Pre-Break Recap

February 24, 2007

Since the beginning of the new semester we have essentially accomplished the following:

  • Read “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe & Written an Open Response
  • Read “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell & Written an Open Response
  • Read “Phineas” by John Knowles as an introduction to novel A Separate Peace
  • Read chapters 1-8 A Separate Peace by John Knowles & Reading Log

Guiding Questions for reading the novel:

  • How does environment influence power struggles and personal conflict?
  • How does the short story influence the novel?
  • How does World War II influence the novel?

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