Friday, September 11, 2009

Homework for 9/14

Courtenay reading

c. 3-6

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Homework for 9/11

Courtenay reflection

In a paragraph, please consider what the following quotation means and provide an example of from c. 1-2 in which P. has an experience that confirms your explanation.

"survival means never being best at anything except being best at nothing"

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Homework for 9/10

Courtenay reading

c. 1-2

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Homework for 9/9

Achebe Writing

Choose ONE of the following questions to address in a short essay on your ejournal:

Choose one of the images from the Yeats poem and discuss how Achebe uses that image to understand what happens to Okonkwo and the Ibo tribe.

Why do you think Okonkwo kills himself?

Do you think Okonkwo is a defiant hero or a victim?