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TODAY IN CLASS
We were tantalizingly close to finished in all classes--that is, finishing "The Chyrsanthemums" and turning our full attention to Atonement.  I'm trying to stress two things:  there are multiple meanings and layers of significance to most of what we read, but some explanations are more powerful than others because they provide more cohesion or because their insights take us farther into the text.

At the end of 6th period, someone asked a question about the fights Elisa mentions at the end--asking if there would be blood, assuring Henry that no, she didn't really want to go, and saying that it would be enough to have wine.  Think that through--how does it fit?  (Nothing written required here, but be prepared for me to call on you without waiting for eagerly-raised hands!)

FOR TOMORROW
Review the past two posts; make sure you are up-to-date with Atonement.  And definitely start reviewing what you know or doing some informal research to account for the sequence of steps that lead to atonement in the religious sense (you select the faith--yours, not yours, one you're curious about, any one that will suggest you have examined a possible sequence).  That discussion won't be on Thursday, but tonight would be a good time to get into that.