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Name: Patrick Tuohy
Email: 24419PT@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Theodore Russo
Email: 24359TR@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Jack Panossian
Email: 24315JP@chaminade-hs.org

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Make sure you read the assigned pages for the cycle.

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Section/Pages: To Page 50
Members Present: Everyone

Discussion Highlights:
-People are persecuted for their religion and wary of telling people about their faith like Kichijirō
-Rodrigues is the Shepard to the flock of Japanese just like Jesus (allusion)
-It’s powerful how those in Japan keep their faith and die for it without having clergy.
-We think it will start to pickup and get more exciting later on because it started a little bit slow.

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Section/Pages: 150-End
Members Present: Everyone

Discussion Highlights:
-At this point in the novel, the torture is unbearable for Rodrigues.
-The way he is being tormented is crazy because they make him seem like the bad guy. They make him want to apostate by saying he will save others from dying.
-All of us were surprised that Sebastian Rodrigues eventually apostatized. We thought he would be strong and end up dying as a martyr for the faith.
-The tone after seems to show disappointment and unworthiness.
-Once again, a mission fails in Japan.

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Section/Pages: Page 100-150
Members Present: Everyone

Discussion Highlights:
-Rodrigues spends most of his time in prisión during these chapters.
-He deals with internal struggle or conflict. He thinks about his journey and looks back to see if it was the right decision after all.
-Rodrigues accepts his fate that he will die where his is. He parallels McCandless from Into the Wild because they both knew they would die and couldn’t get out of their current situation so they just kept going through the motions.

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Section/Pages: Page 50-100
Members Present: Everyone

Discussion Highlights:
-The book is picking up and it is more engaging
-Some Catholics stay towards their faith in hardship like Rodrigues while others turn away like Kichijirō
-The Japanese crush him morally when they torture him since they are going to hurt others and not him
-“ ‘But if this goes on, you’ll all end up as hostages,’ he finally said. ‘Yes, father. It might turn out that way. But even so, we’ll say nothing.’ ‘But this is impossible. Rather than such a calamity it is better for the two of us to get away from this mountain altogether’ ”(Endō 53).
-Mokichi says that he won’t renounce his faith but deep down inside he knows that he is scared and that he will probably fall to the guards will.  This reminds me of God saying to us in the Bible that you will sin even though you say you won’t.  It will always happen but it is okay because God is forgiving.

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Meeting 1 Date: 10/26
Pages / Section: Page 50

Meeting 2 Date: 11/4
Pages / Section: Page 100

Meeting 3 Date: 11/11
Pages / Section: Page 150

Meeting 4 Date: 11/28
Pages / Section: Finish the Book

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Have a agenda prepared for each cycle so we can discuss it in our meeting.

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Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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Be respectful when listening and responding to the opinions or observations of the members of the book club.

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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. We did well at sharing our journal entries and clarifying the things we were unsure about in the chapters.
2. We need to improve on getting used to talking about the novel. We need to think of different talking points to bring up so we all stay engaged.

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1. This meeting was more productive than the last one, as we all felt the chapters were a bit more engaging than last time
2. We had a few good discussions about different quotes in the book, and we all had an opinion on it so we worked well.
3. I think we would have worked better if we had each written a few thoughts down to bring to the table

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1. The meeting was productive however, the chapters weren’t the most engaging which made it not as enjoyable as the past meetings.
2. One thing we did well was staying on topic for the entirety of the discussion.
3. I think if we came to class with more annotations it would help improve our discussion. It would help the flow of the discussion while also helping us get things out of it.

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1. In general, our meeting improved from last class. This is partially due to the book becoming more engaging. Also, we were more comfortable talking with each other about our thoughts on it which made it a good meeting.
2. We did well with using our novels during our discussion today. We found quotes to support our ideas which made the meeting better in all areas.
3. One of the things we can improve on is talking about the book for the entirety of the meeting. We should bring up different topics that we can dive deeper into.

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- God is forgiving

- a strong faith keeps people together

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The novel started out very slow to provide context for Rodrigues and how he ended up getting to Japan. Once he arrived, it picked up since he was persecuted and captured.

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Questioning your faith is perfectly normal and getting over it will  provide us with a stronger view of God then before.

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Persistence in Rodrigues’ mission