Lit 12 Christmas Books

Twisted - Laurie Halse Anderson
As a Man Grows Older - Italo Svevo
Stressed, Unstressed - Classic Poems to Ease the Mind - Jonathan Bate, Paula Byrne, Sophie Ratcliffe, Andrew Schuman
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstem
The Fionavar Tapestry - Guy Gavriel Kay
Colourless Tsukuru Tazuki and his Years of Pilgrimage - Haruki Murakami
Orphan X - Gregg Hurwitz
Dragons of a Fallen Sun - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
First to Die - James Patterson
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil DeGrasse Tyson
The Prince of Mist - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Silverwing - Kenneth Oppel
Konosuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World - Natsume Akatruki
How to Keep Dinosaurs - Richard Dawkins

Eng. 9 - Dec. 20

Complete V questions

PROJECT DUE: Wed. Jan. 10
AMSND TEST: Thurs. Jan. 11

Lit 12 - Dec. 20 Advice for Quote Test

Structure
- what do you know about it?
intro - feeds the rising action
- provides motivation
- sets up the action for the rest of the play
- gives us back story
-read over your package

Character
- all adjectives come to play
- speech style
- motivation
- interaction with others

Theme
- human nature is revealed!

Use quotes from the excerpt to prove your point
Strong introductory sentence/ strong conclusion


Example of a response to structure:

1. Explain how the following action contributes to the dramatic structure of the play:

Queen: One woe doth tread upon another’s heel,
So fast they follow: your sister’s drown’d, Laertes.
(IV vii 162-163)

Student Analysis: This quote, which occurs after Laertes has returned from France in the last scene of Act IV, contributes to the dramatic structure of the play. Laertes, on his return, learns of his father's murder. Now, the Queen tells him of Ophelia's death. As indicated, Laertes faces grief for his sister and father and anger for their deaths. Here Laertes is established as Hamlet's nemesis, he has a justification for the revenge. This quote sets up the plot for the conclusion, which follows in the next act. Laertes' grief can be compared to Hamlet's at the start of the play when he was encouraged by an instrument of the devil to avenge his father's death. With Claudius' encouragement, Laertes is firmly set up as Hamlet's nemesis, illustrating the important role he will have in the conclusion of the play.

Matthew Squire

Eng. 10 - Dec. 20

Complete all of V questions for Thurs. 21

R and J Essay due: Wed. Jan. 10
R and J Test: Thurs. Jan. 11


Essay: Following the five paragraph essay structure, make sure you have a strong thesis statement, a conclusion and quotes for support, write on one of the following topics:

1. Discuss how "the course of true love never does run smooth" in Rome and Juliet.
2. Genuine love versus mere attraction - discuss.
3. How does Shakespeare's language have an impact on his audiences?
4. How does setting affect this story? What would be different today?
5. How does Romeo and Juliet relate to our society today?
6. Argue who is responsible for Romeo and Juliet's deaths: Friar Laurence, the Nurse, Mercutio, Benvolio, Tybalt, the parents, Romeo, or Juliet. You may argue one character or any combination.


TEST: Literary Devices, character questions, plot questions, quote identification, paragraphs.
To study: go over questions, device sheet and test each other with important quotes

Eng. 9 - Dec. 20

Complete all of IV questions for Wed. Dec. 20

Eng. 10 - Dec. 19

Complete all of IV questions for Wed. Dec. 20

Lit 12 - Dec. 18 - Don't forget your Christmas books

Appearance vs Reality
-Ghost - everyone sees him in I, but only Hamlet sees him in III iv
-Is the ghost really Old Hamlet
-Key plot point
-ghost doesn't tell Hamlet anything new - he already knows he's supposed to leave his mother alone
- In Act One - ghost moves the plot along - tells him new stuff
- Ghost wearing house clothes in III iv, in I he's wearing battle gear
- Clothing change could represent different intention (kill the king vs don't kill your mother)
- [conscience?]
- [devil - tempts Hamlet: "the devil has power to assume a pleasing shape" (II ii 604)
- Deception - people put on "different faces" [look at III i when Hamlet chastises Ophelia for "painting her face"]
- When Ham and Laertes are dying - say the truth (no false pretenses any more)
- Is Gertrude for herself or her son? - she wants power for herself - most reasonable explanation for betraying her son
- One of the smartest characters - never has to publically say who she's on side with - switches from son to husband - plays the game
- Hamlet's "madness" - is it all a play? - he puts on a play -seems okay in the final scene - "puts on a face"
- II ii - we see Hamlet is very interested in plays - not beyond him to be able to act (supported when he talks about acting
- R & G Are Dead = asking the right questions
- "to seem" (I ii 75- Gertrude asks "why do you seem so particular?) Ham answers "I know not seem"
- [what does this topic reveal about our experience - how does it intersect?]
- Who is this person? [there's no truth; only perception]
- ["There's nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so" (II ii 253)]
- [what about Ophelia's closet?]
- Emotional and theatrical
- Acting helps Hamlet cope
- Relationship with Ophelia - changes - "get thee to a nunnery!" - but truly reacts when she's dead - true emotions - was she "acting"
- She kills herself because she has nothing life - her father's gone, her boyfriend's crazy, she lost her virginity and her crazy ex kills her father
- Relationship is an excuse for his madness
- Polonius promotes the idea of Hamlet's madness being caused by Ophelia
- Polonius is hiding when Hamlet is yelling at Ophelia in III i - this helps Ham's cause for everyone thinking he's crazy
- Does he know it's Polonius behind the curtain.

Loyalty, Honour and Revenge
- Different representations with characters
- For Hamlet - honours his religion over achieving his ultimate goals - III iii - Claudius is praying - can't kill him because he needs him to suffer - "full of bread" like his father
- Honouring his father
- Wants his mother to be by his side - thinks his mother should be "honourable" (but married his uncle - "frailty thy name is woman"
- Everyone in this society seems not honourable - except Horatio [what about lying about R & G's death?]
- Horatio sticks by Hamlet's side - supporting his friend
- [what about FORTINBRAS?]
- Doing nothing - hard for good, honourable people to be in power - have to betray people and do controversial actions
- Fortinbras raises an army and gains support [also Laertes]
- How much do people honour our families today
- Not so much in Canadian society - more with the individual
- Laertes almost takes down the king after raising his own army
- Fortinbras wins Denmark in the end [what is Shakespeare telling us about action?]
- Hamlet has "scheme-y plans to avenge his father's death"
- Ophelia's "honour"/virginity is very important - her rejection of Hamlet greatly affects him and ends up killing her
- Tells us about that society - women's virginity is ultimately supremely important for women [seen still in other countries]
- Does Hamlet reclaim his honour by killing Claudius in the final scene (that royal family is gone - rotten-ness is gone now)
- Claudius kills his own brother - motivation is SELF INTEREST [a great sub-topic]
- Hamlet [doesn't actually want to kill Claudius - but thinks he has to - Claudius' reign has been discussed - example - Laertes was easily able to get some people against him - it's also reported that he carouses a lot]
- King is immediately next to God - Claudius kills the person next to God - people in power believe it? [all symbolism supports the chain of being - in plants, animals, etc. - part of their belief system - believe in ghosts and witches]
- The way Claudius kills Old Hamlet - does it in a dishonourable way - while Old Hamlet is sleeping in his own orchard
- "words without thoughts never to Heaven go." (III iii) - trying to repent - but doesn't want to - acknowledging his lack-lustre honour
- Doesn't have the self-power to give it up
- Loyalty - Gertrude - is she justified in her betrayal of Hamlet ("but not by him" V i) - tries to live a comfortable life - selfish - not honourable
- [what is honour?]
- How is she able to marry her husband's brother - which was seen as incest in that society - why isn't it a bigger deal? Maybe king and queen can do what they want "something is rotten"

Action vs Inaction
- How do Hamlet's actions or inactions affect others?
- When he doesn't kill Claudius - this is inaction (after that Polonius is killed)
- Hamlet says "no" on its own line
- The play would have ended at that point
- A lot of the play consists of Hamlet doing things and then not doing them
- Gertrude toasting Hamlet at the end - engaging in a sword fight - wants to praise her son for being active (she does mention that Hamlet has gone to fat) - she ignores Claudius' warning
- Inactions - no death
- Actions - the wrong people die
- What's better? Acting or not acting?
- Putting on the play is acting (meta)/ action
- Hamlet vs Fortinbras - two different types of acting - Fortinbras - big actions - easier to see and quantify
- Hamlet's downfall? Inaction
- "time is out of joint," "what an ass am I" - look at soliloquies - he is regretting his lack of actions over and over
- Hamlet is a procrastinator - says "Denmark's a prison" (II ii) again doesn't do anything about it [seems like a disgruntled teenager]
- "revenge his foul and unnnatural murder" - ghost dad (I v) - this is what spurs Hamlet on
- Hamlet is bad at decision making - example - why would he kill who he thinks is Claudius in front of his mother - he kills Polonius with no real fore thought - doesn't ensure that it's him
- Polonius "Give your thoughts no tongue" - opposite of what he actually does
- Emphasizes Hamlet's inner conflict [reminds us of the barber in "Just Lather"]
- Has trouble moving forward
- "conscience doth make cowards of us all" (III i )
- If Claudius hadn't killed Old Hamlet - could have ruled Norway? - maybe inaction can be a good move [do nothing principle]
- Is Hamlet a coward?
- Being sneaky and trying to trick people - cowardly methods
- Do we want a rash leader?
- Look at Macbeth
- Hamlet acts rashly when he kills Polonius - which also leads to Ophelia's death
- The play is the only thing he thinks through "put on an antic disposition"
- [Fortinbras fights and loses probably 2000 men for "a piece of straw" in Poland - just to show he's a leader]
- Hamlet tries to do everything on his own - Fortinbras "sharkes up a list of lawless resolutes" (I I 98)
- Hamlet does actually accomplish his goal as a single man
- Fortinbras tries to reclaim land
- Hamlet just revenge - the play is his shining moment - adrenaline at its peak
- Laertes to kill Claudius with an army
- Revenge plans tells us about different types of people in our society
- Hamlet - impatient when he decides to act
- Is there a time limit?
- When Hamlet doesn't take his time = bad things happen
- Hamlet's sadness turns to anger - selfish anger - "I don't have her anymore" - possessive

Eng. 11 - Dec. 15

IV i, ii, iii & V i, ii, iii questions for Monday

We will finish V on Monday! But...we won't be able to discuss ALL of the questions*** Therefore, your homework is even more important! BIG TEST ON THURSDAY - SCENES ON TUESDAY!

