Note: This will be due on Monday night, March 26.

Topic for Week of March 26, 2012

We have occasionally talked this year about the theme of "connections". Write a few sentences about personal connections you see between yourself and "A Tale of Two Cities". Do you see a connection between you and one of the characters? or between you and something that happened in the novel? Let us know your personal thoughts on this question.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Being Stuck In a Cell, by Edward Litvinov

            If I was stuck in a small cell like Charles Darnay, I would try to imitate creatures that go in to a dormant mode by lowering their body temperature or hibernating. I would not do this, of course, but to not go insane I would only focus on some trivial thing and find ways to entertain myself about it. I would probably wonder about how something I am passionate about is doing and imagine it becoming successful over and over again, but with small variations. That way, when I would come out of the cell, I would be less affected by my lonely time in it, and I would be fresh enough to think my way out of my conundrum.