Monday, May 24

Freshmen: Today we had another presentation, and also handed in your letters to the editor. Finish Act III for Friday.

Sophomores: Here is your end of the semester project. There are two options.

Option 1: Write about your personal hero. In the course of your explanation, you must touch on archetypes, the monomyth, and the four stages of the hero. You also should make allusions to heroes we have studied in class.

Option 2: Choose a person who is a hero or mentor or you, the Morrie to your Mitch, as it were. Sit down with that person, Tuesdays-With-Morrie-style, and discuss some of the issues (I'd say 5 or so) that Mitch and Morrie discuss (feel free to substitute issues that are more relevant to you if need be). Take the results of your interview and produce a long paper that summarizes what you talked about.

Regardless of which option you choose, the final product should be typed and is due in class June 3.

In class, we discussed the issues from the recent readings. Your immediate homework is the following: Read the 5th and 6th Tuesdays, the Professor Part II, and the 7th Tuesday, and write a 1 page typed double spaced reaction to two of the three topics discussed. This means you will come to class with two separate 1 page typed reactions on Thursday. Respond to the topics, not the text.

CNF: Today we read the first chapter from Batman and Philosophy and had a brief seminar on the topic. Basically, that's how class is going to play out the final few weeks - we'll read a chapter and have a seminar that same day on the reading. Graduating seniors - you are more than welcome to come by any time, either period 2 or 5.