These resources might help you with the material in the first eight chapters of Billy Budd.
Nautical References, http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/bb/bb_naut.html.
Allusions, http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/bb/bb_hibimy.html.
Spithead and Nore Mutinies, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spithead_and_Nore_mutinies.
Horatio Nelson, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson.
Eighteenth-Century Sailing Vessels
The Physics of Sailing
For Monday, Sept 26, read Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor, chapters 1-8. We are reducing the number of chapters at this stage of the semester to keep everyone caught up with the material. It is necessary for each student to allocate the time needed to complete the assigned readings. Knowing what happens in a given story is a very tiny part of the experience and knowledge gained through the experience of reading–an experience that strengthens your abilities to read and understand more quickly and efficiently.
Refer to the following articles for background information on Melville and his novel that we are reading.
Literary Elements, http://accounts.smccd.edu/erpelol/Courses/spring06/lit265aa/worksheets/literary_elements.pdf.
Rhetorical Appeals, https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/588/04/.
Aristotle’s Rhetorical Situation, https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/625/03/.
Your Logical Fallacy Is, https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com.
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