Take the number passage I've assigned you below. Re-read the passage, and write about it in a blog post. Consider:
-How does it link to the themes we've discussed so far?
-What new themes are in your passage?
-How does it tie into other parts of the book, or the book as a whole so far?
-What words, metaphors or images are particularly evocative here?

Write for 5-10 minutes.

Start your blog post with the number of your passage. When you've posted, read the other person's post on this passage (as well as the other classmates').

1. pp 76-77: "Twists..." to "blast furnaces."

Lilia and Elizabeth

2. p 79: "The worker" to "are like?"

Sofia and Andrew

3. p 80: "Right and left" to "see them?"

Kyla and Whit

4. 81-82: "Singing!" to "the rest of us."

Hugh and Keil

5. 84-85: "And I lean over" to "what laughter can do."

Sam and McKain

Steppenwolf1

Use a quote (or two) from pages 214-216 to offer an interpretation of the murder of Hermine. What actually happened? What did it represent? Why is it the conclusion of the book?