Monday 16 April review of The Sun Also Rises

I am passing the Prufrock papers on Friday. Good work! Keith, I need you to arrange to make yours up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV22eqGjOCw

If you get a chance, look at the above link, which is a 4 minute silent film of Paris in the 1920's.

Times UP! you were to have read (only read- no writing) Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. You had handouts with background material and a word list of terms.  Especially note the idea of a code hero. All the material was on the blog before the break.

As both stated and written before the break, you will be responding to Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises as part of the Roc Read. This time, however, we have two days in the library lab to write: Tuesday and Wednesday. The question is very easy; however, you will absolutely need to have read the novel. The essays will be due at the end of class on Wednesday. This will allow me time to read and grade your work for a class grade and then pass them on to Ms. Nicastro by Friday morning. They are due downtown in the afternoon.

In class today: discussion questions. You have been assigned groups and a question. You have fifteen minutes within your group to respond carefully to the question. Make sure you have evidence that is rooted in literary language: characters, plot, tone, theme, dialogue, setting and imagery.  We will reconvene as a class and your group is responsible to lead the discussion of your assigned question.  NOTE: so as everyone appreciates that he or she must participate, you will grade each other on Thursday, when realistically we finish up the discussions. I suggest that someone be a note taker. We'll use the same rubric as we have previously.

1. Is this novel a love story? Support your response through characterization and plot. Ty, Arianna,  Erin, Meghan

2. Consider Jake Barnes. Is he a hero, a man with "grace under pressure"? Or is he a pathetic, emasculated man? (you must understand what a code hero is to answer this) Elijah, Landon, Mariah, Sharon

3. What is the meaning of religion in the novel? Keith, Taquan, Brianna, Aaron

4. Some scholars say that this is a topical novel, one about the 1920's and expatriates. Agree or disagree and support Kerri, Ashley, Julie, Amanda

5. Is Hemingway a racist? Are his remarks about Jews and blacks evidence of prejudice? Raphael, Hannah, Joe, Linai

6. Why is so much of the book about bullfighting and the fiesta? Zach, Rosie, Matt, Quinton

7. Hemingway once said, "A writer's job is to tell the truth." What truth is he telling in this story? Kamicah, NahTivah Makikk, Dorothy, Leon