In the past two days we have finished the book "Siddhartha". We will be taking the test next Tuesday but the packet is due on Monday.
Don't forget to continue outside reading.
Bring IDs on Monday. We will be checking out Macbeth.
Write a page about the following pair. There are no stipulations. Try to connect it to the conversations we have had about philosophies- attitudes towards life.
A Man by Nina Cassian Translated by Roy Macgregor-Hastie
While fighting for his country, he lost an arm
and was suddenly afraid:
"From now on, I shall only be able to do things by halves.
I shall reap half a harvest.
I shall be able to play either the tune
or the accompaniment on the piano,
but never both parts together.
I shall be able to bang with only one fist
on doors, and worst of all
I shall only be able to half hold
my love close to me.
There will be things I cannot do at all,
applaud for example,
at shows where everyone applauds."
From that moment on, he set himself to do everything with
twice as much enthusiasm.
And where the arm had been torn away
a wing grew.
A Man Said to the Universe
A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe, “the fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
--Stephen Crane
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