Eng. 9 - Dec. 15

Complete III for Monday

PROJECT DUE: either Fri, Dec. 22 or Wed. Jan. 10

Eng. 10 - Dec. 15

Have III for Monday, Dec. 18

Brainstorm essay ideas

Lit 12 - Dec. 15

Don't forget - fishbowl is on MONDAY - make sure you have your present for Friday!

M. 18 - fishbowl
T. 19 - movie
W. 20 - In-class essay
T. 21 - Quote Test
F. 22 - Merry Xmas

Eng. 11 - Dec. 14

Studying for the Mactest:

10 character questions
5 marks literary and stylistic techniques
15 marks - short plot questions
25 identify quotes - give circumstance,speaker and signnificance
15 marks paragraph answer


Go over questions - quiz a friend
Find important quotes - think about the significance - quiz a friend
Go over DRAMATIC DEVICE sheet as well as POETIC DEVICES

Eng. 9 - Dec. 14

Finish Vocab Sheet


AMSND PROJECT: Friday, Dec. 22

III questions: Monday, Dec. 18

Eng. 11 - Dec. 13

Questions for all of III

SCENES (Tuesday,Dec. 19)

- Costumes
- Voice projection
- Eye contact
- Memorization
- Props
- Preparation
- Understand of character
- Feeling/emotions
- Understanding of words
- Interactions with other characters
- Interpretation of lines
- blocking

Eng. 11 - Dec. 12

Complete III iii for Wed.

SCENES: Tues. 19
Movie: Wed. 20
Test: Thurs. 21

Movie: Mon. 8
Fishbowl: Tues. 9
In-Class Essay: Wed. 10

Eng. 10 - Dec. 12

Complete questions for II i, ii, iii

Literary devices for II ii 2-24 or II ii 83-107

Eng. 9 - Dec. 11

Complete all of II questions (scenes i and ii)

Eng. 11 - Dec. 8

Complete all of II questions for Monday

Eng. 10 - Dec. 7

Complete all I for Friday.

Eng. 9 - Dec. 7

Complete questions for I on green sheet

Lit 12 - Dec. 6

Have all of Act IV for Thursday
all of V for Friday

Soliloquies: Tues. Dec. 12:

• Read the soliloquy dramatically
• Provide visuals (any kind)
• Paraphrase in everyday language
• Point out any dramatic or literary devices
• Tell why it is important to the dramatic structure
• Tell what it shows about Hamlet's motivations, character and mood
• Show how it contributes to one or more themes
• Point out any motifs that have been running through the play

v You may have more than one interpretation (this is encouraged)
v Do NOT seek interpretations from the internet - and make sure you say MUCH more than the text's analysis (in fact, you may even disagree!)


20 marks

SCENES (Groups ready for Thursday)

Pick your favourite scene (or part of a scene) to act out to the best of your ability. Make sure it is 100 - 200 lines. You many put any slant on your interpretation.


High marks will be given for:

• Interpretation
• Effort
• Costumes
• Memorization
• Thought
• Preparation
• Audience enjoyment


YOUR PEERS WILL BE MARKING YOU AS WELL 20 marks

Eng. 10 - Dec. 6

Complete I i, ii questions

Go over lines

Eng. 11 - Dec. 5

Complete questions for I i, ii, iii

Lit 12 - Dec. 5

Complete notes for IV i - vi - do all 6 elements for IV v, choose 3 for the shorter scenes

We will be finishing acting the play tomorrow - so look at your parts!

Decide on groups for scenes for Thursday.


All notes completed: Thurs. Dec. 7

Eng. 9 - Dec. 5

Finish "Mix 'n' Fix"

Eng. 10 - Nov. 30 - Studying for TKAMB

Character Identity
Sentence Answers
Quote significance
Mini-essay question
Movie question


Study your green sheet - hand in Friday, Dec. 1

Study your notes

Phone friend and quiz on theme, character, and quotes

Lit 12 - Nov. 30

Complete all SCENE NOTES for III

Ask me about my Christmas idea

M. 4 - Finish Discussing III Act out IV - Scene Assignment
T. 5 - Act out/Discuss IV
W. 6 - Discuss IV
T. 7 - Discuss IV
F. 8 - Act out V



T. 12 - Soliloquy Presentations
W. 13 - Discuss V- themes
T. 14 - Scenes
F. 15 - movie

M. 18 - fishbowl
T. 19 - movie
W. 20 - In-class essay
T. 21 - Quote Test
F. 22 - Merry Xmas

Eng. 9 - Nov. 29

Finish reading the novel - one question or quote per chapter- 23- 30 (Thurs. Nov. 30

Test: Monday, Dec. 4

Hamlet Dates - Lit 12

For Tues. 28 - Discuss II (Scene Notes Due)

T. 12 - Soliloquy Presentations
W. 13 - Discuss V- themes
T. 14 - Scenes
F. 15 - movie

M. 18 - movie
T. 19 - fishbowl
W. 20 - In-class essay
T. 21 - Quote Test
F. 22 - Merry Xmas

Eng. 11 - Nov. 23

BRING MONEY AND FORMS FOR FIELD TRIP


Racism, Hope, Identity

November 23, 2017
1:42 PM

Make sure you have a strong thesis for all three topics - think of three points for each thesis, make up your quote sheet (include page numbers)
What does Indian Horse show us about human nature and (a) discrimination, or (b) identity, or (c) hope?
Make sure you check your "Writing Improvements" sheet and your class feedback.


THE PURPOSE OF A LITERARY ESSAY: Looking at the text as a work of art, demonstrating clear critical judgment and explaining to the reader of your essay how the enjoyment of the text is assisted by literary devices, linguistic effects and psychological insights; showing how the text relates to the time when it was written and how it extends to our society now.

What does Indian Horse show us about ______________________and human nature?
Eg. How does racism affect Saul and other First Nations people?
Don't just give examples of racism - explain how it works - the nature of it.



Racism

- Some people in novel have a superiority complex - nuns, fans, team members
- Sister Ignacia, calling people's names "heathen"
p. 78 "we brought you here to cure you of your heathen ways"
- White people think hockey is "their game"
- "white ice, white players" (141)
- "Thirteen's good for an Indian"
- "we don't eat with Indians" (Ch. 31)
- "eat like white people"
- Chapter 38 "I'm the Indian, that's all they see"
- Resorts to violence
- Loses the ability to see visions
- Manitouwadge - treated very badly - Saul doesn't react
- His co-workers take umbrage at Saul reading and being silent and not reacting
- Starts drinking [what put him over the edge?]
- Goes from drinking and telling stories to drinking and passing out
- Bullied
- Works harder
- Entire reason for Residential schools = racism
- "you're here to work like us"
- Chapter 29 - kicked off of team because even though Saul is better, parents don't want an "Indian" to take their son's ice time
- What about the NHL?
- [Why are people racist? How can it change? How can we move forward? Will humans always be racist?]
- What enabled the abuse in Residential schools - seen as less human "savages"
- Symbol - lye soap
- Lonnie's replacement of name

Hope

- What happens when people have no hope?
- How does hope change people's lives?
- Eg. Benjamin comes back = hope
- 189 - "drinking down" - drinking is a depressant
- Drinking puts him in a hole of temporary relief -seems hopeful
- Drinking gives him a little bit of hope
- Excessive drinking - lack of hope
- Easier to focus on drinking (avoid thinking and feeling)
- Erv
- Escaping problems - don't feel hopelessness for a second
- Family = hope
- New Dawn Center
- Hockey is a hope to keep him going when he first starts playing
- 96 "the game offers him a chance at a better life"
- Chapter 19 - "I knew that loneliness…"
- Nature helps - God's Lake
- Chapter 19 "in the world that hockey had created, I gained a new home"
- He felt love
- [how much does love have to do with hope?]
- Crowd cheering for Saul - (down 5 goals and Saul brings up the score) - restores hope because they used to boo him all the time
- Doesn't completely give up until he's a young adult
- [what makes him lose all hope? When does he fully change? Why?]
- Kids that went to Residential school didn't have a way to lose stress - Saul has hockey
- Was hopeless until he found hockey
- What about Saul's parents?
- Some of the kids (children) killed themselves
- Hope can come from surprising places
- Saul returns to Manitouwadge to coach - is this hopeful?
- God's Lake = symbol for hope (vision)
- Beginning of novel went to God's Lake to find an escape and live a better life - full circle - Saul relieves his time there - sees his vision - finds a sense of renwal
- [how is the eagle feather important?]
- ["you reclaim things the most when you give them away"(213) is this true? Does this bring Saul hope?
- "all of us have pride, you just need to remember you have it" - Erv saves Saul's life - hope comes to Saul (183) - Saul is at his lowest point when Erv finds him
- "Your father is your Heavenly Father now." (45)
- Kids don't believe the religion

Identity

- How do the problems with identity connect with our current situation
- Truth and Reconciliation
- Help find indigenous people's identity - reconcile - who were our FN people before residential schools
- 193 - "I knew exactly where I was going" - important Saul knows he's going to find out what his history/identity is - cultural history
- [mother is Christian - his mother wasn't clear on her identity - Saul is closer to his grandmother]
- [land is an important part of anyone's identity - but especially FN people who were/are not nomadic - never thought to leave Manitouwadge]
- Forget who they are at a young age - residential school to "cleave the Indian from them" - think of the soap
- 24 "It felt like they were trying to remove our skin" - more than just dirt
- Culture, family, traditions, language [food]
- Mistreatment - not able tor practice traditions or speak language - practice "white culture" - Christian religion
- People who have been discriminated against in the past are trying to reclaim their culture
- "I offered my thanks aloud in Ojibwe prayer" - at God's Lake
- Lonnie even loses his original name
- Rebecca stabs herself in the stomach singing Ojibwe funeral song
- Saul felt like he gave up himself when he started fighting ("a goon")
- Rebecca kills herself as a way of resisting the white people's influence - she sings - keeps her identity
- Hockey becomes Saul's identity
- [how does Father Leboutilier help shape or take away Saul's identity? Does sexual abuse change people's identity? We don't hear much about Saul and romantic partners - could there be a reason?]
- What happens to Saul's identity when he leaves hockey
- [what does Saul coaching tell us about his identity?]
- Goes back to St. Jerome's and started crying
- Mom? Dad? Grandma? Benjamin? Shabogeesick?
- 186 - doesn't have dreams anymore - lost
- 1888 "the taste of another dried up dream in my throat" - dream is to find out who he truly is
- Does he know his identity at the end of the novel?
- 219 - stepped on the ice "when you miss a thing it leaves a hole that only the thing that you miss can fill"
- Harmony between being a hockey player and not being a hockey player at the same time
- Connects his original identity
- Stepping on the ice - him going back as a child

Eng. 9 - Nov. 23

3 paragraph composition or "a week in the life" comic due: Friday, Nov. 24

QQ for Ch. 17-22 for Monday!

