Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Individual Question 1
What is Twain really teaching us? We've heard about the controversy. We've talked about his use of language and his portrayal of Jim. What do you believe Twain's real point was in writing this novel? What was he trying to show us about our society? Is society today the same as Twain's world? How is it different? How might it be the same?
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Group Question 4
Personal Question 2
Twain's mocking of society has started to become evident. Certain TV
shows (Daily Show, Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons,
Chappelle's Show, Family Guy, South Park, etc.) often mock today's
society. Many of the "foibles" (flaws in society) that these shows
mock are sensitive and controversial. Should some topics be off-
limits? Why or why not? Please remember that these issues are
sensitive and controversial for a reason -- phrase your responses so
as not to offend any one group or person.
Twain's mocking of society has started to become evident. Certain TV
shows (Daily Show, Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons,
Chappelle's Show, Family Guy, South Park, etc.) often mock today's
society. Many of the "foibles" (flaws in society) that these shows
mock are sensitive and controversial. Should some topics be off-
limits? Why or why not? Please remember that these issues are
sensitive and controversial for a reason -- phrase your responses so
as not to offend any one group or person.
Group Question 3
Personal Question 1
Let's say that after high school you chose to go off on your own
without your family or friends, instead of going to college like
"sivilization" might want you to do. Where would you go and what would
you do? Why would you choose that? (Option for responses: be polite,
but challenge assumptions and point out potential troubles and
struggles as well as advantages.)
Let's say that after high school you chose to go off on your own
without your family or friends, instead of going to college like
"sivilization" might want you to do. Where would you go and what would
you do? Why would you choose that? (Option for responses: be polite,
but challenge assumptions and point out potential troubles and
struggles as well as advantages.)
Group Question 2
Analysis Question 2
Huck is young and has not fully developed his own moral code. His
ideas on morality may have been influenced by his father, the Widow
Douglas, and later even Jim. What does Huck believe in? Identify a
situation which requires Huck to make a choice/decision based on
morals, and what choice/decision he makes. Do you agree or disagree
with the choices he makes? Why or why not?
Huck is young and has not fully developed his own moral code. His
ideas on morality may have been influenced by his father, the Widow
Douglas, and later even Jim. What does Huck believe in? Identify a
situation which requires Huck to make a choice/decision based on
morals, and what choice/decision he makes. Do you agree or disagree
with the choices he makes? Why or why not?
Group Question 1
Analysis Question 1
One of the conflicts that has started to show up in the book is
between nature and society (civilization or "sivilization"). What does
Huck think about these two things? What evidence can you cite to show
that your position is supported by the book? Specific examples,
please. Do you support him or sympathize with in his position, and why?
One of the conflicts that has started to show up in the book is
between nature and society (civilization or "sivilization"). What does
Huck think about these two things? What evidence can you cite to show
that your position is supported by the book? Specific examples,
please. Do you support him or sympathize with in his position, and why?
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