Dear class,

Thanks for your work today.  Next week we have no class (hurrah!), so we’ll reconvene on October 17th. For that date, you should prepare the following:

-Finish reading and annotating “The Dead” (45 mins-1 hr)

-Pick one snapshot from Joyce’s story and one from Mukherjee’s story that you think deserve close comparison.  Perhaps they feature a common setting, or a similar relationship dynamic between characters, or a similar symbolic act/object.  Come prepared to discuss why those snapshots might merit comparison. (15 mins)

-Blog (if you’re in Group 3) or comment (if you’re not). (20-30 mins)

-Review class notes (remainder of prep time)

-Bring your in-class writing exercise AND the Mukherjee story to class, as we will do some work with both

Blog group 3 is slated to post by 5 pm on Sunday, 10/16.  Group 3: as usual, you have a choice of Clue, Connect, or Create posts, with the expectation that you should do a different category than you did in the first round of blogging.  Using notes from class + our own guiding questions, write a post that does any of the following:

-focuses on one “snapshot” from pp.70-85 of “The Dead,” explaining how it offers a clue to addressing any of our guiding questions (remember, these aren’t just questions about information but questions seeking interpretation!)

–Compares/connects any “snapshot” from pp. 70-85 of “The Dead” to any snapshot from our American Literature selections (NOT Mukherjee).  Try to make one claim about why these snapshots deserve close comparison.

–Create a paragraph-long monologue from the perspective of one minor character from “The Dead.”  In a second paragraph, briefly explain how your monologue offers insight into that character, based on your reading of pp.70-85 of “The Dead.”

As usual, commenters should take care to post by the beginning of class Monday.

Have a great holiday!

best,

Professor Kwong