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YOUR FINAL VOCABULARY BLOG FOR THE SEMESTER!!
Now that you have finished reading The Road, spend some time thinking about the end of the novel. Were you satisfied with the way the book ended? How do you feel about what happened to the characters at the end? What do you think McCarthy was trying to say in his book? You must authentically include at least three vocabulary words from your vocabulary homework in your response. Put your vocabulary words in bold face so that they can be easily recognized. Use this blog to reflect on the reading you did this week (pgs. 102-192). What is your emotional response to the events that happen in the middle section of the book? What situations that the characters found themselves in were important? What are your predictions of how the book might end?
Use at least three of your vocabulary words authentically in your response. Put your vocabulary words in bold face so that I can easily identify them.
How does McCarthy's language help the reader to determine the tone of the novel? Write a blog response on your website that answers this question. You must use the words from your vocabulary assignment in your response. Put your vocabulary words in boldface so I can easily identify them. Your response should be thorough and should use specific examples from the book.
Now that you have finished reading what sections of The Odyssey we will be looking at in class, consider why this work has survived in high schools for so long. Why might this work be considered such an important piece of literature? You might also consider some of the dilemmas that this narrative evokes. For example, how are gender roles displayed in this story? How are problems solved? Since the ancient Greeks seemed to have been such a revenge-oriented culture, does Odysseus do anything that he should be punished for but isn't?
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