 lines from the poem that illustrate this.
3. The last, indented line is shorter than the rest. It has only 4 strong beats. Write one out and mark it.
4. In the first half of the poem, every stanza except one ends with the same words. What words are those?
5. Write out the one line that is an exception to the rule above.
6. In the second half of the poem, every stanza ends with the some word. What is it?
7. What is the emotional effect of ending the stanzas this way?
8. Poe sometimes uses this "split" line to insert an internal rhyme. In fact, he uses it in the first and third line of every stanza. Write out and mark 4 lines from 4 different stanzas that use this internal rhyme.
9. The rhyme pattern for each stanza is very complex. I have written it out for you. A letter in parentheses indicates an internal rhyme; boldface type indicates a rhyme that also repeats a word. A space indicates a line break.
(a)a b (c)c (c)b b b
I have marked out the first stanza for you to see. Read it carefully and pay attention to the symbols for the rhymes.
Once upon a midnight dreary, (a) while I pondered, weak and weary, a
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-- b
While I nodded, nearly napping, (c) suddenly there came a tapping, c
As if someone gently rapping, (c) rapping at my chamber door. b
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered,"tapping at my chamber door-- b
Only this and nothing more." b
This is a very complex rhyme pattern, and Poe uses it in every stanza of this narrative poem. You are beginning to see one reason why this poem is so well known!
Now it's your turn. Write out the second stanza completely, and mark it exactly the way I have done.
American Literature
Note on ch. 11
This chapter is a particularly good example of the psychological interest of the author. We have seen that same interest in many of the authors we have read--Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, and Whitman. They are interested in internal states of mind as much as they are in external events, even more so. Crane fits in well with that emphasis on the psychological. In this chapter, there's not that much that happens in the world around the youth--he is wandering around during or after a battle. He observes, but he doesn't interact much. The real battle is going on in his mind. Notice how often his mind and attitude change in the course of a few short pages.
Assignment
Read 12-13 and answer the following questions. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31.
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1. What are the "dragons" mentioned in the fourth paragraph? What is another vivid image in the same paragraph?
2. Why do you think Crane often uses language like this?
3. Explain the circumstances in which the youth is wounded (50 words).
4. Write out a sparkle that captures the chaos on the field.
5. The youth is joined by "a cheery man." Make an educated guess about why Crane seems to prefer descriptors like this (the youth, the tall soldier, the loud soldier, the spectral soldier, the tattered soldier) to actual names.
6. Who is Jack, and how does he come into the story?
7. Review question from ch. 10: Who is Tom Jamison, and how does he come into the story?
8. How does the youth find his regiment?
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9. What lie does Henry tell to Wilson, the loud soldier?
10. Cpl. Simpson has a look at Henry's wound. What is his assessment?
11. What kind gesture does Wilson make?
12. Re-read the last paragraph. Explain what makes it so emotionally powerful (50 words).
British Literature
See previous post.
C.S.Lewis
See previous post.
Luke and Acts
Read Acts 10:23-48 and answer the following. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31.
1. In vv. 25-26 there is a scene that will remind you of a similar scene in A Wrinkle in Time. Explain (30 words).
2. What "law" is Peter breaking, and why is he breaking it?
3. Cornelius tells his side of the story.
a. Who is Cornelius anyway?
b. When was he praying?
c. What other event took place at the same hour? See Acts 3.
d. Whom did he see?
e. What command did he receive?
4. Peter's response
a. What has Peter learned?
b. He summarized the earthly ministry of Jesus. What does he begin with? What does he end with?
5. What happened as Peter was speaking?
6. This event has taken place before (Acts 2 and 8). What is different this time?
7. How does the chapter end?
Poets and Prophets
Read Is. 25 and answer the following in complete sentences. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31.
1. Explain why rubble is a cause for praise.
2. Write out II Cor. 10:4-5, a NT parallel.
3. Connect the first part of v. 4 to Ps. 46.
4. Connect it also, in a general way, to the book of Job.
5. Connect the second part of v. 4 to Ps. 121.
6. What does this verse say to Christians in a time of pandemic?
7. Explain why a song being silenced is a good thing.
8. The mountain language in v. 6ff. is familiar from Is. 2 and many other places.
a. What will the Lord prepare?
b. How does this relate to Rev. 19:1?
c. What will he destroy?
d. How does this relate to Rev. 20:10?
e. What will the Lord remove?
f. How does this relate to Rev. 21:4?
g. What confession will believers make on that day?
h. Quote a similar verse from Ps. 98.
i. Why is manure mentioned?
j. A similar image is used in Jeremiah 8:2. Of whom is it used?
k. A related image is that of a swimmer. Explain how it is used in Isaiah 25.
l. List 3 psalms that we have studied that refer to the mountain of the Lord in some way, and tell what they say.
m. In an OT context, what is this mountain?
n. Briefly explain the significance of this same image for a NT Christian.
