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Section/Pages: 51-100
Members Present:
Joseph Griffin, Brady Connors, Patrick Caroll, Noah Trama

Discussion Highlights:
- Joseph Griffin and Brady Connors chose the same quote that explained how powerful writing is a dangerous thing because it can change your life. We discussed what writing has changed our lives. Joe says rap music has writing that changes him. I brought up a song that has powerful lyrics that move me as well.
-We discussed the main characters current dilemma of the schools literary content and how that was affecting the main. Character mentally.
-We discussed the narrator’s piece his writing for the contest and how we know it will end up being not original. We worried for the narrator and how this would affect his credibility as a writer.
- We discuss the irony that the narrator was practicing using Hemingway’s works and then it was revealed that Hemingway would be the next visiting writer.
-We discuss the narrator’s identity crisis and he realizes he acts like someone he is not around people at his school. This has affected the narrator negatively. We discuss when we’ve put on face.

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In the fall of 1960, the unnamed narrator is in his final year at an elite New England prep school for boys. The narrator hides details about his life from his classmates, most notably that he’s middle-class and has Jewish heritage. He loves to write stories, many of which make his home life back in Seattle seem more exciting than it is. The school has a tradition of hosting famous literary figures, and the senior students submit poems and stories for literary competitions; one boy is then selected to have a private audience with the writer. The is excited to participate.

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Social Identity Theory - Definition + 3 Components

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Social Identity Theory - Definition + 3 Components

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Section/Pages: 101-150
Members Present:
Joseph Griffin
Pat Caroll
Brady Conners
Noah Trama

Discussion Highlights:
- Our group discussed the major themes of Chapter 7. We focused on this chapter because it contains the climax of the study. Our main character has won the writing contest in the chapter but is also exposed for his piece not being an original work.
- We discussed the narrator and if we supported his actions or did not. We know the narrator’s personal story but he also chose to be dishonest in order to win and meet Ernest Hemingway. The narrator’s superiors add that Hemingway will most likely be embarrassed that the winner often contest was a fake.
- We discussed the relationship between the narrator and Mr. Ramsey. The narrator is particularly close to Mr.Ramsey and even in the narrator’s faults, Mr.Ramsey continues to give him advice.
- We discuss the affair between Bill and Mrs.Ramsey. This situation in particular is interesting because the narrator found out about this affair by reading Bill’s journal. However, the narrator suspects that Mr.Ramsey is already aware of this affair.
-The last discussion we had was about the conflict between Bill and the narrator. Bill is frustrated with the narrator because he feels like narrator’s story was his story to tell. Bill argues that he should have been the one to represent life as a Jewish person. Our group likes the narrator because he understands Bill’s frustration and tries to talk to him but Bill is unavailable.

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Section/Pages: 151-208
Members Present:
Joseph Griffin
Pat Carolo
Brady Conners
Noah Trama

Discussion Highlights:
- On elf the major themes of this book is failure and learning from not just mistakes but experiences. When Henry David Therou was interviewed along with the rest of the guest speakers say that experience is the best teacher. Of course our narrator then goes out to gain some experience for himself and submits one of his new works to the school literary magazine. He then gets kicked out of his school since he was accused of plagiarism. This could have possibly been the biggest mistake of his life, but it would also open up many doors for him in the future and to his eventually success in literature. In the end he learned from his mistakes and experiences which helped him succeed.
- Brady brought up a good point and that is the ending of the book is very ironic since the narrator was kicked out f his school for plagiarism, but that very school that kicked him out was the same school he invited to be a guest speaker for their students. Even though he failed in his old school but in a way he did succeed in it since it recognising him as one the greatest writers of their time period.
-Every one in our group seemed to realy like the book but we all do agree that it times it was very slow and hard to follow. Though that doesn't mean we wouldn’t recommend it to other people as a matter of fact the incoming freshmen should have to read this book since it tells them many things such as identity and learning from their mistakes that could actually help out a lot with their first year at Chaminade.

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Work diligently every period with minimal procrastination.

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Pull your weight even if you are absent for this period.

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To discuss the theme of education, failure, and growth. As the author is exposed for his actions in this section of the book, we see growth from him.

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Name: Brady Connors
Email: 24091@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Patrick Carroll
Email: 24066PC@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Joseph Griffin
Email: 24184JG@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Noah Trama
Email: 24411NT@chaminade-hs.org

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Meeting 1 Date: 4/20
Pages / Section: 1-50

Meeting 2 Date: 4/27
Pages / Section: 51-100

Meeting 3 Date: 5/4
Pages / Section: 101-50

Meeting 4 Date: 5/11
Pages / Section: 151-208

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The theme of failure and redemption

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To the discuss the theme of the importance of literature and writing.

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Make good choices and consult the group before doing anything major.

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Final thoughts on the book

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To reflect on the characters relationships with the other characters in the book at this section of the book. We see that the narrator has a good relationship with Mr.Ramsey and conflict with Bill. We also see the trust the narrator’s father has for him.

