SUMMER READING

Hope you are enjoying your summer, but please remember to get your copies of the summer reading books for AP English IV. Everyone is required to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A Lesson Before Dying, plus an independent novel from the reading list. Several of you have already selected your independent novel, so the rest of you need to hurry and submit your choices to klpalombo@yahoo.com before they are all taken. Remember only one person per independent novel. Finally, since you are now AP level students, you need to start checking kpapenglish.blogspot.com for new posting opportunities throughout the summer. Have a restful summer.

"You are worth more than the whole damn bunch of them..."

Do not answer this question until you have finished reading the novel. Who is most responsible for Gatsby's death? Explain. (This post closes at midnight on May 19th)

The Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald writes of Gatsby that he represented everything for which Nick had "an unaffected scorn," yet "there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life… an extraordinary gift of hope..." How and why is Gatsby such paradox? How do you feel about him now that we know who he really is? Why? (This post closes at midnight on May 14, 2009.)

Gatsby, Gatsby, Gatsby....

Based upon the first three chapters of the novel, who is Gatsby? Why do you think so much mystery surrounds him? (This blog closed on Monday, May 11, 2009 at midnight.)