9. In a general way, how does this chapter relate to Is. 2?
10. Briefly explain in what way this chapter is an inclusio.
French Classes: See previous posts.
Answer the following questions on "The Raven." Due no later than noon tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31.
1. Poe mostly uses long lines each with 8 strong beats. Write out the first line of the poem and mark where you find the strong beats.
2. When you read these long lines aloud, you notice that there is a noticeable pause in the middle of the line, usually marked by punctuation. Write out and mark 3 lines from the poem that illustrate this.
3. The last, indented line is shorter than the rest. It has only 4 strong beats. Write one out and mark it.
4. In the first half of the poem, every stanza except one ends with the same words. What words are those?
5. Write out the one line that is an exception to the rule above.
6. In the second half of the poem, every stanza ends with the some word. What is it?
7. What is the emotional effect of ending the stanzas this way?
8. Poe sometimes uses this "split" line to insert an internal rhyme. In fact, he uses it in the first and third line of every stanza. Write out and mark 4 lines from 4 different stanzas that use this internal rhyme.
9. The rhyme pattern for each stanza is very complex. I have written it out for you. A letter in parentheses indicates an internal rhyme; boldface type indicates a rhyme that also repeats a word. A space indicates a line break.
(a)a b (c)c (c)b b b
I have marked out the first stanza for you to see. Read it carefully and pay attention to the symbols for the rhymes.
Once upon a midnight dreary, (a) while I pondered, weak and weary, a
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-- b
While I nodded, nearly napping, (c) suddenly there came a tapping, c
As if someone gently rapping, (c) rapping at my chamber door. b
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered,"tapping at my chamber door-- b
Only this and nothing more." b
This is a very complex rhyme pattern, and Poe uses it in every stanza of this narrative poem. You are beginning to see one reason why this poem is so well known!
Now it's your turn. Write out the second stanza completely, and mark it exactly the way I have done.
American Literature
Note on ch. 11
This chapter is a particularly good example of the psychological interest of the author. We have seen that same interest in many of the authors we have read--Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, and Whitman. They are interested in internal states of mind as much as they are in external events, even more so. Crane fits in well with that emphasis on the psychological. In this chapter, there's not that much that happens in the world around the youth--he is wandering around during or after a battle. He observes, but he doesn't interact much. The real battle is going on in his mind. Notice how often his mind and attitude change in the course of a few short pages.
Assignment
Read 12-13 and answer the following questions. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31.
12
1. What are the "dragons" mentioned in the fourth paragraph? What is another vivid image in the same paragraph?
2. Why do you think Crane often uses language like this?
3. Explain the circumstances in which the youth is wounded (50 words).
4. Write out a sparkle that captures the chaos on the field.
5. The youth is joined by "a cheery man." Make an educated guess about why Crane seems to prefer descriptors like this (the youth, the tall soldier, the loud soldier, the spectral soldier, the tattered soldier) to actual names.
6. Who is Jack, and how does he come into the story?
7. Review question from ch. 10: Who is Tom Jamison, and how does he come into the story?
8. How does the youth find his regiment?
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9. What lie does Henry tell to Wilson, the loud soldier?
10. Cpl. Simpson has a look at Henry's wound. What is his assessment?
11. What kind gesture does Wilson make?
12. Re-read the last paragraph. Explain what makes it so emotionally powerful (50 words).
British Literature
See previous post.
C.S.Lewis
See previous post.
Luke and Acts
Read Acts 10:23-48 and answer the following. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31.
1. In vv. 25-26 there is a scene that will remind you of a similar scene in A Wrinkle in Time. Explain (30 words).
2. What "law" is Peter breaking, and why is he breaking it?
3. Cornelius tells his side of the story.
a. Who is Cornelius anyway?
b. When was he praying?
c. What other event took place at the same hour? See Acts 3.
d. Whom did he see?
e. What command did he receive?
4. Peter's response
a. What has Peter learned?
b. He summarized the earthly ministry of Jesus. What does he begin with? What does he end with?
5. What happened as Peter was speaking?
6. This event has taken place before (Acts 2 and 8). What is different this time?
7. How does the chapter end?
Poets and Prophets
Read Is. 25 and answer the following in complete sentences. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31.
