August 14

AGENDA:

1. Essay Exam - Summer Reading

In each of the novels assigned for summer reading, characters' belief systems were challenged by events and information that caused them to reconsider their assumptions. Analyze and compare two of the novels to explain how the author achieves this purpose. Your analysis must include at least three technical elements of literature (such as plot, setting, characterization, diction or syntax).

For example, in Bless Me, Ultima and Like Water for Chocolate, the authors use indirect characterization, formal diction, and internal conflict to help the reader see how the main characters' beliefs change throughout the novel.

If you are new to Righetti or for some reason did not read this summer:

In many works of literature, past events can affect, positively or negatively, the present actions, attitudes, or values of a character. Choose a novel or play in which a character must contend with some aspect of the past, either personal or societal. Then write an essay in which you show how the character's relationship to the past contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. (Do not merely summarize the plot).

REMINDER: Turn in your summer reading notes today before you leave for credit. 

HW: Prepare for Richard Cory recitation