Hopefully, we'll be reading the first chapter of the novel in class today. Once we do that together, you're on your own for getting through Chapters II, III and IV. I'd like you to have those read, and the assignment below completed and posted here by the beginning of class on Friday, October 24th.
Find three spots, from three different chapters (I, II, III and IV), that struck you as you were reading. Spots that confused you. Things you didn't understand. Questions you jotted down in the margins of the page. Moments in the text that made you smile, or scratch your head, or say something out loud...
ASSIGNMENT: Write three (3) questions or comments that you had from Chapters I -- IV(from three different chapters) dealing with specific parts of the text. Quote where necessary, and please include specific chapter and page references for each question/comment.
DUE: By the beginning of class on Friday, October 27th.
Please note that you should submit your assignment as a COMMENT (via the link below), as opposed to creating a new post or topic. I'm not sure if you'll even be able to create posts or new topics, but if we stick with the COMMENT section for our entries, we'll be in good shape. I hope... ; )
1.) On page 35, why does Lucy keeps apologizing on fainting (which she couldn’t stop herself from doing) after she saw the man getting killed?
ReplyDelete2.) On page 19, Mr. Emerson says “You and I, dear boy, will lie at peace in the earth that bore us, and our names will disappear as surely as our work survives.” I don’t get this quote because does it refer to the Emerson’s because they are lower class and nobody cares about them, or in general saying all living things die and soon will be forgotten but their work is remembered?
3.) Another one from page 19, George says “But he is kind to people because he loves them, and they find him out, and are offended, or frightened.” Why are people afraid of him if he loves them?
1.) In the first paragraph on page twenty, Lucy is thinking about George and a feeling comes over her, and then passes when Mr. Emerson comes back. What is this feeling and why does it go away when Mr. Emerson comes?
ReplyDelete2.) In the middle of page twenty-nine, Lucy, Mr. Beebe and Miss Alan are talking about the Emerson’s and it says, “He [referring to Mr. Beebe] was almost the only person who remained friendly to them [The Emersons].” Why is Mr. Beebe friendly to them when everyone else of the upper class status has rejected them?
3.) On page thirty-six, Mr. Emerson says, “I shall probably want to live.” Why is Lucy puzzled by this answer to her statement?
1.) on page 12, the quote "except one tourist;but its platforms were overflowing with Italians, who prefered to stand out." it sounds like there is a specific meaning behind this that im not catching?
ReplyDelete2.) on page 11, the part where Miss Bartlett explains why she took the big room. Did she do this because she wanted the big room for herself? or because she was really thinking of Lucy? im pretty sure she just wanted the big room for herself although i would im not fully sure, its been bothering me and i was just curious?
3.) Page 9, the quote "the neccesity of closing the bed-room windows at night", does this have relevence to the the changing of the rooms due to the window view?
1. On page 17, I don't understand why in the church when Mr. Emerson talks to the Italian lady and tries to compliment her, why does she just walk away?
ReplyDelete2. I think its funny how Miss Alan comes in with Mr. Beebe and Lucy and gossips non stop and then at the bottom of 27 says "this must on no account get around." and then continues to tell everyone.
3. On page 34 it very quickly says Lucy saw "In the distance she saw creature with black hoods." I have absolutely no idea why but it seems important
1. On page 17, How does Emerson seem to know the Italian lady or why does he tell Lucy "that woman understands everything"?
ReplyDelete2.On page 18, why is Lucy so offended when Mr. Emerson tells her she doesn't need to speak like "older people" and instead tell him what she would like to see...when this was the reason Lucy was in the church to begin with?
3.Why is Mr. Emerson so worried about bringing the clergyman and his audience back to the chapel on pages 19-20? He seems like a man who doesn't care about his reputation, yet in this scene it seems as if reputation is the reason for his apology. "I had better speak to him and remind him who I am".
1. I understand that the upper class feels that it is completely unacceptable to converse with a lower class member. However, I find it hilarious and interesting that a member of the upper class would say "Stop a minute; let those two people go on, or I shall have to speak to them. I do detest conventional intercourse. Nasty! they are going into the church, too. Oh, the Britisher abroad!" Disliking someone so much for being of a lower class, and then talking openly about it just makes me laugh. Page 15, Ch. 2
ReplyDelete2. Miss Bartlett asks on page 29 of chapter 3, "Mr. Beebe- old Mr. Emerson, is he nice or not nice? I do so want to know." I find this funny. Is Miss Bartlett so bound by society rules that she isn't allowed to figure it out herself, or is she herself so stuck up that she won't bother to deal with Mr. Emerson?
3. In chapter one on page 7, Miss Bartlett says "When you arrived we were in for a peculiarly mauvais quart d'heure." I am interested in this statement because the next sentence says that Mr.Beebe "expressed his regret." I have tried translating it but have failed. Can anybody figure it out?
1. In ch 2, pg 18, I don't understand when Emerson say, "look at the fat man in blue! He must weigh as much as I do, and he is shooting into the sky like an air - balloon."
ReplyDelete2. In ch 2, pg 20, I thought it was funny they said, "A baby is worth a dozen saints. Any my baby's worth the whole of Paradise, and as far as I can see he lives in hell."
3. In the beginning of Ch 3, pg 23, I found it interesting how playing the piano makes Luch no longer a "rebel or a slave," but why?