Class Agenda 4.1

1. Quiz: Based on recent events in the novel, what do you think the novel is about now? Would you change your previous answer in the last quiz?

Last Quiz: 20 people handed in the quiz; 17 had completed all or most of the reading (85% of those present, 70% of those in course); 3 were behind in reading but had begun (15%); 4 people didn't take the quiz for whatever reason (16%). Those are pretty good numbers. If this holds for next quiz, I will reduce the overall number of quizzes for class for the next three weeks. Then I'll re-evaluate class discussion, performance, and participation.

2. Peer Review. See Directions.

3. Reading Groups. Review your contributions to the class based on questions from the last class.

Class goals have been updated.

a. Name the top eight plot events in the novel up to page 152.
b. Establish who is and is not a 'sympathetic' character (who are we supposed to identify with? What are we supposed to feel toward the main characters? Why?).
c. Identify one passage (with page number) that is about "the urban" experience in New York, and/or life in New York, at the time the novel was written.
d. Identify two passages (with page number) that you believe offers insight into the overall 'meaning' of the novel.

4. Explain what you believe 'the novel is actually about.'