Eng. 11 - Nov. 21

Finish all your QQ for entire novel for Wed. 22

Fishbowl: Thurs. 23

In-Class Essay: Fri. 24

Oral Stories: Mon. 27/ Tues. 28

Implicit Association Test

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/user/agg/blindspot/indexfi.htm


Start with the insect/flower

Look up the book Blindspot

Lit 12 - Nov. 21

Have all of Act I SCENE NOTES for Thursday, Nov. 23

Eng. 10 - Dates

Ch. 22-24 - Sheet for Wed. 22
Ch. 24-27 - QQ for Thurs. 23
Project: Fri. 24

Final Discussion - final sheet questions due: Mon. 27
Movie - T.28/W.29
TKAMB TEST - Th. 30

Start R and J - Friday, 1

Eng. 9 - Nov. 20

Writing Assignment: Write a three paragraph composition about one of the following (make sure to check past writing assignments for corrections) OR fill out the "week in your life" comic strip.

1. A time you or someone you know overcame adversity.

2. A time you helped someone with something they were struggling with.

3. A disappointment.

4. A problem in your family.

5. A time you witnessed bullying. (Why do people bully? What makes them stop?)

Due: Friday, Nov. 24




Next due date for QQ: Ch. 13-16 - Wed. Nov. 22

Eng. 9 - NOv. 17

Complete 8 (all together) QQ for Ch. 9-12

Work on Character and Theme sheets.

Eng. 10 - Nov. 16

Creative Project: Fri. Nov. 24

Ch. 19-21 QQ for Mon. 20

Eng. 11 - Nov. 15

Have 31-40 completed for Monday, Nov. 20
41-end completed for Wednesday, Nov. 22

Eng. 9 - Nov. 15

Ch. 5-8 QQ

Character and Theme Charts

Attend Thursday Peer Tutoring if you need help on your writing!

Eng. 10 - Nov. 15

Creative Project Due: Nov. 24

Ch. 16 - 18 sheet questions

Lit 12 - Nov. 14 - Social Rules, Pride, Love

How does Austen illuminate either social rules, pride, or love, using character(s) as a vehicle?

Goal of literary essay: "Looking at the text as a work of art, demonstrating clear critical judgment and explaining to the reader of your essay how the enjoyment of the text is assisted by literary devices, linguistic effects and psychological insights; showing how the text relates to the time when it was written and how it relates to our world today.

UMBRELLA QUOTE - whether it is from a secondary source or the novel itself - what might unite your themes?

- How will you have a narrow thesis (one theme and one character?)

- What literary devices will help show your thesis (SATIRE, CHARACTER FOILS)



Pride

- Darcy - not the most prideful
- Lady Catherine - "full of herself" - puts herself above others
- In this society, Charlotte says it's acceptable to be proud if one has wealth
- Remember your goal is to show what this says about human nature
- Darcy recognizes that he has pride and that it is a weakness (40) "pride will always be in good regulation"
- Who has the least amount of pride?
- Jane seems to be without pride
- Is pride the deadliest sin?
- Secondary quotes about pride from the book Pride "Pride was widely denounced because it destroyed the cardinal virtues of courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom that buttressed the political order and made the good life possible."
- Mary's quote:
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
Is this true?

- Secondary quote from the book Pride
- Lizzy's epiphany (198) "She grew absolutely ashamed of herself… blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd"
- From Aristotle: "The proud man deserves what he claims, and if he is truly proud, never shirks from laying claim to what he deserves, since it is a vice to claim less than one deserves."
- Hubris = unwarranted and arrogant pride
- Do we allow our "upper class" people to have pride?
- To what extent to we allow people to be proud in our world
- What is Austen saying about pride in her society?
- Everyone has pride
- Collins - pride - he's proud of knowing Lady Catherine (showing Lizzy his house and mentioning the cost of everything - saying that Lizzy can just put on her best clothes, not to worry, Lady Catherine "likes to have the distinction of rank preserved" [155])
- How are our ideas of pride different from characters in P&P?
- "I was given good principles, but left to follow them in pride and conceit." Darcy - Chapter 58
- Lydia - does she ruin her family? It was a close call - Jane getting engaged to Bingley erases Lydia's actions - gets forgotten instantaneously
- Wickham's pride

Social Rules

- Main theme driving this book
- All of Seinfeld based on unspoken social rules (not a show about "nothing")
- First line of novel tells us exactly how society functions
- Is Jane the ideal woman?
- Charlotte - not as naïve - shows the social rules more than every other character
- Jane "messes" up her relationship with Bingley, she does not take Charlotte's advice: "better to show more affection than she feels…"
- "love and happiness in marriage is a matter of chance" - Charlotte
- Jane internalizes her problems - only discusses her issues with Lizzy
- Pride acts as a barrier between the characters - many people's problems could be solved if the issues came out in the open
- Communication is impeded by pride
- Interesting, I find my West Van old ladies (retired) book club hide the failures of their kids from each other - taboo topic
- Entire world built around marriage - Lizzy does not accept Collin's proposal (she put her whole family at risk) selfish
- Eg. Collectivist society who value filial piety belief in arranged marriage - living in Canada where love marriages are the norm - what does one choose - allegiance to family or self?
- We live in a society that values independence - are we correct - look at the rest of the world
- In that society "rank" being "preserved" is correct - how much do we agree or disagree
- Lady Catherine is allowed to be classless, snobby, insulting ("that lady, I suppose, must be your mother" III 14 "You have a very small park here" III 14)
- Valuing concealing one's feelings (Interesting - studies comparing North American goals for adult hood with Chinese goals # 1 Chinese goal is to "be in control of one's emotions" Euro-Canadians = financial independence; #2 Chinese goal: filial piety; #2 Euro-Canadian = satisfying job
- Our society praises non-conformity (but what does Austen show us - Lizzy conforms in the end - but does Darcy?)
- Lizzy accepts her society's rules as she loses her prejudice
- Lizzy has a lot of prejudice against her society at the beginning
- Do we accept society's rules more or less as we get older?
- Lizzy is driven by her emotions to love Darcy - not her acceptance of society
- Lizzy becomes more motivated by her family's welfare as she progresses (she starts off as self-interested) - she becomes more aware of social rules
- Lizzy accepts the fact that she has to accept the rules of her society - or she will be stuck
- Growing up as people - have a larger world view

Love

- How does Austen reveal love?
- Lizzy and Darcy show love can develop over time
- Lydia (and possibly Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet) mistake lust for love (actually an '80's song by a band called Images in Vogue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIr-fM1ZP9I )
- Also from the eighties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w34vnz_LEX4 ("What is Love" by Howard Jones)
- Love between Lizzy and Jane - part of the reason Lizzy rejects Darcy because she finds out that Darcy blocked Bingley and Jane's marriage - also walked hours in the rain for her
- Also she betrays Jane by not sharing her love for Darcy - Jane - reveals her insecurities to Lizzy
- Mrs. Bennet loves her daughters - getting them married is her goal because it protects her
- Does Austen show us more familial love or romantic love
- Do we hold love to a different standard?
- We throw around the word "love" all the time
- Where does love fit in our society (we value love marriages - but is it a "matter of chance")
- Austen's society - man has the choice (society makes the rules) - now either man or woman
- Is Lizzy in love with Darcy for the entire novel? (held back by prejudice - which is vanity "not tolerable enough to tempt me")
- Soul searching
- What happens to love long-term? Will Jane and Bingley be happier? Which marriage will be happiest
- Is Charlotte's ending happy? Happiness takes different paths. Charlotte's comfortable. She enjoys her alone time. She was unselfishly helping her family. (Cultural norm)
- CONTENTMENT
- Some people never get married and never have kids - roommates
- Woman as commodity - marriage was a business arrangement
- SELF INTEREST
- PERSPECTIVE
- Charlotte wanted to be stable and help her family
- Lizzy is disappointed by Charlotte marrying for money - but she ends up marrying the richest man in the book (But are you comparing Collins to Darcy?)
- How much is Lizzy motivated by Darcy's money - remember what Mr. Bennet worries about in the end - he thinks Lizzy is marrying Darcy selflessly to help her family
- Jane also thinks Lizzy is marrying for mercenary reasons
- Mr. Bennet: "My child, let me not have the grief of seeing you unable to respect your partner in life." (III 18)

Eng. 11 - Nov. 8

Vocab Test: Fri. 10

Ch. 21-30 QQ

Finish Poetry Sheet

Everyone - Peer Writers' Tutorial - Thursdays After School

Eng. 9 - Nov. 8

Finish your pic.

Read Chapters 1-4: Complete questions for each chapter and answer it. Quote one excerpt per chapter and explain its significance.

Keep track of the themes and characters.

Eng. 10 - NOv. 7

Have your Q&Q complete for Ch. 12-15

Update your character sheets.

Lit 12 - Nov.3

Regicide

and

A New Reign Has Begun

Eng. 11 - Nov. 1

Ch. 11-20 QQ
don't forget your vocab!

Eng. 10 - Nov. 1

Study for Vocab Test: Fri. Nov. 3

Ch. 10-12 for Friday - questions on sheet

Lit 12 - Updated Schedule - Oct. 30

M.30 - Character Part Two
T. 31 - Movie #4
W.1 - III. 1-11/ Projects
Th. 2 - III. 1-11
F.3 - Vocab Festival #2

T.7 - MOvie # 5
W. 8 - III.12-19
Th. 9 - Movie #6
F. 10 - notes on theme *


T. 14 - Fishbowl Discussion *
W. 15 - IN-Class Essay
Th. 16 - Start Hammy
F. 17 -Vocab Test

M. 20 - Projects Due


Treats Schedule: 1. Cana, Darci, Selvaggia, Grace
2. Kobe, Maia, Ella, Nadia
3. Dylan T., Jack, Morgan Mason
4. Chris R., Cailey, Sam
5. Chris C., Josh, Fikri
6. Matt, Aidan, Nic, Dylan A

Eng. 11 - Oct. 27

Read the first 10 chapters of Indian Horse

Ask a question and answer it

OR

Quote a significant passage and discuss the significance of it for each of the 10 chapters.

