DQs for Wednesday 2/23

1. What is the film about?

2. What are the major symbols in the film and how are they used? What is the overall message of the film?

9 – Compare the parents of Kazuo, Ishmael, Hatuse, and Karl Heine, Jr. How do they shape the values of their children and reflect the prejudices of their community?

24. What is the significance of the climate changes (the rain, the blizzard) throughout the film?

28. Why do you think Ishmael finally decided to help Kabuo Miyamoto in his trial, despite his hatred for the Japanese and his bitterness towards Hatsue for leaving him?

33. Snow Falling on Cedars opens in the middle of Kabuo Miyamoto's trial. What effect does the film create by withholding background information of the trial and introducing it in the form of flashbacks? Where else are critical revelations postponed?

Snow Falling on Cedars DQs

Come up with a minimum of 5 discussion questions over the film and post them to the blog sometime before class on Tuesday.

Pan Itinerary

I will give you time in class over the next three days to read Knut Hmasun's novella, Pan. We will begin each class with a brief discusion or Q/A session, but you can count on at least 45 minutes to read each day.

Wednesday 2/2 - Pan reading day.

Thursday 2/3 - Pan reading day.

Friday 2/4 – Pan reading day.

Monday 2/6 - CPS Pan Quiz (50 pts.); annotated copy of Pan due. (50 pts.)

Tuesday 2/7 – AP Prompt essay (9 pts.)