The Stranger

The Stranger Comprehension Questions
Read The Stranger-- I mean it this time!!! Be sure to answer each.
1. What infleunces Meursault to think that he could possibly be married?
2. What do Meursault's neighbor's say about him?
Part 1 Chapter 6 through the end of the novel.
3. Where do Meursault, Raymond and Masson go after lunch?
4. Describe the scene when Meursault confronts the Arabs? That is, describe the weather and Meursault's reaction to it.
5. What charge is Meursault's counsel (lawyer) concerned with? What does his lawyer feel about his (Meursault's case)?
6. What goes through Meursault's mind as he speaks with the magistrate? What might we expect or want a criminal to do or think?
7. When does Meursault's trial begin? What types of questions does the judge sask Meursault?
9. What does the doorkeeper say about Meursault during the trial?
10. How many times does Meursault refuse to see the chaplain? Is this in line with his character?
11. HOw does Meursault spend his nights in his cell?
12. What happens when the chaplain touches Meursault's shoulder?

The Stranger Finale

Finish Reading The Stranger and prepare ten questions that you have for the novel, the author, Meursault as a character, the setting. Be prepared for a reading quiz on the entire novel. REad and annotate carefully and now what happens in the novel.

The Stranger

AP English Literature Homework:
(1) Read The Stranger Chapters two and three answer the following:
Chapter 2
1. Find another incident, event, thought or action that reveals Mersualt's detachment from his mother's death.
2. Who is Marie Cardona?
3. What type of movie do Marie and Mersault see? How is this choice odd, considering what has happened to Mersault?
4. What "routine" do Sundays interrupt for Mersualt?
5. Why does Mersualt no eat at Celeste's?
Chapter 3
6. What does Monday represent for Meursault? and does Mersault's employer treat him upon his return back to work?
7. How is Meursault's reaction to Celeste awkward for us, but in line with Meursault's character?
8. Describe the other tenants in Meursault's building including Emmanuel; Raymond Sintes; and Old Man Salamano.
Read: The Myth of Sisphysus (google it--read the actual myth; not the essay.
Read "The Myth of Sisphysus" by Alber Camus (The essay given you in class on Thursday). Be prepared for reading quiz on the actual myth of Sisyphus and connections to the essay by Camus and Chapters 2-3 of The Stranger.

Journal Reflection

Part of being a good student and strong writer is demonstrating the ability to self-analyze and judge the work of peers. You were asked to keep a reading journal of your reading of The Kite Runner. For this assignment, do the following:
Select any three of your best journal entries. Highlight the date or Chapters for the three entries so that they are visible when I look into your journal. Then, for each, write a one to two paragraph reflection answering the following: This journal is one of my best because of the way I.....
Be sure that you select journals that are considered your best because they are well-written or poignant or funny, or lengthy or... Do Not simply select a journal because you like the quote or passage excerpted from The Kite Runner. Bring your three to six paragraphs tomorrow.

AP English Language Spring Break Assignments

1. Read your novel- be sure to respond in your journal for approximately every twenty pages of reading.
2. Complete your annotated bibliography. Due on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Be ready.

The Kite Runner Questions and AP English Lit Assignment for SpRinG BreAk!!

I hope that you all have had some time to rest! And Now, the questions and assignments as promised:
Poetry Assignemt: Using your Perrine literature text, find one poem that you really like or find challenging. Type this poem out, include the poet's name, the title of the poem, and the page number from the text. Your poem must come from the Perrine's literature text, not online, not from another book. Bring to class on Tuesday, April 6th. Be sure you have read it.
The Kite Runner Assignment:
1. Finish reading and responding to The Kite Runner and writing in your journals. Answer the following on a separate sheet (or sheets of paper):
1. Explain how Baba's handling of his diagnosis was typical for him (how was his behavior in line with what you know about his character? Be sure to include adjectives or decriptive words to remind me that you know about his character).
2. Chapters 15 and 16 are in many ways expository an fill in details of what happens in Afghanistan with the fall of the Northern Alliance and teh rise of the Taliban. Why were many Afghans initially happy that the Taliban took control? What soon happened afterwards?
3. What does Amir learn when he goes back to Afghanistan from Rahim Khan? That is summarize Chapter 16.
4. Why is Amir's conflict with Assef significant? Why does Hosseini have Amir find Sohrab in the way and place that he did?
Preparation for Return:
We will discuss overarching themes found in The Kite Runner by way of Whole Class Discussion. You will write about The Kite Runner. You will prepare the Literary Archetype Essay Discussed before Break as a culminiating task. You will taste poetry and learn some of the terms associated with it. You will read a non-fiction article that relates to The Kite Runner. You will take more practice AP Exams in class. We will begin our next novel, probably The Stranger or The Song of Solomon or Chronicle of A Death Foretold during April 12th.

Things Fall Apart AP English Literature

Carefully read Things Fall Apart up till the end of Part One (Chapter 14) Answer the study questions below to help you make sense of the many cultural events described in these chapters. Remember they are included for a specific purpose. Additionally, write one other character analysis-- give yourself no more than 35 minutes to write. Bring to class Monday. Additionally, begin to review the following terms: tragedy (all the lecture notes), freytag's pyramid, literary terms: metaphor, allusion, simlie, rhetorical question, apostrophe, the conventions of fiction, personification, the plot graph. Start reviewing the stories from The Bible, Job, for your final exam.
Chapter 11
1. Why don’t the birds want Tortoise to join them at the feast in the sky?
2. How does Tortoise convince the birds to allow him to join them at the feast?
3. How is Tortoise able to fly with the birds of the sky?
4. What are some of the hard things Tortoise’s wife takes out of the house to prepare for Tortoise’s fall?
Chapter 12
5. The members of Obierika’s extended family sit in a half-moon. When his in-laws arrive, they complete thecircle. What is the significance of the seating arrangement?
6. What purpose is served by involving the reader in a traditional Nigerian wedding?
Chapter 13-14
7. What is the name of Okonkwo’s village?
8. Why does Okonkwo shudder when he learns of Ezedu's death?
9. What does the one-handed spirit mean when he asks Ezeudu to come again the way he came before?
10. What horrible accident happens at Ezedu's funeral and why is it significant to Okonkwo?
11. Why does Obierika begin to wonder about the justice of the Earth goddess?
12. What do the elders mean when they say “If one finger brought oil it soiled the others”?