WL Homework 10-31

World Literature Homework:
1. Read Chapter 18 of "Cry, The Beloved Country"
2. Complete Study Guide Questions for Chapters 15-17
3. Brainstorm & Outline Essay Topic Due Friday

Homework

World Literature Homework:
Read Chapter 14 and write a chapter summary and it is due on Monday, October 9, 2012.
Please be sure to write your chapter summary in blue or black ink.

Cry, My Beloved Country Update/Homework

Currently we are reading Cry, My Beloeved Country Booklet and we are working on are CCGPS Standard for Character Development. The students should know the following literary terms by the end of this week:

1. Character
2. Characterization
3. Flat Character
4. Round Character
5. Dynamic Character
6. Static Character
7. Archetype
8. Hero
9. Hero Quest/Journey

Also, on Friday of this week there will be a couple of assignments due. Students must have read Chapters 1-10, answer the study Questions, and complete their Character Archetype Graphic Organizers. All of these items must be completed and turned in by Friday, October 12, 2012.

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ANSWER KEY SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS –

Cry, The Beloved Country

Directions: Using the novel "Cry, The Beloved Country," by Alan Paton, answer the following questions in COMPLETE setences. Be sure to support answers from the text. Be prepared to discuss in class.

Chapters 1-5

1.  Paragraphs two and three in Chapter 1 sharply contrast. Explain the significance of these two
paragraphs in terms of the novel's central theme. (Come back to this later if you can't answer
it at first.)

2.  Identify and characterize Stephen, John, Msimangu, Mrs. Lithebe, and Gertrude.

3.  Explain the importance or meaning of the following quotation: "Once such a thing is opened, it cannot be shut again."

4.  Why did Stephen Kumalo go to Johannesburg?

5.  What does "Umfundisi" mean?

6.      "The journey had begun. And now the fear back again ...." What fears did Kumalo have?

7.      What happened to Kumalo when he first arrived in Johannesburg?

8.      Describe Gertrude's sickness.

9.      Why is Gertrude's sickness upsetting to Kumalo?

10.  What is Kumalo's brother John doing in Johannesburg?

11.  "The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that they are not mended again." Explain what Msimangu meant. (Ch. 5)

12.  "It is fear that rules this land." Who fears whom?