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To discuss the motives behind the narrator trying to see the worst actions in those around him. Also discuss the narrators current internal dilemma.

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Irony

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1. To be honest this meeting was very laid back since after all it was the last one but for the most part everyone did what they had to do
2.This was actually our favourite meeting discussion wise since it we spoke of topics that pertained to the book, but wasent directly referencing it
3.Over the course of these meeting we all did very well and were able o complete that task at hand

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Section/Pages:
1-50
Members Present:
Patrick Carrol
Joseph Griffin

Discussion Highlights:
- We have come to the conclusion that two major themes that we will be seeing through out his book are belonging and literature. Firstly, the narrator literally states that the prep school is “ a play of literature” so it is quite obvious that we will be seeing that theme many times throughout the book in different ways. Now the reason why belonging is going to be a major theme is because the narrator sticks out like a soar thumb. They aren’t wealthy like the rest of the student body they are a part of the middle class and got in from a scholarship . Secondly the prep school the narrator attends is a catholic school, yes the narrator is a practicing catholic but they still have a very strong Jewish background. We believe that through out the course of the book the narrator will struggle with their identity and try to overcome that obstacle.
-Now we think that the narrator is unnamed because the author doesn’t want to associate them with a name in order to allow the reader to really imagine themselves to be in the narrators position. This could because many people struggle with such problems and Wolff doesn’t want to strip those people of their identity.
- It obvious that we instantly have ties to the main character because all of us are currently attending a semi-wealthy catholic private/pre-school in New England. Though not all of us struggle with the same troubles as the main character some defiantly do.

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1. Although we were down a member (Brady Conners)( we were able to get a large amount of work done and both of us worked very hard and did the needed reading
2.Patrick could have been a bit more on task but besides that we worked extraordinarily well
3. Both of us were down a few pages though so next meeting we really need to make sure we get ALL the pages done and possibly even some extra.

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To discuss our predictions for the final chapters of the book. This section leads up to the narrator’s meeting with Hemingway. This scene is anticipated because we don’t know how Hemingway will react if he finds out it’s not original.

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To discuss the importance of Hemingway’s appearance on the writer and how this will affect his future writing.

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1. Overall, this meeting was good. We discussed all our agenda topics and got to understand the book better. These last couple weeks have hectic so it was good to reconnect on the book.
2. This meeting was interesting because there was some discourse among members at times. Patrick and Joseph sided with the narrator while Brady and Noah sided against him. This made for some good discussions.
3. For our final meeting we should be more prepared. While this meeting was good, it was unorganized as people were just sharing thoughts rather then dividing our discussion into sections.

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1. I think our group should let each group member talk more. Brady and Joseph tend to talk a lot an drown out the other voices in the group.
2. It was interesting to discuss the idea of putting on a face for others. I learned that this practice is common among people. I will definitely remember this conversation.
3. Today was great! I talked a lot and had fun sharing my thoughts with my peers. I also feel good abut getting most of first journal done. (Brady)

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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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Author Tobias Wolf

He is best known for the short stories, He has taught English and creative writing at Stanford since 1997, and he was the creative writing director of th creative Writing for 2 years. Although known for his short stories he has indeed written 2 novels.

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At the point in the book where we are at currently are there any noticeable themes that we may be seeing for the rest of the book.

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Portuguese poet, Fernando Pessoa once said, "literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life." He said a great thing indeed. We may also have seen and must have felt in our daily lives that whenever we feel bad or low about anything we go through or happens in our lives, we want and try to ignore them for a while, and we also try to refresh our mind by different things based on our interest. Such as some of us love to listen to their favourite song, while others love to read books, watch movies, cartoons and so on.

For me, literature is something that not only helps us to ignore our life's problems for awhile but it in some way or other, it also helps and provokes our mind to think more and become more human. It helps us to reflect on our own lives, and in discussion with others as well. Literature adds more value and beauty to our lives. It teaches us to fall in love with our own selves.

Ability to see the world with a pair of fresh eyes triggers the reader to reflect upon their own lives. Reading a material that is relatable to the reader may teach them morals and encourage them to practice good judgement.

Examples would be William Shakespeare's stories, Rabindranath Tagore's works, novels by Sudha Murty etc, where each one is meant to be reflective of human nature - good and bad. Consequently, this can promote better judgement of situations, so the readers do not find themselves in the same circumstances as perhaps those in the fiction world. Henceforth, literature is proven to not only be reflective of life, but it can also be used as a guide for the reader to follow and practice good judgement from.

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A Portuguese poet, Fernando Pessoa once said, "literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life." He said a great thing indeed. We may also have seen and must have felt in our daily lives that whenever we feel bad or low about anything we go through or happens in our lives, we want and try to ignore them for a while, and we also try to refresh our mind by different things based on our interest.

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Why do you think that so far the narrator goes unnamed, do you think there is a specific reason for this or just a stylistic choice.

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So far do you relate to the narrator in any way?

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Tobias Wolff loved English because he would express his feelings through writing. He loved writing about his feelings because the paper and the pen would listen to him. In other words, it made him feel like he was not alone.