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Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- Last day before Indy Project is due.
- Finishing project
- Comic Book (Visual/ verbal modes)
- Making final touches to project
- We are attempting to capture the antiquated times the book takes place in while relating to the themes of coming-of-age and narration based on reflections of past experiences. We allow our own experience in a similar situation to bleed into the art to add a personal element to the art that is possible through our similar situations to the story.

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Section/Pages: Chapters 2 and 3
Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- The protagonist learns about a writing competition and is interested in joining it.
- He sees the old winners and he aspires to be part of that legendary ring.
- When he does join, though, he struggles to craft a piece of work.
- He does cook up a story but is uncertain about it and also uncertain about his chances at winning.
- After he submits his work, he just has to wait, which in a way seems like the hardest part.
- There is a big feel of anticipation during this time which the author did in order to make us invested in the book.
- Also in this chapter, the protagonist is doubting himself and his abilities which is fairly common amongst high school aged kids.

John feels as if this, if it is the main conflict, is kind of basic, which summarizes the group’s thoughts for this section.

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Name: Jack Higgins
Email: 25178jh@chaminade-hs.org

Name: John Leonard
Email: 25231jl@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Nicholas Juliano
Email: 25201nj@chaminade-hs.org

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Understand the section BEFORE the meeting.

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Section/Pages: Chapters 1 and 2.
Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- This setting feels a lot like Chaminade.
- So much setting and build up for the main story.
- Most members are impartial to the book so far.
- Niko feels like it’s similar to every introduction ever and is a little slow, but that makes sense for the type of book it is. This statement summarizes our stance on the first section.
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Meeting 1 Date: January 30th
Chapters: 1 & 2

Meeting 2 Date: February 7th
Chapters: 3 & 4

Meeting 3 Date: March 4th
Chapters: 5, 6, & 7

Meeting 4 Date: March 12th
Chapters: 8, 9, & 10 (Finishing INDY Project)

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Actually own a copy.

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How can we relate to the narrator’s determination and desire to succeed given we also come from a similar context?

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How does the project relate to the book?

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In which ways can we relate to the narrator/protagonist?

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Section/Pages: Chapters 4-6
Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- He doesn’t like Ayn Rand.
- He starts reading and writing more books and stops liking Ayn Rand’s work.
- He talk about how Rand bad-mouths Hemingway and he doesn’t like that.
- He reads some of Hemmingway’s work and finds that he is better than Rand
- The it is announced that Hemingway is the next author to come to the school.
- He talks about senioritis in his class specifically referring to Purcell.
- He says if Purcell gets kicked out, he would have a better time in the competition.
- The narrator is trying to write a story for the contest but is struggling.
- We find out the narrator is going to Columbia University on a full ride scholarship.

- The narrator end up plagiarizing his essay from another author’s story, Cantiamo.
- He wins the competition but gets caught cheating and is sent home.

Group agrees that is a TRUE plot twist and conflict.

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How does the plagiarism in the final chapter of this section mirror the modern use of AI in school?

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Have you ever felt the need to succeed? What caused this? How did it change you?

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What lessons does this book teach to us?

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How does the talk about Purcell being kicked out foreshadow the removal of the narrator from the school?

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For what reasons is the protagonist/narrator not names?

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Which character do you affiliate with the most? Why?

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How does the narrator connect to teens in his generation and now?

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How does the concept of “Senioritis” help create a new conflict and drive the story to a new dimension?

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We see that Ayn Rand is idolized in the beginning of Chapter four by the narrator, but we begin to see the true Ayn Rand towards the end of the chapter. How can we relate this experience, of something/someone being different than they seem, to our own experiences?

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1. Solid reading
2. Need more work on coming up with discussion questions.
3. Make sure we are fully prepared for the next meeting in a week.

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1. Great progress on the project.
2. Still rough around the edges; Fix small issues by tonight.
3. Great work in the book and good luck on trimesters.

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1. Solid Reading: We are on the final stretch.
2. This story took a complete one-eighty and confused us all.
3. Time to start the INDY project.

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1. Solid Reading, again
2. Much better job creating questions
3. Chapters felt insubstantial for a discussion since we don’t know what happens later.

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READ UR GOSH DARN BOOK!!!!!