Finished the movie. Below are the essay question options. Choose 1:
a) The Dead Poet Society contains many obvious mythic themes and illustrates, in the transformation of some of the main characters, the steps of the hero journey. As this is a ‘coming of age’ story, the theme of ‘atonement with the father’ is central. In a well developed essay of a minimum of 500 words, demonstrate your understanding of these concepts by explaining their application to this story. Make sure to use specific examples from the movie.
b) In a minimum of 500 words, write a personal reaction to this story. This essay should have a standard structure: Introduction/thesis statement, body paragraphs and conclusion. Specific details from the story are necessary in the development of your thesis statement.
- Research Project instructions will be given out tomorrow. The due date will be middle to late May. As a result, the due date for the portfolio project will be pushed back a week to the beginning of June. I'll give firm dates later.
- I will be out tomorrow. You will be given a short story to read, annotate and respond to. response paper due on Thursday. You have the choice of working on your TDPS essay or the short story in class.
- Discussed chapter 7 in class.
- Went over quiz 1.
- HW: Catch up!
- Finish chapter 8 in class with the sub tomorrow
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