Response to Oprah Winfrey and Elie Wiesel Interview

(Blocks 4 and 5)

(Due Friday, May 6, 2016)

After watching the above interview, read and respond to the question below in one paragraph.  Write in complete sentences, and PROOFREAD your response before publishing it.

What new insights and/or information did you gain from this interview? 

Thursday, March 31, 2016

(Due at the end of the block.)
5th Block only

Choose ONE of the following questions to respond to in complete sentences:

A) Make a case for why Rex Walls is most responsible for the family's hardships.  Use three
     examples from the novel to support your answer.

B) Make a case for why Rosemary Walls is most responsible for the family's hardships.  Use three
     examples to support your answer.

C) Make a case for why Rose Mary Walls could be considered mentally ill.  Remember, this is
     speculation.  Find THREE examples to support your argument.

Thursday, March 24, 2016

(This blog is due at the end of the block.)

In The Glass Castle, Jeannette recalls a time when her mother painted "dozens of variations and studies of the Joshua tree."  Reread the last two paragraphs on page 38, and interpret the following quote: "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty."

In a one paragraph response, offer an interpretation of the above quote, and explain what it may mean in the context of the novel.  Then, apply it to an experience you or someone you know has struggled through/with.

Monday, March 21, 2016

Due Tuesday, March 22, 2016

First Blog Post

Read the quote by Elie Wiesel located on page one of our class syllabus. (It has also been copied and pasted for you below.)  In one developed and thoughtful paragraph (5-7 sentences), offer an interpretation of this quote, and explain its relevancy to today.  In other words, explain what this quote means to you (and to all people in contemporary or modern society), AND provide 1-2 real world examples of where you see this occurring OR where this idea/concept is greatly needed. (Hint: Think about world events, politics, genocides, social injustices, etc.)

“Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must-at that moment- become the center of the universe.”