BLOG POST #4 -- TO READ OR NOT TO READ

Emily Bronte incorporates many elements in Wuthering Heights, a rich and complex novel, that can make it a challenging read:

• writing style
• vocabulary
• dark/gothic tone
• contrasting pairs of themes and characters
• use of twos
• two main settings
• two families
• each with two children
• two couples
• two narrators
• doubling of names

Did you find it to be a challenging read; if so, what elements made it most challenging for you?  Would you recommend this novel to other students?  Why or why not?  Sometimes, a better appreciation of a novel is gained by reading it a second or even multiple times. Do you think you would ever consider reading this novel again?  Lastly, discuss and substantiate your reasons why this novel should or should not remain in the 10th grade English Honors curriculum.


Respond to this post, and comment on at least two of your classmates' responses before class on Monday, March 2.

BLOG POST #3 -- POINT OF VIEW IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS

The point of view in a story shapes the story the reader receives.  Choose a couple of important events in the novel, and describe how those events might be recounted by another character in the novel.


Thoroughly respond to my post, and comment on at least two of your classmates' responses before class on Friday, February 20.

BLOG POST #2 -- WHAT MAKES OPPOSITES ATTRACT?

Why might a person be attracted to someone whose temperament, personality, or background is different from his or her own? What might some of the benefits of such a relationship be?  What might the drawbacks be? Discuss a specific example of a relationship of opposites.


Respond to this post and comment on at least 2 of your classmates' responses prior to class on Monday, February 9.