Make a note of the different themes.

Eng. 10 - Oct. 27

Complete questions for Ch.4-6 - don't forget to treat each quote like a question: what is the significance of...

Fill out your character sheet.

Eng. 9 - Oct. 27

Studying for SS Test #2: Look at last test and see where you lost marks

Review: "The Veldt," "The Wish," "The Sentimentalists," "A Television Drama," and "Barney"

Review all the elements: theme, conflict, plot, setting and atmosphere, character and point of view and all the literary language that is related to these elements

Apply these elements to the stories

Know the authors' names

Eng. 11 - Oct. 25

Finish your sentence corrections

Eng. 10 - Oct. 25

Read the first three chapters of TKAMB

Ask one question and answer it and quote one significant excerpt and explain its significance for each chapter.

Eng. 9 - Oct. 25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEO6UCH7FBw

Owen's stop motion

Thursday, Oct. 26: Presentations

Friday, Oct. 27: Go over "Technology"

Monday, Oct. 30: SS TEST #2

Eng. 11 - Oct. 19 - Studying for Content Test

Study:
"Hills," "Lady," "Opposite," "Rose," "Sunday," "Blue Bouquet," "Serious Talk"
ELEMENTS: Setting and Atmosphere, Irony, Symbol, Character, Conflict, Point of View, Theme.


Think of each element and each story. Know the authors' names and all the notes for the elements.

To study: study your notes, ask yourself questions - then phone a friend from class and quiz each other.

10 marks fill-in-the-blank
literary terms/techniques
paragraph answers

Eng. 9 - Oct. 18

Complete "The Wish" #1-5

Read: "A Television Drama" for Monday (group day)

Project: Wednesday, Oct. 25

Final SS Test: Oct. 30

Eng. 10 - Oct. 18 - Studying for SS Test

"Thank you Ma'am"
"The Metaphor"
"The Possibility of Evil"
"The Lamp at Noon"
"Harrison Bergeron"
"All the Troubles of the World"
"The Doll's House"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"

IRONY
POINT OF VIEW
SETTING AND ATMOSPHERE
PLOT AND CONFLICT
SYMBOL
CHARACTER
THEME
l Vernacular
l Sarcasm, dramatic irony, situational, satire, verbal irony
l First person, limited omniscient, omniscient,
l Character vs. character, character vs. self, character vs. environment, external, internal
l Protagonist, antagonist, static, dynamic, round, flat, stereotype (stock), direct presentation, indirect presentation
l Artistic unity


- Fill in blank - literary notes, literary devices, authors
- Application of literary devices
- Short answers for short stories (3 sentences)
- paragraphs (multi)

Study Tips: Study by yourself, review stories, review literary notes and terms, think of questions for each story, call a friend and quiz each other

Lit 12 - Writers' Fest

Please meet at the boat/coffee shop at 9:00 am. (Entrance of Granville Island on the right (East) The first session is at Performance Works at 10:00, but we have to all go together to the theatre, so I think it's best to meet early. Hopefully the weather will be nice. Don't forget you need money for lunch and maybe books if you want to buy one or more and get them signed. Darci Cann can contact me if you need to send me a message. The second session is at Waterfront Theatre at 1:00. We have 90 minutes for lunch, but we should meet at 12:45 at Waterfront.

Eng. 11 - Oct. 16

Read "The Blue Bouquet"

PRESENTATIONS: Wed. Oct. 18, 19

CONTENT TEST: Mon. Oct. 23
SIGHT READING TEST: Tues. Oct. 24

Eng. 10 - Oct. 16

Read "The Doll's House" - ask one question and answer it. Quote something significant and answer it.

PROJECT DUE: Thurs. Oct. 19
SHORT STORY TEST: Mon. Oct. 23

Eng. 9 - Oct. 13

Have #1-5 for "The Sentimentalists" complete.

SS PROJECT: Wed. 25

Vocab Test: Friday, Nov. 3

Lit 12 - Oct. 12 - Schedule of Events

Have QQ for I Ch. 6-10 complete

11-16 for Mon. Oct. 16

M. 16 - go over essays/ 11-16

T. 17 - Movie #1
W.18 - I. 17 -23
Th. 19 - Characters Part One

M.23 -
T. 24 - Movie #2
W.25 - II.1-11
Th.26 - Movie #3
F. 27 - II.12-19

M.30 - Character Part Two
T. 31 - Movie #4
W.1 - III. 1-11
Th. 2 - Movie #5
F.3 - Vocab Festival #2

M. 6 - III.12-19
T. 7 - Movie #6
W. 8 - notes on theme *
Th. 9 - Fishbowl Discussion *
F.10

T. 14 - IN-Class Essay
W.15 - Start Hammy
Th. 16 - Project Due
F. 17 - Vocab Test


Treats Schedule: 1. Cana, Darci, Selvaggia, Grace
2. Kobe, Maia, Ella, Nadia
3. Dylan T., Jack, Morgan Mason
4. Chris R., Cailey, Sam
5. Chris C., Josh, Fikri
6. Matt, Aidan, Nic, Dylan A

Eng. 9 - Oct. 12

Point of View Notes - top two sentences, define from glossary at the back - read "The Sentimentalists"

Vocab: 20

Technology Assignment

Lit 12Oct. 11 -

QQ for P&P Ch. 1-5

Eng. 9 - Oct. 11

Write a three paragraph composition discussing the pros and cons of technology. You may use examples from your personal life, school and society. Try to go beyond the obvious.

-self, society,school - more focus = deeper level thinking

Make sure you look at your Editing Checklist, your Writing Improvements and the feedback for the class.

DUE: Friday, Oct. 13

Eng. 11 - Oct. 10

"Serious Talk" symbol essay: Oct. 12
Presentations - Wed. 18, Thur. 19

Have presentations story read for Thurs. Oct. 12 - will have class time

Read "Sunday in the Park" (textbook) - ask your own question and answer it, quote a significant line - analyze its significance.

Eng. 10 - Oct. 10

Read "All the Troubles of the World" - questions #1-5 for Thurs. Oct. 12

Eng. 11 - Oct. 6

Look over Viewpoints find an appropriate story and come to Tuesday's class with an idea - it might be competetive, so pick more than one!

Eng. 9 - Oct. 6

Make sure your vocabulary is complete (up to 15 - 20 for next week).

Have #1-5 for "The Veldt" Completed.

Writing assignment to be given on Tuesday.

Eng. 10 - Oct. 6

SS PROJECT: DUE THURS. OCT. 19

Eng. 11 - Oct. 5

Serious Assignment

Write a five paragraph, thesis driven essay on the symbolism in "A Serious Talk" by Raymond Carver

• Pay attention to the feedback I gave you from your last essay (Editing Sheets, Writing Improvements, Essay feedback)
• Go over Symbolism notes
• Make sure you have quotes to support your argument (integrate properly)
• Could write about just one symbol or more than one (think about what your points are going to be)

DO NOT LOOK AT THE INTERNET: higher marks go to those who support their original thinking

Due: Wed. Oct. 11

PRESENTATIONS DUE: Wed. Oct. 18, Thurs. Oct. 19


Come with a group of 4 tomorrow.

Eng. 9 - Oct. 5

1. Write about what you hope we'll have technology-wise in the future. Explain.

2. How can we fix our biggest problems with technology?

3. Read "The Veldt"

LIt 12 - Oct 4

Sight Reading Test: Thurs. 5 - study all the elements of short fiction and their terms

Vocab Festival: Fri. 6 - 25 words due

Content Test: Tues. 10: Study all short stories and bring a one-page quote sheet with page numbers. Be familiar with all elements of fictions regarding each story.

Eng. 9

Pros and Cons of Technology

Respond to Cell Phone article - What do you agree and/or disagree with in this article?

Eng. 10 - Oct. 4

Questions # 1-5 for "Harrison Bergeron"

Coming Soon: SS Project!

Eng. 10 - Oct. 2

Take notes on SYMBOL AND IRONY

SYMBOL, VERBAL, DRAMATIC, SITUATIONAL, SATIRE, SARCASM

Read "Harrison Bergeron"

Eng. 11 - Sept. 29

For Tuesday: Go over your "Rose" questions and make sure they're done.

"Serious Talk" - Tues. Oct. 3

Lit. 12 - Sept. 29

Make sure your "Paul's Case" QQ + #2,3,4,5 for HW Wednesday

Presentations - Monday - Point of View, Plot, Emotion and Humour

Tuesday - Character, Symbol and Irony,Theme

Don't forget to bring 22 copies of your handouts, Monday (no one gave me any to photocopy)

Eng. 10 - Sept. 29

Write a three - five paragraph composition arguing whether you sympathize with Ellen or Paul.

l Make sure you use proof from the story (quote and examples)
l Make sure you are organized in your argument
l Check your editing checklist, writing improvements, and editing checklist
l Use a formal tone (don't use "you" or "I")
l Use present tense

Due: Wed. Oct. 4

Eng. 11 - Sept. 26

Complete all "Rose" questions

Eng. 9 - Sept. 26

Theme Sheet

Questions for "The Witch" - #1-5

Thematic Statements

Short Story Test #1: Mon. Oct. 2

Eng. 10 - Sept. 26

Take notes on Setting and Atmosphere

Read "The Lamp at Noon" - #1-5

Lit 12 - Sept. 26 - DATES

"Destructors" - QQ, #1,4,5,6

SHORT STORY PRESENTATIONS: Mon, Oct. 2/ Oct. 3
SIGHT READING TEST: Thurs. Oct. 5
VOCAB FESTIVAL: Fri. Oct. 6

CONTENT TEST: Tues. Oct. 10

Eng. 11 - Sept. 25

Read "A Rose for Emily"

Eng. 12 - Sept. 25

1. Answer the question: "Why do people vandalize"

2. Read "TheDestructors"

Eng. 9 - Sept. 25

Read "The Witch"

Lit 12 - Sept. 20

Read "Just Lather, That's All" - QQ + text #2,4,5,8

Eng. 9 - Sept. 20

Read "The Parsley Garden" #1-5

Eng. 11 - Sept. 19

Read "We Have to Sit Opposite" for HW

ESSAY: "A Lady's Beaded Bag" theme

Eng. 10 - Sept. 19

For Thursday: Character Notes, Define: flat, round, motivated, indirect and direct presentation, stereotype (GLOSSARY in back of text)

Read "The Possibility of Evil"

Lit 12 - Sept. 19

Have your groups try to pick out a story - come to tomorrow's class having read at least one choice.