1. Explain why rubble is a cause for praise.
2. Write out II Cor. 10:4-5, a NT parallel.
3. Connect the first part of v. 4 to Ps. 46.
4. Connect it also, in a general way, to the book of Job.
5. Connect the second part of v. 4 to Ps. 121.
6. What does this verse say to Christians in a time of pandemic?
7. Explain why a song being silenced is a good thing.
8. The mountain language in v. 6ff. is familiar from Is. 2 and many other places.
a. What will the Lord prepare?
b. How does this relate to Rev. 19:1?
c. What will he destroy?
d. How does this relate to Rev. 20:10?
e. What will the Lord remove?
f. How does this relate to Rev. 21:4?
g. What confession will believers make on that day?
h. Quote a similar verse from Ps. 98.
i. Why is manure mentioned?
j. A similar image is used in Jeremiah 8:2. Of whom is it used?
k. A related image is that of a swimmer. Explain how it is used in Isaiah 25.
l. List 3 psalms that we have studied that refer to the mountain of the Lord in some way, and tell what they say.
m. In an OT context, what is this mountain?
n. Briefly explain the significance of this same image for a NT Christian.
9. In a general way, how does this chapter relate to Is. 2?
10. Briefly explain in what way this chapter is an inclusio.
French Classes: See previous posts.
Friday, March 27, 2020
Troll Island Notes 10: Friday, March 27, 2020
Some encouragement from God's Word: Psalm 121
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
he who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
8 The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore.
Literature 7-8
Poe has a massive vocabulary, and he's not ashamed to show it. Your editors have helpfully identified many of the difficult words in the margins, but there are a number of challenging ones left. Pease write out and define terms. All or most of them may be found in the glossary in the back of your textbook. Due no later than noon on Monday, March 30.
1. to ponder (1)
2. quaint (2)
3. bleak (6)
4.to entreat (16)
5. to implore (20)
6. lattice (33)
7. stately (38)
8. yore (38)
9. to beguile (43)
10. decorum (44)
12. ungainly (49)
13. discourse (49)
14. placid (55)
15. apt (61)
16. dirge (65)
18. to gloat (76)
19. undaunted (87)
20. laden (93)
21. plume (99)
American Literature
Read chs. 10-11. Write and answer 10 how/why questions taken from these chapters. Due no later than noon on Monday.
British Literature
Notes on religion in 1984
1. Party members, including Winston, are atheists. Proles have no interest in religion, though not forbidden.
2. A perverted sort of religion exists, however--Bigbrotherism. You have already written about it in some detail.
3. There is a god--Power, as O'Brien says, and he should know. The party, Ingsoc, embodies power, and Big Brother is its public face. Therefore in daily life Big Brother is god.
4. In addition to some of the features already noted in your homework, note these:
a. People give their "testimonies" to the wisdom and good ness of BB all the time.
b. Various sacrifices are demanded in this perverted religion: people sacrifice their time and money for "voluntary" causes; foreign prisoners are publicly hanged with a great deal of festivity; everybody regularly sacrifices much (time, energy, freedom, individuality, etc.) in the service of BB. Indeed, the party members are virtually monks and nuns who have taken vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience!
c. The Thought Police are a parody of elders and church leaders who are to keep watch over the congregation lest anyone be "found wanting in doctrine or in life."
d. The four pyramidal ministry buildings that dominate the London skyline are like cathedrals.
e. One or two students pointed out how Winston's time in the Ministry of Love resembles the Roman rite of confession. Winston is the penitent sinner. He makes his confessions to "Father" O'Brien, who assigns him penance and finally pronounces "absolution" in letting him leave.
f. There are no martyrs, as O'Brien says, only converts.
5. Is there a holy book? Only if you're a heretic, and then it's Goldstein's book. If you are orthodox, the Newspeak dictionary comes closest, but even that is not a good fit. History is always changing; Winston and many others are employed in changing it. Therefore, the truth is whatever Big Brother says it is, and you use doublethink and crimestop to keep yourself on the straight and narrow.
Essay Assignment
Use this as a working theme: "Be careful about those to whom you entrust power, because the abuse of that power can make a hell on earth." Do your best to defend this. AP students should have 3 paragraphs, excluding the introduction and conclusion; the rest should have 2 paragraphs excluding the introduction and conclusion. The main paragraphs should be no fewer than 150 words each. Be careful, be organized, be clear, be accurate, and be specific. Due no later than noon on Tuesday, March 31.
Announcement about the next novel
It will be The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. There are copies available at the school for you to pick up from Mrs. West. Call ahead to schedule an appointment for the pickup (412.787.5919). Reading assignments will begin in the middle of next week.
