Thursday, September 1, 2011

September 1, 2011

Journal Topic:

1. Discuss "The Allegory of the Cave"
2. Return essays and discuss

HW: STUDY for your vocabulary quiz tomorrow; answer questions to "Araby" to discuss in class tomorrow and turn in.

“Araby” by James Joyce
1.     What would you consider the story’s major idea?
2.     How might the bazaar, “Araby,” be considered symbolically in the story? How does this relate to the story’s theme?
3.     Consider the attitude of the speaker toward his home as indicated in the first paragraph. Why do you think the speaker uses the word blind to describe the dead-end street? What relationship exists between the speaker’s pain at the end of the story to the ideas in the first paragraph?

Be ready to turn in and discuss in class.

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