College Prep 12
- Finish watching Platoon
- Final discussion.
- Final reading log check
- Start planning essay:
…at the bottom of the abyss comes the voice of salvation. The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light. ~Joseph Campbell from The Power of Myth
Only after we have been completely destroyed can we begin to find ourselves. ~Ryan Smithson, from Ghosts of War
Hell is the impossibility of reason. ~Private Taylor, from Platoon
I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy; we fought ourselves. The enemy was in us. The war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days. As I'm sure Elias will be, fighting with Barnes for what Rhah called "possession of my soul." There are times since, I've felt like a child, born of those two fathers. But be that as it may, those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again. To teach to others what we know, and to try with what's left of our lives to find a goodness and a meaning to this life. ~ Private Taylor, from Platoon
War is hell, but war is also paradise. ~~Ryan Smithson, from Ghosts of War
Discuss the theme of the Transformation of the Hero in both the film Platoon and the book Ghosts of War through the lens of one or two of the quotes above. Where appropriate, illustrate the transformation of the main characters using elements of Campbell’s hero formula. Your essay should include specific details from both stories. You may use your notes, reading logs and book for this assignment. Write in your own voice. This is not a Regents essay!
Grade 10
- Continue Act III (pd 3 up to line 108, pd 4 line 138, pd 8 line 158)
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