Just War

Is there such a thing as a just war? Explain your thinking and comment on the post of at least one other person.

The Glass Menagerie

Discuss Williams’s decision to stage this play as “plastic theatre” with a narrator, theme music, and surreal lighting techniques rather than presenting it as realism. The unique nature of his choice comes through even in the text of play. Choose a passage that provides evidence of this choice. It must be a different passage than anyone else has chosen.

Song of Solomon chapter 5

Towards the bottom of page 129, the narrator tells us Milkman wills Hagar dead and believes only one of them can live. Please explain this section and the deeper significance of this belief. Do you believe there is an amicable way to resolve this situation or is Milkman correct? Please read your classmates' comments and respond to at least one.

Mrs. Vernon's AP Class: Song of Solomon chapters 1-4

Mrs. Vernon's AP Class: Song of Solomon chapters 1-4: Provide a detailed response to the following prompt and respond to the post of at least one other student . This thread includes responses f...

Song of Solomon chapters 1-4

Provide a detailed response to the following prompt and respond to the post of at least one other student. This thread includes responses from the class of 2013  as well as your class. Feel free to comment on anyone else's post.

Discuss the subject of truth as it relates to Song of Solomon. Is truth static or changing? Is it fixed or subjective? How does one learn truth and is truth important? Give specific examples from the novel to support your position.

Siddhartha

Polarities

In Siddhartha, Siddhartha finds that enlightenment does not come from mastering either the material or spiritual world but from finding the common ground between these polarities of existence. Discuss this idea.

The Role of Religion

Siddhartha follows one man's journey for enlightenment. As you read, it is useful to contemplate your own attitudes and observations about the central issues of any novel. Consider the following questions and respond to one or more here: What role does religion play in today's world? How does it impact life on a global scale and how does it impact individuals personally? Is there a difference between being religious and being spiritual? 

Welcome to AP

Using your best writing skills, discuss the following quote. What do you believe Fitzgerald is saying? Have you found this sentiment to be true in your own reading experience? Explain.

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” 
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

Siddhartha

Respond in writing to the following question. If you are the first person to respond, that is all you must do. All subsequent posters must respond to the question AND comment on the post of one other student.

Analyze the meeting of Siddhartha and Govinda beginning on page 90. What does it say about their relationship, their characters, and changes they have made throughout the novel? Has Govinda's role in the relationship changed?

King Lear

Choose a single quote from King Lear to share here. Explain it and explain why you chose it.

The Things They Carried

 Choose One:

Discuss sound in The Things They Carried. What role do talking, music, and silence in Vietnam play in the story?

Discuss friendship in The Things They Carried.

Dead Poet's

What does Dead Poet's Society say about the power of literature, its purpose, and the way in which it should be read? How do these ideas compare to your own experiences with literature, both academically and personally?

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Answer the following questions in a single, detail, response:

 The novel includes an elaborate burial for the town mule. What is the significance of this scene? How is it both tragic and comic?

Final Siddhartha Comments

Your task this week is to make a comment in response to the comments of one of your classmates. Choose one person's ideas from either post to discuss in your post. You may agree with him/her, disagree , or extend the idea your classmate began. Please refer to specific points in the post within your discussion and relate those points to your own interpretation of the book.

Siddhartha Part Two

Answer one of the following questions:
Discuss this quote: “He was sometimes afraid of these thoughts and wished he
could also share their childish daily affairs with intensity, truly to take part in them,
to enjoy and live their lives instead of only being there as an onlooker.” (71)

What is love according to Siddhartha? According to Kamala? According to Govinda? What does Hesse seem to be telling us about love?

Discuss this quote: "Samsara and Nirvana are only words."

Siddhartha

Respond to one the following questions:

Chapter 1

Look at the reasons for Siddhartha’s discontentment (5-6). How do other

religions answer these questions?

What is the tone of this chapter and how is the tone relevant to the theme?

Discuss this quote: “One must find the source within one’s own Self, one must

possess it. Everything else was seeking—a detour, error.”

Chapter 2

 Debate the arguments of Govinda and Siddhartha in this chapter. What are Govinda’s arguments and thesis? What is Siddhartha’s?

Welcome!

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