English 12
"The Rocking-Horse Winner"
1. Hand in "Disillusionment" questions and paragraph.
2. Read "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence
Answer the following questions:
A. Identify the significance of the rocking-horse. What might it symbolize? /3
B. Interpret the author's style; why does he begin the story like a fairy-tale?  /2
C. Identify two examples of irony in the story. /2
D. Identify theme --> write a theme statement for "TRHW". /1
E. Identify personification in the story. What does it symbolize? /2
*Due Monday.*
Note: The Oedipus complex is present in Lawrence's story. According to the Greek myth, Oedipus unknowingly killed his father and married his mother - it's a story about trying to outwit fate/change one's destiny. Freud suggested that all boys have an unconscious desire to take the place of their father.
3. Begin film adaptation The Rocking-Horse Winner (to 14:16).
Tomorrow: Continue adaptation.

English 11 (2)
Lord of the Flies
1. Complete In-Class essay.
2. Hand in essay and outline.
3. Return novels.
Tomorrow: Stanford Prison Experiment & man's inherent violent nature.

English 11 (4)
A Separate Peace
1. Essays returned.
2. Return novels.
3. Continue A River Runs Through It.
Tomorrow: Poem explication.

TONIGHT: Parent-Teacher Interviews 6pm-8pm, SSS Gym.