3/3 Class Plan and Assignment

TODAY:

FINISH Yesterday's Notes on ZORA NEALE HURSTON

DISCUSS findings with partner and share with Class

TEACHER INPUT:

So far we have concentrated on the lives of mostly men. In The Things They Carried and in The Great Gatsby we explored the dynamics of a man's life as he struggled to gain acceptance in and understanding of a world.

We will begin a novel about a woman who is also trying to find a place in a world. In a world that looks at her differently because of her skin color. During the journey of her life, she is not only trying to find acceptance, she is also trying to gain respect and understanding in a world that gives neither to her.

TODAY: (Create Post: 3/3 Assignment)

ANALYZE the opening lines of the novel: "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men."

1. How are ships compared to man's wish?
2. Who is the Watcher?
3. Why is Time capitalized?
4. What does resignation mean? Why would the Watcher turn away in resignation?
5. What does "mocked" mean?
6. EXPLAIN what these lines mean in your own words.
7. What do you think this novel is going to be about?


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