Monday, April 16, 2012

Welcome Back

Today we had our last reading quiz of the year and then divided into groups to work on some IM discussion questions. Most groups got through about the first two. Here are the first three:
  1. Reconsider the grandfather's deathbed advice from chapter 1. How does it resonate through the whole novel? In the end, what conclusion has IM come to regarding this advice?
  2. What are some symbols and motifs associated with the burdens of the past in the novel? Explore some of these in depth.
  3. IM says, "I'm invisible, not blind" (576). What does he mean? How are blindness and defective sight related to the failure of perception in this novel?

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