Extra Credit Poem

If you are so inclined.

Best,
AK

Last Alchemist Blog Entry

This seems like a good place to put it...

I look forward to reading,
AK

Book Suggestions

Here are some thoughts--more of a classical list, but here it is:

Tolstoy, War and Peace
Joyce, Ulysses
Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Achebe, Things Fall Apart
Marquez, A Hundred Years of Solitude
Marquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Forster, A Passage to India
Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
Tolstoy, Anna Karenia
Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
Proust, Remembrance of Things Past
Rushdie, Midnight's Children
Kafka, The Trial

Some more Recent and Modern Works
Petterson, Out Stealing Horses
Martel, The Life of Pi
Adiga, The White Tiger
McEwan, Amersterdam

I have some more thoughts--but let me know what you are thinking.

Best,
AK

First Alchemist Blog

Please place your first blog entry regarding The Alchemist here:

This weekend--you can write about the following:
1.) The Hero Journey:
If you choose this assignment please write about how Santiago's journey follows the thread of the hero path; however, if you think that Santiago is not a hero, you are free to walk that path as well. However, please use language/terms that is associated with the Hero Journey and was provided for you during our first day with The Alchemist.

2.) Respond to a post on Coelho's blog regarding The Alchemist:
The link to that section of his blog can be found on our blog--you are free to agree of disagree with anything that Coelho writes or one of his fans believes. However, as always, please be respectful and I think it would be wise if you directly referenced passages from the book.

As always--good luck and please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
AK

Tonight's HW

Please extend one of the ideas we discussed in class today here:

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts--great job today.

Best,
AK

A Present...Unwrap (?)

The Alchemist Blog

Below you will find a link to Coelho's blog:
http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2009/06/22/workshop-the-alchemist/

I would like you to respond to the question he poses or build off of someone else's thoughts.

Let me know if you have any questions--again, please post your entries both on our Blog and on Coelho's.

Many thanks,
AK