First of all, an explanation . . . my father had a serious heart attack last Sunday, the 10th, and my wife and I drove down to Georgia to see him. (For the record, he's still seriously ill and will be in cardiac intensive care for some time to come.)
Second, thank you for carrying on in my absence. I've finally caught up on all the blogs and made comments (most of them brief) on 15 or 16 of them. It's been helpful to see what you're thinking about the novel, and I'm impressed by the generally high level of commentary.
Finally, here's a suggested plan for the week. On Monday, the 18th, let's have a final discussion of Gatsby--so I'd like for everyone to bring in one final question or observation about the novel (or you might have a passage in mind to look at). On Tuesday we'll put together some possible writing prompts, so please be thinking about a topic you'd like to address. (I find any number of excellent ideas in the posts you've made on the blog.) For Tuesday night's homework I'd like to ask you to write an introductory paragraph to your essay. On Wednesday we'll go to the lab and have a work day on Gatsby papers, and on Thursday please bring Death of a Salesman to class, for we'll start reading that play aloud. Gatsby essays will be due on Monday, February 25th.
Any questions? Please write. And thanks again for carrying on in a difficult time.
Dr. No
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