Wednesday
Today - we will continue to work on essays.
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https://archive.is/qCy81 Today we are going to write sentences with sagacity and tenacious, and the finish ACT 1 of "The Crucible". HOMEWORK: Work on personal narratives.
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So, today we will take a quiz on Huckleberry Finn, discuss what you read over break, the episodes up to chapter 21, and look at chapter 22. Note - this week we need to read Abraham Lincoln as well. Huck Discussion Questions: XXI - XXIII "Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel . He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it . It is a trait that is not known to the higher animals." This quote is from Twain's essay, "The Damned Human Race." How is this contempt for certain aspects of human behavior evident in the description of the Arkansas town in Chapter XXI? How does he describe the residents? Why does Huck observe but does not participate in the schemes of the duke and king? Through the Grangerford episode, Twain was able to criticize the myth of Southern honor. What myth of Southern life does Twain satirize in the Sherburn / Boggs incident ...
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