May 30

They Dance Alone

Mothers of the Disappeared

Father and Son                   by Cat Stevens

Prudence        Farrah

Amnesty International

May 25

Work on the following:

You need a total of 15 quotes by next Wednesday.  You will also need to explain three quotes 

that we have not already discussed as a class.  By "discuss," I mean tell me what the quote is saying.  Most likely the quote will touch upon one of the themes in the novel.

• 3/4 page for one quote
• 1 paragraph for another
• 1 paragraph for another

You will hand in this quote journal Wednesday for 25 points

When you finish, start writing quiz questions for Demian.  You and 5th period are writing your own test so I'd recommend writing REALLY good questions so that your questions will show up on the test.

You will receive 5 points for writing 5 good questions.  Due at the end of the period tomorrow

The test will be multiple choice and will have the following three sections:

1. Identify the speaker of the quote

2. Multiple-choice (4 choices, not 5)

3. Matching
Write one test question for each of the three types of questions and the other two questions may be any of the three types.

May 23

TODAY

Vocabulary for final exam:
You have to know all 25 words.
Demian, ch 6-8 vocab

Frau Eva (Eve)
Jung's anima
Articles on the anima
Marrriage as a Psychological Relationship
Wikipedia
The Anima, or Men and Their Feelings





Journal writing assignment:
Write 1/2 page explaining one of the following quotes:

"Yes, you must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.  But there is no dream that lasts forever, each dream is followed by another, and one should not cling to any particular one"(124)

"No one dreams anything that does not concern him personally" (135)

Your assignment tonight is to review chapters 6, 7, and 8 and do the following:

1. Make a list of 10 vocabulary words you do not know.  We will define them in class tomorrow
2. Copy down 5 quotes from those chapters.  You need a total of 15 quotes by next Wednesday.  You will also need to explain three quotes that we have not already discussed

• 3/4 page for one quote
• 1 paragraph each for the other two paragraphs (2 paragraphs total)

You will hand in this quote journal Wednesday for 25 points


EXTRA CREDIT PROJECT
Make a Movie of Demian or Twelfth Night
Follow the directions at the following link:

Movie Project

May 17

The novel Demian talks a lot about trying to form your own identity in a world that is confusing.  In a number of places Hesse refers to the German philosopher Nietzsche, who talked about the struggles people have in forming their own philosophy of life in a world in which they are alone.  Here are some of Nietzsche's key ideas:

• People are alone in the universe can cannot rely upon society's values
• "God is dead." No, it's not like he was killed.  Nietzsche felt that religion shouldn't be a crutch

Sparknotes summary of Nietzsche's ideas: Nietzsche

I hope you're enjoying Demian.  From what I've noticed over the years, Herman Hesse is one of the most popular novelists for 17-25 year-olds.  The reading is hard (especially this novel) but the ideas are intriguing because they deal with the struggle to find your identity, which all of you are doing right now, even though you might not think about it in those terms. One of the reasons it is difficult to decide just who we are as people has to do with deciding which people we want to be like and which people we don't want to emulate.  And usually we want to forge an identity for ourselves that is different from everyone we know.  It makes sense that we'd all want to be our own unique selves since we are, after all, unique.

The kinds of questions people ask themselves as they try to decide just who they are include, but are not limited to:

• Do I want to be like Mom, or Dad?  
• How do I want to be different from other people, like the kids who used to be my friends but aren't anymore?
• Why do I feel different inside than I did before?
• What things do I value and like to do?
• Is it OK that I don't want to be the person that other people tell me I should be?
• What kind of person do I want to be?

Journal write today:
Why do you think it is difficult for people to find their own identity?  

Write 1/2 - 3/4 page
Note: Here's a basic grading guide for some of you (Max)
C--Common work
B--Beyond common
A--Above beyond
It's pretty hard to be "above beyond" if you write only 1/2 page

Here's a quote from Sinclair that touches upon this issue:

I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self.  Why was that so very difficult?

May 12

The vocab for the week is words 32-41 on the following Demian Vocab List found on Quizlet (it's the one with 41 terms.  Duh)
Demian

May 9

Homework:
1 Over the weekend, read to page 136.  You WILL have a quiz Monday.

Since most of you are not reading at home  }:-/
I will have to give you most of the period today to read and we won't watch the movie.  We will read part of the period tomorrow and then watch the movie.
However, if it becomes clear to me that you haven't all read to at least page 120, we won't watch the movie tomorrow, either.

We will continue reading through Demian and watching the film East of Eden and drawing comparisons between the film and the novel.  In particular:

• How is Cal different from Aaron?
• Why does Adam reject Cal?
• In what ways is Sinclair similar to Cal?
• In what ways does Cal follow the god Abraxas more than the black and white world view?
• What examples do we have that Cal is a good person?

Vocabulary for Friday's quiz:
Demian vocab chapters 5 and 6

Most of you will also want to read Sparknotes, too.
Here's the Sparknotes link: Demian

Here's a link to the Pre-Raphaelite painting of Beatrice.
Beatrice