C.S.Lewis
Ransom is the most sympathetic human character in the novel. As such, though he is imperfect, he in many ways embodies the best of the culture of his time. (Think of characters like Guy Montag, Beowulf, Sir Gawain, and Hester Prynne). Choose 3 important characteristics of Ransom that you believe make him a moral model for others to follow. Develop each into a paragraph of no fewer than 150 words by giving specific examples of his exhibiting those qualities. Be careful, be organized, be clear, be accurate, and be specific. Due no later than noon on Wednesday, April 1.
Luke and Acts
Acts 10 continues to follow Peter in his travels. Read vv. 1-23. Write and answer 10 how/why questions based on those verses. Due no later than noon on Monday, March 30.
British Literature
Notes on religion in 1984
1. Party members, including Winston, are atheists. Proles have no interest in religion, though not forbidden.
2. A perverted sort of religion exists, however--Bigbrotherism. You have already written about it in some detail.
3. There is a god--Power, as O'Brien says, and he should know. The party, Ingsoc, embodies power, and Big Brother is its public face. Therefore in daily life Big Brother is god.
4. In addition to some of the features already noted in your homework, note these:
a. People give their "testimonies" to the wisdom and good ness of BB all the time.
b. Various sacrifices are demanded in this perverted religion: people sacrifice their time and money for "voluntary" causes; foreign prisoners are publicly hanged with a great deal of festivity; everybody regularly sacrifices much (time, energy, freedom, individuality, etc.) in the service of BB. Indeed, the party members are virtually monks and nuns who have taken vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience!
c. The Thought Police are a parody of elders and church leaders who are to keep watch over the congregation lest anyone be "found wanting in doctrine or in life."
d. The four pyramidal ministry buildings that dominate the London skyline are like cathedrals.
e. One or two students pointed out how Winston's time in the Ministry of Love resembles the Roman rite of confession. Winston is the penitent sinner. He makes his confessions to "Father" O'Brien, who assigns him penance and finally pronounces "absolution" in letting him leave.
f. There are no martyrs, as O'Brien says, only converts.
5. Is there a holy book? Only if you're a heretic, and then it's Goldstein's book. If you are orthodox, the Newspeak dictionary comes closest, but even that is not a good fit. History is always changing; Winston and many others are employed in changing it. Therefore, the truth is whatever Big Brother says it is, and you use doublethink and crimestop to keep yourself on the straight and narrow.
Essay Assignment
Use this as a working theme: "Be careful about those to whom you entrust power, because the abuse of that power can make a hell on earth." Do your best to defend this. AP students should have 3 paragraphs, excluding the introduction and conclusion; the rest should have 2 paragraphs excluding the introduction and conclusion. The main paragraphs should be no fewer than 150 words each. Be careful, be organized, be clear, be accurate, and be specific. Due no later than noon on Tuesday, March 31.
Announcement about the next novel
It will be The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. There are copies available at the school for you to pick up from Mrs. West. Call ahead to schedule an appointment for the pickup (412.787.5919). Reading assignments will begin in the middle of next week.
C.S.Lewis
Ransom is the most sympathetic human character in the novel. As such, though he is imperfect, he in many ways embodies the best of the culture of his time. (Think of characters like Guy Montag, Beowulf, Sir Gawain, and Hester Prynne). Choose 3 important characteristics of Ransom that you believe make him a moral model for others to follow. Develop each into a paragraph of no fewer than 150 words by giving specific examples of his exhibiting those qualities. Be careful, be organized, be clear, be accurate, and be specific. Due no later than noon on Wednesday, April 1.
Luke and Acts
Acts 10 continues to follow Peter in his travels. Read vv. 1-23. Write and answer 10 how/why questions based on those verses. Due no later than noon on Monday, March 30.
Poets and Prophets
After more prophecies about foreign nations (chs. 20-21), Isaiah prophesies about Jerusalem in ch. 22. This placement in the midst of the nations may suggest that Jerusalem, sadly, is not all that different from them in their sin. Ch. 23 turns to Tyre, the wealthy Phoenician city to the north. The people were renowned sailors and merchantmen, the source of their great wealth. Phoenicia is known to Bible students for two important "exports"--Jezebel, the wicked queen of Israel during the time of Elijah, and the cedar trees used in constructing Solomon's temple. Isaiah's prophecy here focuses on the destruction of their sea power. this section of Isaiah arguably concludes with ch.24, a chapter about worldwide destruction, not just individual cities and nations. Read this chapter carefully with an eye to how it relates not only to this section of Isaiah, but to the broader context of the Bible. Write down 10 specific ways in which language and images used in this chapter tie to other parts of God's Word. Begin with what you can come up with on your own; then use secondary resources if you need to. Due no later than noon on Monday, March 30.
Introduction to French
Finish the book for Tuesday.
Intermediate French
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Intermediate French
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