It’s A Christmas Miracle

ImageIt's a Christmas miracle for the AP classes. Following some high level discussion, the following changes are going to take place over the next four days.

  • Today's quiz and the essay for next week are the test for Love in the Time of Cholera.There is no test next week over Love in the Time of Cholera.
  • There will be an optional discussion session Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the Firetower Coffee for anyone who would like to discuss the end of the book with me. It's a good book to talk about if you have questions/ideas.
  • We will begin Heart of Darkness now, in order to make sure that we get it done before the break.
  • Please take a copy of Heart of Darkness from the cabinet and read Book I for Tuesday. 
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Love in the Time of Cholera Essay Prompts

3. Early in the novel, a woman who cleans rooms at a brothel describes the remnants of love in vivid detail. In many respects, much of the novel seems to link love to loss. How are the sacrifices that are made by men different from those made by women? Are the losses suffered by men more sentimental? Explore how GGM differentiates the loss associated with love.

4. Select another passage or series of passages and analyze GGM’s tone, and the impact of that tone on the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not use the same passage as the last essay!

5 . (CREATIVE OPTION! GASP!] Find a 1-2 page section of Love in the Time of Cholera and re-write it in the narrative voice used by Leo Tolstoy in Resurrection or find a 1-2 page section of Resurrection and re-write it in the narrative voice used by GGM in Love in the Time of Cholera.

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AP Students: Have You Been Reading Your Poem of the Day?


A poem a day is good for you. Reading one a day will, according to many scientific studies, improve your chances of landing an ideal prom date, boost your self-esteem, and dramatically increase the sales of berets in your local community. With that in mind, I offer the following:

Ditty of First Desire by Frederico Garcia Lorca

In the green morning
I wanted to be a heart.
A heart.

And in the ripe evening
I wanted to be a nightingale.
A nightingale.

(Soul,
turn orange-colored.
Soul,
turn the color of love.)

In the vivid morning
I wanted to be myself.
A heart.

And at the evening's end
I wanted to be my voice.
A nightingale.

Soul,
turn orange-colored.
Soul,
turn the color of love.

 

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Test

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Love in the Time of Cholera Resource Guide

Can't get enough of Love in the Time of Cholera? Need extra help with the novel, want more information about Marquez, or looking for information about that pesky tone assignment?

Visit the Love in the Time of Cholera Resource page. 

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