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10.24.2010

Quarter 1, Week 9 Agenda

Monday
In Class: From the Tsimsum ship to the lifeboat.
Homework: Ch. 44-50

Day 2
In Class: "[A] terrible, selfish hunger for survival."
Homework: Ch. 51-56

Day 3
In Class: "[D]etails that become lifesavers."
Homework: Ch. 57 & 58, plus address the questions below.

If:
  • “[Pi] felt like a prisoner being pushed off a plank by pirates” (154).
  • “[Pi] had fled the lifeboat to save [his] life” (154).
  • “Compared to the raft the lifeboat now seemed a haven of comfort and security” (155).
Then:
  • Is an enclosure the road to freedom?
  • Is freedom a “prison”?
Friday
In Class: "Plan Number Seven" and enclosures/freedom.
Homework: Ch. 59-65 for day 2 of next week.

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