Tuesday

 Assignment for Part I:

Choose 1 theme and discuss how it is reflected in the book.

List 4-5 characters and discuss how they make/create meaning in the text.  Also list who there are and what they are about.  You might also connect these characters to theme.

List 2-3 devices (irony, symbols, foreshadowing) and discuss how they create meaning in the text.  Connect to Part I as a whole.

PART I - discuss how Part I functions as an individual unit.  What happens?  What does it suggest with happen later?  Discuss why it begins and ends where it does?  

THEMES:

Love
Family
Russian Politics
Religion/Faith
Gender Roles
Social Class