Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Class reading and discussion of "A Rose for Emily." Quite a macabre story.
Why did Faulkner choose this title?
Does Emily deserve pity, even after what she did?
Interesting fact: My Chemical Romance's song "To the End" is about the story.

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Vocabulary exercise on Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily."
Homework: Read to the end of part II.

Tuesday, February 1

Class reading of short story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O' Connor. Some superb readers today. Ariel and Ray for period 6. Darien, Derick, Tiana, Gino, and Marcus for period 7. The story starts out in a fairly ordinary way, but by the end we are confronted with perhaps the most evil character in all of literature, The Misfit.

On the left is a picture on the author. She died of a disease before the age of 40, but produced some classic short stories and novels, mostly set in her native South and dealing with religious themes.

Homework: Finish reading the story for tomorrow.