(Not "Paul's Case," "The Destructors," or "Just Lather, That's All")

PRESENTATIONS: Oct, 2, 3

VOCAB FESTIVAL: Oct. 6 (25 words)

Eng. 11 - Sept. 18

Write a five paragraph, thesis driven essay on the theme of "A Lady's Beaded Bag."

J Make sure you use quotes for support
J A good title
J First and last name
J Double space/
J Good grammar and punctuation
J Original thinking
J Make sure you nag your parents/homestays into buying printer ink

Eng. 9 - Sept. 18

Make sure your compositions: have 3 paragraphs, are in pen (not pencil), have your first and last name, have indented paragraphs, are double spaced, have page margins, have paragraphs that are at least 3 sentences long....

Eng. 9 - Sept. 15

Make sure "Someone Changed" is completed

Have "The Father" #1-5 completed

Eng. 10 - Sept. 14

Make sure "Something Wrong" is completed

10 Vocab words

Booktalks: Jackson, Will, John

Lit 12 - Sept. 14 - "Japanese Quince"

"The Japanese Quince," the short story by John Galsworthy, shows how people, at the time and place of the story, were too accustomed to the customs and standards society believed was right. The two characters, Mr. Nilson and Mr. Tandram, are part of the society that supports a utilitarianistic way of life. Mr. Nilson is shown to have a pragmatic, systematic life, from having breakfast every morning at 8:30, to reading the business section of the newspaper. Thus, one of the central themes of the story is that culture affects the way humanity functions. This is further shown by the detail that the two characters had not spoken since Mr. Tandram move in five years ago. Additionally, the face that Mr. Nilson does not recognize the feeling in his chest reveals that people at the time lacked appreciation for beauty which does not have a practical use.
ü Insight and examples
► Needs a quote for support

Chris Reynolds, Chris Cheng, Nadia Bazian, Selvaggia Bonetti


Complete QQ and THEN text #1,3,5,6

Eng. 9 - Sept. 14

Notes on Conflict

Define 3 types of conflict from glossary

Read: "The Father"

Vocab

Booktalks: Mollie, Ian, Hannah

"Someone Changed" for Monday, Sept. 16

Eng. 11 - Sept. 13

Complete questions #1-6 for "A Lady's Beaded Bag"

Fill out chart: Is the trashpicker sane?

Essay (will discuss soon) due: Thurs. Sept. 21

Eng. 10 - Sept. 13

Make sure #1-5 for "The Metaphor" are completed

Eng. 9 - Sept. 13

"Someone Changed"

3 paragraphs describing your first impression of someone who changed over time.

Use pen (not pencil), or type
Correct grammar
Interesting (draw reader in)
Organization

Due: Mon. Sept. 16

Eng. 10 - Sept. 12

Write a 3 paragraph, personal narrative about a time you did something wrong.

Make sure you give some background (lead up to the "crisis")

Make sure you give a resolution.

I will be looking for flow, a good story, good details.

Please double-space

Due: Friday, Sept. 15

Read "The Metaphor"

Lit. 12 - Sept. 11

Read "The Dead Men's Path" - QQ, text #1-5 (make sure to do your QQ first.

WRITERS' FEST MOOLAH.

Eng. 9 - Sept. 11

Read "Wish You Were Here" Complete questions #1-5 - full sentences


*sausages

Eng. 11 - Sept. 9

Reread you "Hills" answers - in light of our partial discussion, would you change any of your answers? If so, make some notes.

Lit 12 - Sept. 7

Make sure you have your QQ for "The Japanese Quince" is complete. Remember to write a paragraph agreeing or disagreeing with the analysis on p. 1085

Remind me about the Writers' Fest tickets!

Lit 12 - Fishbowls! June 15

FINAL ESSAY - would it be a good idea to have a few good themes and try to memorize some handy quotes? Have your magic sheet (syllabus) next to you!

Religion

Beowulf - fate vs. Christianity
-B has to be like a god because there is not just one
-overlaid on top

Sir Gawain
-contrasts to B - society has developed - more civilized - Christianity more prevalent
-Sir G is more humble

Chaucer
-satirized
-Christianity not what it should be
-look at Friar, Pardoner, Summoner and compare to Plowman, Knight, and Parson

Blake - "Tyger"/ "Lamb"

-relationship directly with God (Calvinists) - Milton

- Nature in the Romantic Era seems to take the place of Christianity

Milton - Paradise Lost- how does he influence the authors who come after him? Satan's point of view - sympathizing with him (what does this do?) - people think about issues - questioning beliefs - compares himself to Moses - show how seductive the devil can be (don't succumb!) - "justify the ways of God to men"

"Rime" - son of God/albatross
-Christianity is conflated with Nature

-Blake is religious - but questions whether or not innocence is purity and experience is not - they are part of a spectrum - Socrates quote ("courage temperance, and the rest belong to most evil men: "Or do you fancy that great crimes and unmixed wickedness come from a feeble nature and not rather from a noble nature that has been ruined?")

Problems with Society

Anglo Saxon - Beowulf- bad guy versus good guy - acceptance (Grendel the outsider - alienated - think about sympathy for him or not)
-needed a strong and powerful leader - Beowulf is that
- Sympathy for Grendel - disturbing nature - the colonists - he can stand for groups who have been oppressed (misunderstood)

-Chaucer -

"To the Ladies" - silence from women - then "wife and servant are the same"

Social Class - "Elegy," "Rape of the Lock" - ridiculing and satirizing people of status who just play cardas
-"A Modest Proposal"
- Satire has gone throughout history - to effect change - rather than telling people what's wrong - people come to the conclusion themselves (more effective)

-new social problem - Romantic Era struggling with Nature becoming ruin "Apostrophe" - "man marks the earth with ruin"
"The World is Too Much with Us" - "little we see in Nature that is ours"

-"Not Waving But Drowning" - Stevie Smith (author of "Pretty") - people could have helped but didn't

"Hollow Men" - absence of purpose

-always a popular theme - we are always progressing - if we solve one problem - others arise, new problems arise (it may have been fine to discriminate against poor people - think of when Hamlet kills Polonius "I took you for your better")

-passionate about?

- Industrial Revolution - makes Nature become an issue

"Disembarking" - "I am a word in a foreign language" - people taking the time to notice - could be the most beautiful phrase - but people don't understand - the nuance or the context

"Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance" - Albert Maysles

Mortality

- State of being subject to death
- How is it viewed through the ages

Beowulf - death can be honourable and glamorous - burned in an effigy and having a tower

"Dulce et Decorum Est" - full span - Wilfred Owen - poem - not good and honourable to die for one's country (not honorable any more - just dirty)

"Bonny Barbara Allen" - just love

-so many Middle Ages wars - perhaps people didn't want to talk about death - but then again Crusades were far away

-WWI and WWII - English Literature - London is bombed ("The Destructors"

"marriage of true minds" (Sonnet 116) - death does not affect love (big contrast to "Bonny Barbara Allen"

-time and mortality = recurring theme "On His Arriving at the Age of Reaching 23," "When I Have Fears," Sonnet 29 - "When in Disgrace with Fortune and Men's Eyes" - relationship with completing life's work
-death a concept they have to beat

"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" - personified - also in "Death be Not Proud" - making something human makes it less scary

-death can't exist if there is eternity - (think of all the love poems = eternity)

- Why is death such a recurring theme
- Did we become more afraid of death as time went on? (mortality rate = much younger)
- Experiencing death first hand

"Ode to a Nightingale" - experienced his brother dying - death is also imminent - personal experience of death = different treatment

- Religion - people more scared if they are not religious (?)
- Beowulf - people are proud to die
- Milton doesn't have a comforting view of the after life (but of course we are not supposed to be seduced by Satan = point of Paradise Lost)
- Beowulf - needs-based society
- Christianity developed as society became more civilized
- Beowulf - death has a purpose
- Attraction towards death

"Rime" - burden of death - killing the albatross (worse = Life in Death - seeing all the crew mates living)

-burden of life "Ode to a Nightingale" - "youth grows specter thin and dies"
- "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" - fight! - good, wise, grave, wild (resist it!)
- Avoid death, death is pretty great, avoid death again (Sam's death circle)

"Elegy" -

Eng. 11 - June 15

Read and understand: "My Father Knew," "My Papa's Waltz," "The Attitude," and "The Man Who Found his Son Has Become a Thief"

English 9 - June 13

Make sure you read and think about the following poems:

A] "Negro Mother" - Harnoor, Ana, April S, Joel, Alliyah
B] "Democracy" - Natalia, Abby, Miranda, Alivia
C]"I Still Hear the Bell Ringing" - Quinn, Jack, Matin, Justin
D]"The Road Not Taken" - Scott, Sana, April K, John
E]"Bored" - TP, Zered, Pascale, Adrianna
F]"Notes on a Commercial Theatre" - Amber, Jansen, Vanessa, Kylie

Last Days of Lit

Fri. 9 - "Thrush," "Pretty," final fishbowl topics, student choice award topics

Mon. 12 - "Disembarking," "Gentle"
Tues. 13 - Review of "Dulce," "Because," "Hollow," "Second Coming"
Wed. 14 - Finish Review
Thurs. 15 - Fishbowl
Fri. 16 - Games and Relays (Hugely Important Class) - Big Review

Tue. June 20 - 8:30 class Awards and Review!
Wed. June 21 - Exam at 1:00 Room D206

Lit 12 - June 7

"Darkling Thrush," "Pretty," "Disembarking at Quebec" - last three new poems - Thurs. 8

Review of "Because," "Dulce et Decorum Est," "Do Not go Gentle into that Good Night," "Hollow Men," "Second Coming"

Lit Exam

Lit 12 - Studying for Final (Breakdown of Marks)

Breakdown of Final Exam:

20 marks - identifying 4 quotes - explaining significance in the context of whole work
15 marks - discussing literary techniques of quotes
10 marks - mini essay of specific time period
10 marks - mini - essay question of large topic
15 marks - sight reading poem
30 marks - full essay discussing whole course with a focus on three literary works

100 marks (20% of grade)

Final Exams - Eng. 9 & 11

Final Exam:

editing - find the mistake in the sentences - study your editing sheets and your sentence corrections - class feedback for writing, punctuation notes.

poetry - review poetic devices - make sure you understand page 4 of the poetry package - practice by going over poems we didn't study in the package - be familiar with all poetic devices

prose - review elements of short fiction (7 sets of notes)

writing - go over your essays, essay notes, essay package and writing improvements - make a note of my individual advice

get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast and/or lunch

Eng. 9 - June 5

IV and V questions: Tues. June 6

AMSND TEST: Friday, June 9

AMSND Project: Mon. June 12

Lit 12 - June 5

VICTORIAN NOTES

Prepare "My Last Duchess" for Tues. 7

Ivan, Laraib, Emma B, Sam, Kaitlin and Stefanie - permission forms for BARD!

