Thursday/Friday

FINAL EXAM NEXT THURSDAY/FRIDAY
    BEAN TREES
    NORMAN SCHUR 50 VOCABULARY
MOVIES DUE FINAL EXAM PERIOD
COMMENTARY on "The Secret" due Monday

Note on Bean Trees reading: Some of you are so far behind in your reading that I'm worried you might not finish the novel. Here's a hint, just because I'm feeling nice: most of the test questions are on the following chapters: 1-9; 15-17. Of course that doesn't mean that there aren't any questions from chapters 10-14, but if you're going to cut anything, I'd probably go with those chapters :^/

Immigration. Mattie says that "we have a legal obligation to help" undocumented immigrants who come to this country seeking political asylum. Do we? What about other "illegal aliens"? What should be done concerning the 12 million undocumented immigrants in this country? Do undocumented immigrants pose a problem in this country? Should they be deported? Granted amnesty?
Bean Trees Immigration Issue

"I can't even begin to think about a world where people have to make choices like that."
--"You live in that world."

• World hunger
• Immigration 

The Secret
      --Denise Levertov
Commentary
The hand of the artist
Themes--find three

• Imagery
• Word choice
• Line breaks
• other 

Man's search for meaning

Finding meaning takes work. It's a constant quest

Innocence--

Importance of preserving innocence

Everyone sees different things in art (and perhaps sees the poem differently . . .)

"The secret." Art has the power to reveal the secret, which is . . .

 . . . that there is no secret? That there is an infinite number of secrets? That there is meaning and purpose that can be found if we . . . 

The message of the poem is that: 

THEMES IN "THE SECRET"

1. Elusiveness of meaning. Man's search for meaning
2. Loss of innocence. The beauty of innocent enthusiasm
3. The value of little things. How wonderful it would be to read one line and be happy
4. Optimism
5. 
   

Try to read pages 190- 214 in The Bean Trees, although there will not be a quiz over it at this point.
FINAL EXAM: June 13 (1st) and June 15 MOVIES WILL BE SHOWN
   BEAN TREES 83 question test JUNE 9/10
   50 Vocabulary words from Norman Schur list. Matching. (the 50 we studied last month)
MOVIE PROJECT: You will show your movie during the final exam period.
COUNTDOWN: 6 DAYS LEFT (but only 5 more days to finish The Bean Trees!) 

La Maison en les Petites Cubes

A cool video - Srikar Susarla