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Members Present:
Cole Patton, Carmine Mancusi, Mel Farrell.
Discussion Highlights:
- JFK won the presidency and George Kellogg won the contest.
- Discussed JFK’s eventual assassination and his life as well as possible controversy.
- Robert Frost visits the school
- Red scare and other geopolitical events shape the landscape of the school
-  antisemitism is also a major theme of the novel. Where the author is scared to tell his peers of his Jewish heritage.
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Final thoughts: It went well, we discussed in depth details of the book. Carmine contributed mainly to our annotations and we also applauded each other for being contributing members to our group. Very detailed and productive session today.

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Section/Pages: End of the book
Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- The narrator was expelled for plagiarizing “Summer Dance.” He took the work of a female, plaguerized, and submitted it. This scene show that the school is slightly sexist as they were appalled to find that he would copy off of a girl. His full scholarship to Columbia was revoked.
- The meeting with the author of “summer Dance” was important. It was the climax of the story. Played a crucial role in the character’s development.
- The Dean leaving the school shows how many people were violating the Honor Code. He feels bad larger on and tries to come back. Allusion of the Prodigal Son.
- School is hypocritical as they kick him out of the school, but then take him back in.

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Discussion Highlights:
- Talks about Kennedy-Nixon election, giving more context to the time period
- Literary focus of the novel amplifies the theme of writing and expressing yourself through your writing
- Smoking is a major focus in the first few chapters, the narrator was almost expelled because he was smoking.
- We find that this book so far has an intresting plot. We look to see how the story is crafted and what the outcome of the narrator is.

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Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- The narrator makes up stories about himself to appear as someone whom he is not. He is inspired by Hemingway, a poplar author who wrote “For whom the bell tolls”
- We do not feel the narrator is going to win the competition. Learn more lessons from losing than winning.
-Purcell gets kicked out of school and the narrator is angered.
- The book so far is very interesting and we are enjoying it.
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What school does the narrator want to go to?

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Where is the climax and falling action of this story?

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Name: Carmine Mancusi
Email: 24255cm@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Mel Farrell
Email: 24146MF@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Cole Patton
Email: 24317cp@chaminade-hs.org

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Meeting 1 Date: 4/25
Pages / Section: 3-36

Meeting 2 Date:
Pages / Section: 36-102

Meeting 3 Date:
Pages / Section: 102-152

Meeting 4 Date:
Pages / Section: 152-195

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RULE 2: Please be ready to share and be engaged in  discussion.

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RULE 2: Please be ready to share and be engaged in  discussion.

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What is the significance of the school and what he learns? In the life of the narrator.

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Do you find the beginning of this book boring or interesting? Use specific example.

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What are your thoughts on the narrator and the situation?

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1. Overall, A successful meeting.
2. I liked the inputs of Mancusi and Farrell as they both showed a clear understanding of the book and its work.
3.I look forward to meetings like this in the future.

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RULE 3: Have fun and enjoy reading the book

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RULE 3: Have fun and enjoy reading the book

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Discuss the falling action of the book and how it is relevant to the story, as well as the author coming back to visit the school when he becomes a successful author.

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How does the background of JFK and the RED Scare effect the story?

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How is the Last chapter similar to the prodigal son?

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What are your thoughts so far on the book?

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How do you feel about the narrator?

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How do you feel about Purcell getting kicked out?

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Is this the climax of the story?

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1. Wrapped up the book.
2. Insightful claims on the Dean’s leaving of the sachool and the narrator’s expulsion.
3. Overall, an enjoyable book and book club.

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1. Cole  has very insightful claims about the narrator
2. Carmine had unique views on the message of the book
3. Mel was the scribe

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Anything MF DOOM related:

Rapp  Snitch Knishes
Rhymes Like Dimes
Doomsday
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Accordion
Meat Grinder
Kon Queso

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1 Brainstorm a LIST OF THEMES for the book thus far. Then, select one theme from the list and find at least three pieces of textual evidence to support it. 1

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1. Mancusi and Patton had intresting thoughts on the story
2. The book is moving into the right direction
3. This group works really well together

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The book itself.