Eng. 9 - June 2

Complete questions for IV

AMSND PROJECT: Mon. June 12

Morality, Ambition, Faith - Eng. 11 block 1

THE PURPOSE OF A LITERARY ESSAY: Looking at the text as a work of art, demonstrating clear critical judgment and explaining to the reader of your essay how the enjoyment of the text is assisted by literary devices, linguistic effects and psychological insights; showing how the text relates to the time when it was written and how it extends to our society now.

“All it takes for evil to succeed is for a few good men to do nothing...”
― Edmund Burke


Make sure you have a quote sheet ready with Act, scene and line #
Look at Writing Improvements
Look at past feedback for essays
Go over essay package – what is the purpose of a literary essay
What does this play show us about this theme and human nature?
This play shows us about betrayal, morality and fate



MORALITY

• The more the Thane commits evil acts, the easier it becomes
• What goes around comes around
• Everyone who commits some sort of action towards the downfall of the Thane commits an immoral act – darkness, nighttime – ever character is seen in a negative way
• Innocent victims
• People’s view of morality can change
• “I’m afraid to think of what I have done, look at it again, I dare not” (II ii)
• “These deeds must not be looked on… or else it would make us mad” (II ii
• Lady’s morality
• If the Lady does not provoke the Thane, nothing would happen
• But Thane does think about it (“The Prince of Cumberland!” I iv)
• [does morality change? Is it fluid?]
• When does the Thane start to lose his morality?
• When does the Thane’s drive stop being the Lady’s influence and become his own greed?
• [Remember sheet on external and internal forces – who decides someone’s fate?]
• III iv, the Thane says he’s a man – thinks he’s invincible at this point – doesn’t tell his wife – “be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck” (III ii 44)
• Malcolm and Donalbain fleeing to England and Ireland – are they traitors? Why do they run away – they are fearful of their lives
• Running away from their father’s murder – not patriotic?
• [pay close attention to the Thane’s soliloquy in I vii – he discusses his own morality]
• Ambition destroys his morality
• Actions lead the Thane to lose his morality
• [can look at each characters’ morality]
• II ii “My hands are of my colour, but I fain to wear a heart so white” (Lady)
• The more the Thane does it, the easier it gets [think of your own lives – do bad things become easier after the first time?]
• The Thane immediately regrets killing Duncan – but “what’s done cannot be undone”
• Overthrows morality as soon as he kills Duncan
• “I’m in blood stepped in so far already” (III iv) – believes he can’t go back and must go forward
• Consequences for sins
• What happens to the Thane is a tragedy
• Thane’s rise to power and his fall
• Morals change a lot through the play


AMBITION

• Ambition that the Thane and Lady have clouds their judgment and makes them take risks
• [how much ambition is too much ambition?]
• [“art not without ambition, but without the illness to attend it” (I v)]
• Thane has a false sense of security – his goals are easily influenced by others
• Is the Lady more ambitious?
• At the beginning the Lady takes the lead – but this quickly changes
• The Lady asks for reinforcements for her courage I v
• Lady lusts for power [what happens after the Thane becomes king? III ii)
• Banquo acted with rules and boundaries
• Thane and Lady threw away their faith – we see early on that the Thane has morals, but even in I iii the Thane says “Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more”
• Does Banquo do enough to try to hold the Thane’s ambition – he only said that he thought they might not be speaking the truth [is he his brother’s keeper?]
• [how does ambition relate to morality]
• People have desires – seems like people seize temptations – sometimes it doesn’t matter how others are going to be affected
• Humans are typically greedy – but some play by the rules
• Some people work for it others don’t care how people are affected
• Banquo also had a prophesy, but doesn’t act on it
• Banquo knows the Thane killed Duncan “I fear thou play’dst most foully for it” (III i)
• He does say “may they not be my oracles as well” (III i)
• Banquo does not go back to the witches
• Lady Macduff – thinks her husband doesn’t love her or their family – Macduff has ambition to save Scotland from a tyrant – but Lady Macduff doesn’t know this about her husband
• [can compare other people’s ambition or absence of it]
• Thane ends up with little care about life except he does say “life’s but a shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage” (V iii)




FAITH

• Knowing that something is going to happen – but people don’t know how
• The Thane decides himself what’s going to happen (internally motivated)
• If the Thane didn’t do anything – would he become the king any way? [ the prophesy does not state when he will be king]
• The Thane starts off having faith in the prophesy – but then he thinks he can change it by killing Banquo and Fleance
• He also doesn’t believe the second set of prophesies – look at IV i and how he questions them
• [later he says “I bear a charmed life” (V vii)]
• He doesn’t immediately believe the first set of prophesies, but then Ross comes to tell the Thane that he is the Thane of Cawdor “can the devil speak the truth?” (I iii)
• Faith in the sense of religion – many references to Heaven and Hell (see I vii) – the Thane realizes that his soul is corrupted
• As soon as the first part of the prophesy comes true – that he becomes the Thane of Cawdor – it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy
• He thinks about what his fate is
• When does the Thane accept his fate and when does he try to fight it?
• Loses his morality when he decides to kill the king – does not gain his faith back
• When Malcolm is proclaimed Prince of Cumberland – Thane could have lost faith in prophesy, but he says he has to “o’erleap” (I iv) in order to make it come true
• When he kills Young Siward (V vii) he says “Thou wast born of woman” – becomes very convinced in the prophesy
• Sees the woods moving and “begin[s] to doubt the equivocation of the devils that lie like the truth” (V v)
• Lady’s sleepwalking scene – subconscious
• Both Lady and Thane have guilty consciences [therefore, their faith is still intact somewhat]
• faith in the Lady – what about the Lady’s faith in her husband
• the army loses faith in the Thane: “now does he feel his title hang loose about him like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief” “they move only in command, nothing in love” (V ii)

Lit 12 - June 2

ROMANTIC ESSAYS: Mon. June 5

Have your QQ for "Dover Beach" and "Ulysses" completed"

VICTORIAN NOTES for Tues., June 6

Eng. 11 - block 2 - BETRAYAL, MORALITY, FATE

Betrayal, Morality, Fate

THE PURPOSE OF A LITERARY ESSAY: Looking at the text as a work of art, demonstrating clear critical judgment and explaining to the reader of your essay how the enjoyment of the text is assisted by literary devices, linguistic effects and psychological insights; showing how the text relates to the time when it was written and how it extends to our society now.


Make sure you have a quote sheet ready with Act, scene and line #
Look at Writing Improvements
Look at past feedback for essays
Go over essay package – what is the purpose of a literary essay
What does this play show us about this theme and human nature?
This play shows us about betrayal, morality and fate

BETRAYAL
• Most people die in this play because of some kind of betrayal
• Thane betrays Scotland, himself, Duncan, Banquo, himself, wife
• Starts the play with betrayal: Macdonwald
• Macduff betrays Scotland officially and Thane and family, but for the greater good
• “ring the alarum bell, treason and betrayal” (II iii)
• “fair is foul and foul is fair” – witches’ prophecies look fair, but end up foul
• Thane’s soliloquy in I vii – all the reasons why he should not kill the king
• Treason is worse since Duncan stays in Thane’s house, also kinsmen
• “our fears in Banquo stick deep” – when Thane talks to the murderers III i
• [does the Lady betray her husband?]
• Macduff betrays the king for Scotland itself
• Does the Lady betray her femininity? [think of Queen Elizabeth I]
• Witches’ prophesy – how complicit are they in all the actions for betrayal?
• Dagger symbolizes betrayal – not a lot of symbolism
• Does anyone get away with betrayal?
• [how does this theme connect to our world? – politics? Personal?]
• Lady betrays herself when sleepwalking “she has told what she should not” (V i)
• Birds of prey are highlighted – falcons, hawks and owls (“I heard an owl screech” II ii)
• Does every person get their come-uppance?
• Whistle blowing in our society is like a betrayal
• Hecate blames the witches for betraying her
• Remember – this is not just a list of examples of betrayal – you are showing the nature of betrayal and the effects
• Macduff put other people before himself (sacrificed his family)
• Duncan rewarded people for doing good (set him up for betrayal) –does this mean people who do good things get betrayed?
• Betrayal begets betrayal
• Paranoia leads to betrayal – must do something

MORALITY

- The Thane’s morals change throughout the play – they are not gone since he can’t sleep and he feels guilty look at I vii for reasons why he doesn’t want to kill the king
- the Lady seems to switch places with the Thane – she starts off calling on darkness and ends up debilitated by guilt (the blood)
- positive characters? – the Thane is first presented as brave and courageous in battle
- Banquo seems very positive but then wonders “may they not be my oracles as well” (III i)
- corruption seeps in causes betrayal
- we are presented with a dismal view of human nature (anyone moral? Malcolm?)
- the Lady asks to “stop up the access and passage to remorse” (I v) – asking to be cruel “fill me from crown to toe top full of direst cruelty” (I v) – doesn’t start off cruel – asks for it
- Thane killing guards?
- is morality important? (The Thane talks about (I vii) morality and how it will be ruined by killing)
- is it right to kill a man – people celebrate the Thane when he “unseam[s] [him] from nave to chaps” I iii, and Scotland executes Macdonwald – what is the difference?
- Lady is a trigger?
- the witches don’t say anything about murdering, but the Thane thinks about it right away when Malcolm is named Prince of Cumberland
- witches represent temptation
- subthemes: greed, temptation, guilt, corruption, deception,
- does the Thane have bad morality? Could any of us do something wrong given the circumstances?
- who is perfect?
- characters who are considered to be good do bad things – “the ends justifies the means” Machiavelli
- Lady doesn’t kill anyone, but she does shame her husband into killing – she also kills herself which is a mortal sin
- Macduff deserts his family (noble or not?)
- hierarchy of values – the Thane puts his manhood first (motivation?)
- the Thane has less and less reason to kill progressively – also hires murderers which is morally bankrupt
- “of all men else I have avoided thee” (V vii) – talks about how he doesn’t want to kill Macduff
-no one is completely good or evil

