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Have a great weekend. Be safe. All hail the new Queen (RS)!

Multiple Choice

Today we took a practice multiple choice test and selected some books from storage to study in preparation for the exam.

Also, students need to finish Invisible Man by Tuesday of next week.

Invisible Man

Students are to read chapters 18-22 of Invisible Man by Friday.

Chapter 18:
Anonymous letter
Filed steel from Brother Tarp-
Chapter 19:
White bed-
Chapter 20:
Foot races:
Sambo Doll:
Chapter 21:
Two black pigeons rising above a white barn-
Rotting cabbage

Invisible Man

Students are to read through chapter 17 of Invisible Man and consider the significance of the following:

Chapter 14:
Cabbage
U.S. Constitution/Ballot

Chapter 15:
piggy bank- To Mary/to IM/what does he put it in/where does he take it/etc

Chapter 16:
3 white men on black horses
Blind boxer

Chapter 17:
Frederick Douglas
Soldier

Invisible Man

Students are to read through chapter 13 by Friday. Consider the following:

Chapter 6
Leg shackle
Bledsoe’s fingers
Sealed envelopes

Chapter 7
Jim Crow

Chapter 8
Statue of Liberty
Jack the Bear

Chapter 9
Breakfast
Artifacts from college
















Chapter 10
Color
Optic white
Scabs

Chapter 11
Mother
Brer Rabbit and Buckeye
Chapter 12:
Dumping slosh on the Reverend's head
Chapter 13:
I am what I yam:

Invisible Man

Students are to read through chapter 9 by Monday.

“No one has come forward in defense of laughter. No, laughter is more meaningful and more profound than [most think]…Those who say that laughter incites are unjust. Only the dismal incites, while laughter gives light. Many things would incite man if presented in their nakedness; but illuminated by the power of laughter, they bring reconciliation to the soul.” (Gogol)
Choose a novel, play, or long poem that illuminates the human condition through the power of laughter. In a well-constructed essay, explain how the work expresses one or more profound truths about human beings and discuss the specific techniques the author uses to convey these ideas.
You may select a work by one of the following authors or another author of comparable literary merit.

Invisible Man

Students are to read the first five chapters (prologue included) by Thursday of this week. They must also write down the symbolic significance of the following:

Prologue
“What did I do to be so Black and Blue”
1369 light bulbs

Chapter 1
Briefcase
Brass tokens
Tattoo

Chapter 2
Founder’s statue
Red-tin apple
Log cabins

Chapter 3
Golden Day
Mechanical man
Mr. Norton’s illness

Chapter 4
White dividing line
Mr. Norton’s car


Chapter 5
Baptist church

spring break HW

Students are to finish reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and select a passage from each of the remaining parts (3 total). The reason for the choice is entirely up to the student. Be ready to discuss them when we return.

Also, students are to read The Importance of Being Earnest (I have provided a link to the etext) and keep track of every aphorism they encounter. This also will be a topic of discussion when we return.

Enjoy your break and Happy Reading.