02.03 - Return to The Road

We started today's class with some discussion around what it means to be a hero and how heroism is portrayed in The Road.

Working in their table groups, everyone discussed the following three questions. Groups shared out their responses to these questions after having time to discuss each one.

1 - Does the boy live happily ever after at the end of The Road.
2 - Is the father a hero in The Road?
3 - Is the boy really worthy of being called the "word of God"?

Next, people got together in small groups based on the  motifs that they had worked with in the second quarter. People will be writing about these motifs as well as theme and message for homework.

Submitted Work:

None

Handouts:

None

Homework:

Explain the role the motif you were assigned in class played in The Road.

(If you were not in class or forgot the motif you were assigned, write about a motif you know well).

Write for ten minutes in your writer's journal responding to the following question:

What are some important themes and messages in The Road?

If you have not yet complete the "Essays and Waffles" note sheet from our class on 01.26, do so for our next class.