Animal Dreams for Dec 3

How does Kingsolver start to link the local issues with the larger community, national and global issues?

Animal Dreams for Dec 1

On page 118, Codi claims:

"We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts. There's no sense pretending."

What can you do with this passage.

Edson: Wit

Considering Vivian Bearing's character, what might you think are some of the themes of Wit?

John Donne

Ok then, according to the poem, why should death be not proud?

August Wilson's Fences

Clearly Troy is the main figure in this play. How would you characterize his relationship with the other characters? Feel free to address the major and minor characters.

Death of a Salesman

Ok, we've put together a lot of elements from this play. What is it about? What are the themes of Miller's play?

Rich: "Diving into the Wreck"

This last poem we'll discuss is a fairly difficult poem, but it does certainly seem to be working on an allegorical level. What do you think things like the diver and the wreck represent? the damage? the ladder?