Agenda and Homework for Tuesday, 1/29
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1. Reading Check #1 (Book I chap. 1-6)
2. Read, annotate, and and discuss
3. Work on Book I study questions
HW: Read Chapters 7-9 and 13
a. Pay attention to:
1. Character descriptions and relationships
2. White’s use of humor (type and why it is humorous)
3. Parable in chapter 9 (about Rabbi Jachanan)
a. Premise and meaning of the story
b. What is the lesson to be learned? Why does Merlyn tell this story? What does he want Arthur to realize?
4. “Might is Right” and Self-Reliance and how they pertain to each animal transformation (merlin and ant)
5. Type of society, leadership style, pros and cons of each society, and what Arthur learns for each animal transformation
**Reading check next class!