FATE

• Thane’s fate – is it to become a traitor? The witches don’t tell him how to get there – he could have become king at a later time
• VOLITION
• Thane becomes impatient as soon as he sees Malcolm crowned as Prince “the Prince of Cumberland! That is a step I must overcome or else o’erleap” (I iv)
• Suddenly the Thane thinks the prophesy might come true
• [how does fate work in our lives?]
• Sub themes: expectations, responsibility
• “is this a dagger which I see before me?” (II i) – does he blame the dagger?
• How much responsibility does the Thane take for killing?
• He doesn’t want to admit he’s in control
• Believes in the witches
• Whom do WE believe in? Do we give other people responsibility for our actions? Remember the external or internal pressures
• Many people today would like to give responsibility to others – they think “this is going to happen” and don’t do anything to change
• People believe in inevitability
• The Thane believes the prophesies to be true – except he doesn’t think Fleance should become king – tries to kill him – also when he gets the next three prophecies – he questions them all – look at IV i
• Fate could cause the Thane’s death – the second time he is tricked
• Becomes over-confident – (hubris) he says “I bear a charmed life” (V vii?)
• “Thou wast born of woman” (V vii)
• [What does it mean that Fleance doesn’t become king? Isn’t Shakespeare showing us that perhaps fate isn’t to be trusted?]
• Why does the Thane stay in Dusinane? Pride?
• Puts too much faith in the prophecies
• The Thane believes only what he wants to believe
• Do the witches manipulate the Thane? Look at their chant in I iii
• How much are we personally manipulated?

Eng. 11 - May 31 - How to study for The Scottish Play Test

Review all your notes.

Think about each character and what they do.

Know the literary devices on your sheet and how to recognize them.

Review the plot.

Pick out important quotes and be able to explain them.

Quiz your friend with all of the above.

Eng. 9 _ May 30

Complete all questions for III

VOCAB TEST: Fri. June 2

AMSND PROJECT: Mon. June 8

Eng. 11 - May 29

All of IV and V questions for Tues.

MOVIE: Wed/Thurs May 31, June 1
FISHBOWL: Fri. June 2
TEST: Mon. June 5

Lit 12 - May 29

Complete "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to BE"

ROMANTIC TEST: Thurs. June 1

ROMANTIC ESSAY: Mon. June 5


BARD ON THE BEACH: Thurs. June 8

Eng. 9 - May 29

Complete III i questions

VOCAB TEST: Friday, June 2

Lit 12 - May 25

Photo Credits: John Soriano

"Apostrophe to the Ocean"

Sorry - we're missing two stanzas

Lit 12 - May 24

Prepare "Apostrophe to the Ocean" - 2 x QQ + text (Thurs. 25)

"Ode to the West Wind" - 2 x QQ + text (Fri. 26)

"Ode to a Nightingale" - 2 x QQ + text (Mon. 29)

Eng. 11 - May 24

Complete all of IV and V questions for Tues. May 30

SCENES: Mon. May 29

DISCUSSION: Tues. May 30 (Themes)
MOVIE: Wed. May 31, Thurs. June 1
FISHBOWL: Fri. June 2

ESSAY: Mon, June. 5
TEST: Tues., June6

FINAL EXAM: Tue. June 20 1:00pm

Eng 9 _ May 23

Act II questions

Lit 12 - May 19

ROMANTIC NOTES: Tues. 23

"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" - 2 x QQ, brief notes on symbolism, atmosphere, supernatural, colours, text: Wed. 24


ROMANTIC ESSAY; Mon. June 5

Eng. 11 - May 19

Complete all of III for Tues. 23


Scenes:


- Students mark as well
- Costumes
- Props
- Make-up
- Memorizing (if you have under 20 lines especially)
- Rehearse
- Smooth
- Small, hidden index cards
- Blocking/movement
- Eye contact
- Volume
- Understanding your character
- Preparation

Eng. 11 - May 18

Scene Day - Friday, May 19

Scene Presentation - Monday, May 29

Eng 9 - May 17

Complete questions for I (in package)

Lit 12 - May 16

Hey everyone - This is a podcast of Act V from Hamlet being performed in an American jail full of murderers.

Very good: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/218/act-v#play

Have "My Heart Leaps Up" and "The World is too Much with Us" for Thursday, 17

Romantic Notes for Tuesday 23

Lit 12 - May 15

GROUP PRESENTATION: "Elegy" - Tues. May 16

Eng. 11 - May 15

Complete II questions for Tuesday, May 16

Eng. 11 - May 11

Complete your sentence corrections, writing improvements sheet, editing checklist

The Scottish Play I vi, I vii

Eng. 9 - May 11

Complete your sentence corrections, writing improvements sheet, editing checklist and vocab

Movie Review: Monday, May 15

LIt 12 - May 11

Prepare: "Mouse," "Tyger," "Lamb" - QQ, author notes, text, LITERARY DEVICES!

Eng. 9 - May 10

10 plot/character questions
20 marks sentence answers
20 marks paragraphs

Eng. 9 - May 9

Movie Reviews - due Monday, May 15

IHON Test: Thursday, May 11

We will go over your character sketches tomorrow.

Eng. 11 - May 9

Complete questions for I i, ii, iii, iv, v - make sure to quote when necessary.

Look over your parts and try to decide who you want to be for Act II.

We will go over your essays Thursday.

LIt 12 - May 9

Make sure your 2 x QQ for "Rape" is complete along with examples and definitions for literary devices (8 marks)

Read and prepare "A Modest Proposal" - pay special attention to the text questions

Hot pink Vocab sheet was due Friday, May 5 - hand in!

Mock Epic Awards: Thursday, May 11

Lit 12 - May 4

Define and give examples of What is an epic?

ZEUGMA
JUXTAPOSITION
APHORISM
SATIRE
METAPHORS FOR SCISSORS
ALLUSIONS
MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES
FUNNY NAMES
ALLITERATION

Eng. 9 - May 2

Ch. 12 - # 1 -2 - Wed. 3
Ch. 13 - # 1-4 - Thurs. 4

Read Ch. 14 - Thurs. 4

Eng. 9 - May 1

Character Sketch - due Tues. May 2
Ch. 11 - #1, 2 - Tues. May 2

Lit 12 - May 1

Prepare Pepys for Wednesday - 2 QQ (Fire of London and Coronation)

For Renaissance test - 6 marks vocab, 24 marks sight reading poem, 6 paragraphs - 5 marks each

Study devices, themes, have some quotes at the ready

Eng. 9 - April 27

Ch. 10 #1,2,3,5 due Mon. 1

Character Sketch: Tues. May 2

Power, Fear and Volition - block 2

My notes are in square brackets/italics
Make sure your quote sheet has page numbers!

Power

- Goals and conflicts between Nurse and Mack - show power
- "What worries me, Billy, is how your mother is going to take this." - Nurse wants to punish Mack by saying this to Billy [near end of the novel]
- "Who's the bully goose loony around here" - Mack tries to assert his dominance right away [near beginning of novel]
- "And as far as the Nurse riding you like this…" [Chief in Chapter 15 talks about the power Billy doesn't have - Chief can't give Billy power]
- Nurse tries to control the patients with EST threats and lobotomies
- Nurse cares about power more than patients well being [is this true?] - what are the Nurse's real intentions? Is she really cruel
- What is Mack's real goal throughout the novel?
- What is Nurse's goal throughout the novel?
- How does Nurse gain power - using fear
- [think about how power works generally, what does this novel tell us about power in our world - power structures - how is the ward a microcosm of how power works]
- Cigarettes - major symbol - goal of patients - rebellion
- Mack gives up - Cheswick kills himself [hangs all his hopes on Mack and he lets them down]
- Chief, who has no volition through most of the novel, finds self power - control panel is a symbol of power
- Fishing trip - Mack has real power - is really in control [does the fishing trip give everyone power?]
- [does this novel show us any differences between female power versus male?]
- EST - is it a treatment if Nurse uses it as a punishment
- [what about when Nurse uses "therapy" to tell on each other - even to decide a punishment or treatmentI]
- Lobotomy is the ultimate scare tactic ["you'll end up over on that side!"
- Music = Nurse's overwhelming presence - Mack wants it gone, but she turns up the volume - even when she's not there, the music is
- Music affects everyone in the ward - Mack wants men to converse - Nurse says it's for the older folk who have problems hearing and enjoy it -
- Wolves and rabbits
- Harding [at end of novel says "we're not rabbits any more, we're men now"]
- Medication - Nurse doesn't want to tell patients what medications they're taking
- Lithium makes patients groggy and heavy
- Dilantin helps one thing, but hurts another (bleeding gums)
- Distortion of time - Chief thinks the Nurse is so powerful that she can control time [thinks she's omnipotent]

