Welcome to English III. This is our blog spot. Here we will share our feelings and ideas about the works we are studying. I encourage you to be honest, but I EXPECT you to be mature and respectful.
In Chapter 3 in Of Mice and Men,
three important events occur as the men sit in the bunkhouse: Candy's
dog is shot, Candy, George, Lennie and Candy decide to buy their dream
ranch, and Curley attacks Lennie. Select one of these events and write
about how Steinbeck created mood/tone of the scene. Explain how this
scene made you feel.(The deadline to post a response to this question is midnight, Tuesday, November 25, 2014.)
We have just met George Milton and Lennie Small, the main characters in Of Mice and Men.
These men are very different,but have a friendship. Why do you think
Steinbeck has made these men foils, character opposites? What keeps
them together? (The deadline to post a comment to this blog question is midnight, Friday, November 14, 2014.)
You
have been researching now for a few days. Tell us something you have
learned about your topic that you find very interesting or had no
previous idea about.( The deadline to post a response is midnight, Wednesday, November12, 2014.)
Since
the beginning of time, people have said to one another, "Tell me a
story." Many of these stories have been folktales. Most folktales
contain common elements, such as subtle humor, stereotypical or stock
characters, moral themes, eerie or strange settings, and rumor-based or
word-of-mouth information. "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving, who used the pen name Geoffrey Crayon, is classified as
an American folktale. Select any two elements of folktales and explain
how the incorporation of these elements added to the story. How did
these elements help the story? (This post closes at midnight on Thursday, November 6, 2014.)
