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?