Fear

- Nurse uses patients' fears "she recognizes this fear and knows how to put it to use" (18)
- Nurse uses EST and lobotomy as a fear tactic
- [how does fear exist in our society]
- Nurse is like a disease of fear and Mack is the antidote
- When Mack arrives, the patients become more confidence in themselves
- "All I know is this, nobody is very big in the first place" [this is Mack - see sheet]
- [Mack realizes that it's something bigger - remember he has an epiphany that it's not just the Nurse - it's society]
- Nurse fearful of ward being taken over by men
- She knows she cannot use power (natural for men at that time) she uses fear to make up for it
- Is Mack a hero? He also has a fear - he fears staying in the ward forever, he fears going back to the work farm
- [what was his childhood like]
- Harding's fear is people finding out he's gay - he gets a wife
- The role of society - ["shame"]
- "the finger of society pointing at me" - Harding is ashamed [society makes him feel that way]
- Difference between wolves and rabbits - all patients except Mack are rabbits [until the end when Harding realizes that he's a man]
- Billy is afraid of his mom's judgment
- They are all afraid of outside judgment
- "people laughing at you? I'm not big and tough" - Billy Bibbit talking to Mack about society's judgment
- Nurse has so much power that even the doctor is afraid of her
- [big connection between power and fear - what's the best way to gain power? What's the connection between fear and power?]
- Nurse is friends with the hospital administrator (also Billy's mom)
- Chief hides in the fog - this is a manifestation of his fear
- "Nobody complains about the fog… you can slip back in and be safe… that's what Mack doesn't understand" (Chief)
- Chief's fog goes away as he progresses through Mack's friendship
- [look at each character's progression - what happens to each character at the end of the novel]
- "they're still sick men" - not rabbits any more - Mack helps them with confidence - fear resides
- Mack empowers the men - that's why he gets so tired
- Know something is wrong with them but not be afraid of other people
- Mack says for the patients to be proud of who they are - fishing trip - he has the patients embrace their own mental illness
- Chief creates a barrier by acting deaf and mute
- "That's one fear hiding behind another" - Chief doesn't want to deal with his fears directly - the idea of him being gay is a distraction (not the real fear)
- Fear - used as a system of control
- Mack - as a politician - gets trust of patients not through fear
- Cheswick's fear (killing himself) - Nurse's power - thinks the ward is hopeless - afraid of outside world

Volition

- Compared to the beginning of the novel - how does the patients' volition increase?
- [what does that tell us? Comparing the ending to the beginning shows us Kesey's purpose]
- Chief starts talking and leaves the fog - near the end he says "never again!" referring to the fog
- Chief putting his hand up and voting shows us volition - he realizes he chose to do it himself - no one else was telling him to do that [does voting have anything to do with our own volition?]
- Turning point - Chief has free will
- Selfless act - Mack
- During the vote - the patients' big act against the Nurse - staring at the blank TV screen [symbol?] - gives them volition and hope
- Mack has a more therapeutic influence than the Nurse [but then again, Cheswick and Billy Bibbit might not have died if Mack had never come]
- Difference between a democracy and a monarchy (tyranny)
- Nurse shut down the voting since she "likes a rigged game" - she involves the chronics in the count [do the chronics represent anything in our society - people who aren't counted?]
- After Chief votes - he starts to see the real world - can see outside the windows - instead of the TV screen for the first time
- Mack has an infectious personality - confident in himself - shakes everyone's hands
- Has a rebellious attitude
- No one would have changed their ways without Mack
- Mack wanted to hear what people had to say - example of talking Martini through the monopoly game to see through his hallucinations
- Control panel = key to freedom - Chief has the will to leave the ward - the will to pick up the control panel - he could lift it the whole time [which Mack actually knows] always saw himself as small - realizes he's big enough, through Mack's help
- Volition and power inverse throughout the novel - charisma of Mack - symbol of volition
- Chief takes control of himself [symbolized through lifting the control panel]
- Hope + volition
- Size of everyone - Mack is seen as the biggest (has the most will) - almost always in a good mood, by end of novel people are the same size - or at least bigger
- Chief equates size to free will (Nurse is seen "blowing up as big as a tractor")
- After the fishing trip - Chief felt like he had grown 10 inches (gained confidence) - grown as a person
- Nurse didn't want them to go outside
- [does the fishing trip tell us anything about men in general? Big Nurse doesn't want them to go]
- Mack tells them to be proud of their mental illnesses - in the outside world
- Fishing trip -first time no one is telling them what to do - no rules - drink, laugh
- How to act around other people
- [could judgment be a theme that ties all these themes together, what about perspective, personal growth, mental illness generally]
- [think about the fact that Harding's "illness" is being gay - think about how society's judgment caused him to be anxious and depressed - think about how we don't see this as an illness today - is there an "illness" we are currently stigmatizing people with today that soon we will see as in the spectrum of "normal"]

Fear, Power, Hope - block one (Eng. 11)

My thoughts are in square bracket, italics
Make sure your quotes sheets have page numbers for every quote

Fear

-nurse imposes fear to get control - Mack fights it and helps patients fight their own fear
- Nurse "knows how to put fear to use...that side" (Ch. 3 - see questions)
- Doctors are scared of Big Nurse ("ammonia" quote)
- "you may need a month of bed pans" - Nurse controls aides, doctors, patients, other nurses
- Chief - fears combine, "I was a lot bigger in those days"
- [how does the fear connect to our world and our lives, what bigger statement is OFOCN making about society generally?]
- Mack has a sense of fear when he sees the EST bed - to what extent does he fear Nurse?
- [what role does fear play generally in our lives?
- [what is the nature of fear?]
- Symbol - Billy Bibbit's stutter gets worse around the nurse
- Symbols - wolves and rabbits, (wolves - Mack and Nurse, rabbits - rest of patients)
- [look at each patient's progression - Harding says "we're not rabbits anymore, we're men]
- Movie shows Cheswick fearing violence - anyone hitting each other or being loud
- Chief's fear goes away as his friendship with Mack grows
- Insanity and fear are related [how]
- [how do the topics - power and hope relate to fear]
- How does using fear help control?
- Less work to get people to fear - otherwise keeping track of everyone's needs
- Easy to lose control - Mack teaches patients not to fear and Nurse loses her power
- "That's one fear hiding behind another" - takes Chief some time to realize his problems - this problem isn't relevant - is covering up what he's really afraid of - same as fog
- Short choppy chapters = fog
- Chapters become longer represents Chief coming out of the fog
- As Chief gains control of himself - fog goes away
- Chief steps out of his comfort zone and gains more control of himself
- People gain power as fear loses its hold
- Big Nurse - likes to keep everything in order - this shows her fear (diagnosis of OCD)
- Chief - PTSD - fear of outside world and people with power
- [look at Chief's experience with tribe, Dad, government]
- [symbolism of Chief's deaf and mute status]

Power

- Chief shakes Mack's hand at the beginning of the novel - he feels a power surge
- Chief's interactions with Mack help him take steps to leave the fog
- Mack's influence in general
- Power and control is shown through Mack and Nurse's influence
- [what about society? Where is the power? How does this novel connect our society to the characters' experience of power]
- [microcosm of ward - represents the power structures of the world]
- [the Nurse controls the black attendants - but it's doubtful she picked them the way Chief interprets it - he says that one of the attendants stopped growing at age 5]
- "We need a good strong wolf like the Nurse" - patients are willing to relinquish their power - they want to be told what to do - they are mentally ill
- [do we need leaders? What is their purpose?]
- Group therapy sessions as a "pecking party" (51 ish)
- Nurse uses the staff to bolster her power
- Mack also manipulates the patients - but he does use his power to build people up
- [Mack actually cheats them out of their money since he knew Chief could lift the control panel - it was a fixed bet]
- [Mack - not perfect - are any of us?]
- Mack loses power when he realizes he's committed (scene at the pool)
- [Cheswick's suicide]
- Combine compared to society [Combine symbol = making everyone the same - one of Chief's biggest fear - think of First Nations people losing power to government and assimilation]
- Cards symbolize power, also cigarettes (self power)
- [what is our own power - what about Chief voting]
- Music is a symbol of power - Mack can't change - she controls it and the volume
- Cigarettes = self power - Cheswick loses them and then commits suicide [coincidence?]
- Fear and power are connected
- Hallucinations
- [you can discuss lack of power]
- Mack brings everyone else up - party shows everyone (opening the window - "what was to stop us from doing it again?" near the end of the novel
- [another symbol - windows - Chief finally sees clearly out the window - he also breaks out through the window - could he have just walked out the door]
- Volition -
- Lobotomy is a symbol of power - Nurse's biggest weapon - admits that she cannot outlast Mack
- Does Mack win? He dies, but she doesn't even want him to move wards earlier in the novel
- [look at the ending - look at what each character does]


Hope

- Mack and Nurse have power [who provides hope?]
- Mack "what do you think you are, crazy of something? You're no crazier than the average [a-holes] out there."
- [are power and hope connected?]
- Patients are able to give hope to each other - symbolized by Chief voting
- When Mack temporarily gives up hope after finding out he's committed, causes Cheswick's death
- Billy commits suicide as well -ward drains hope
- Hope focuses on Mack - when Mack loses his hope, they lose theirs
- Mack gives hope to Chief - Chief starts to leave the fog - [starts to recover]
- [again, look to the end - who has hope, what is the function of hope, what does this novel show us about hope generally, what is the nature of hope, what does the novel show us about hope in our society?]
- Mack gives up getting the cigarettes for Cheswick - makes Cheswick give up hope (suicide)
- Fishing trip gives patients hope - realize they are okay to go out in society
- Control panel - Mack tries to lift it "at least I tried, goddamnit, at least I tried." [this is hope]
- Could represent Mack trying to lift other people's spirits - Chief lifting it in the end shows how everyone has to do it on their own [mental health is ultimately each person's personal battle]
- What's the relationship with Chief's own hope…
- Before Mack arrives on the ward - things were the same every day - patients are shown - fishing trip, card games, laughing - all of these events provide hope [and alleviate fear]
- Is hope dangerous to have - hope provides expectations - but if they are not met, it can be devastating
- Cheswick, Billy Bibbit
- [contrast Cheswick and Billy Bibbit to Harding and Chief]
- Realistic hopes are good -but unrealistic [hanging all hopes on one person rather than self]
- ["Maybe it's not the Nurse, maybe it's something bigger" - Mack realizes it's not the Nurse causing all the suffering - remember - not seeing the forest for the trees]
- [What does Mack's death tell us about hope?]
- "haven't heard a real laugh since I came through that door"
- [does laughter provide hope?]

Eng. 9 - April 26

Complete Ch. 9 #1,2,3

Eng. 9 - April 26 - Character Sketch

Write a three paragraph composition describing the characteristics of ONE of the following: Sam Wood, Bill Gillespie or Virgil Tibbs.

Answer the following questions in the context of your composition:

a) What is this character like?
b) Is he likeable?
c) Is he believable?

Include:

· A title page (worth 5 marks)
· A supporting quote

Make sure:

· You use your editing checklist
· Double space
· Use pen not pencil (if it's hand written) 20 marks (writing) 5 marks (title page)

Due: Tuesday, May 2