WLC+Sam

Uncle is like Okonkwo- in terms of personality and even in physical appearances.
 * Connections**

Raju is just like from Candide on how throughout the ENTIRE book, they are being deceived in a way although sometimes it is not always purposefully. Also in the end, they both realize something in life.

Animal Farm and this book both have a theme of how power corrupts the individual since both it is seen Napoleon and Raju are both corrupted by power although Raju is the only one who actually pays for that crime.

The love between Candide and Cunegonde is just like the relationship of Raju and Rosie. Both Candide and Raju are in love with Cunegonde and Rosie because they are both beautiful. If they were NOT, they would NOT have been there.

The driving force of both Raju and Candide was the same since, Raju was working for Rosie so that she can become famous. Also Candide was going through all these troubles so that he can meet Cunegonde. It is evident that Raju needs Rosie like Candide needs Cunegonde, because it is proven as without Rosie, Raju felt empty and nothing without any meaning in life.
 * 5/31/10 Reflection 4**

Today we talked about the symbiotic relationship between Raju and Rosie. This is very prominent and important throughout this section, because it also changes the characters of the 2 people. Raju for instance doesn't seem to love Rosie anymore. He seems to be just treating her in a business-like manner and so as a result, has no love for her anymore. The only reason he is there, is because she is there for the money and so as a result, there are no intimate love relationship between the two. Rosie on the other hand, has no love for Raju and so as a result, she starts to go back to her husband and even want to be with him whenever Raju is there for her. So in a way, the only reason they are there, together is because of the money and business. This would later be broken due to "forgery" of R aju's part as he signed a paper that was meant for Rosie and so was claimed as "forgery".
 * 5/27/10 Reflection 3**

Today we talked about the love relationship between Raju and Rosie mostly. We mostly talked about how the relationship was only benefiting Rosie and how Raju was getting nothing but suffering. Because of this relationship, Raju's family starts to break away as Rosie is a married woman and it is a disgrace to have her in their house, even as a guest, without her husband. The husband however has "thrown away" the wife because he was suspicious of her relationship with Raju and as a result, Rosie turned to Raju for help. As a result of this, Raju's mother leaves and Raju lives alone with Rosie and planning on becoming a dancing star with Raju's help. They meet with some show managers and assigns a contract. This shows how Raju while he is in love (or he THINKS he is in love) he can get very crazy. It is shown in the book, that as soon as he met Rosie, he started to become more dreamy and more of a romanticist instead of coming to reality. His fame started to decrease and his famous name "Railway Raju" was lost. This shows how love is a good thing, but it can be the origin of madness.
 * 5/24/10 Reflection 2**

Sentence Patterns 9a The usual symptoms were present, of course: no taste for food, no sound sleep, no stability (I couldn't sty put in any one place), no peace of mind, no sweetness of temper or speech-no no no, a number of nos. The reason why this is 9a is because there is a keyword that is very significant in this sentence and is repeated in the same position many times.

Today we talked about how Raju from the book The Guide, is doing and how he is changing according to the story. We mostly talked about how he is acting towards the people and how he is pretending to be a holy man. One very important factor in this discussion was that the the POV changes every once in a while from present time-third-person to flashback-first person. We also talked about the connections between the book and Things Fall Apart and how the family is kind of the same situation as in both families the men are in control and the women do all the housework. For the theme, we talked about many different themes for the passages we read. My theme was "Fame will tempt the individual to do things, most of them are wrong. You can see that by how after Raju becomes famous he starts to have an affair with Rosie who is already married. This is also the reason why he goes to jail.
 * 5/17/10 Reflection 1**

Reading Assignments: Divide your novel into four sections - by pages or chapters. **Post the schedule below on your wiki page with your pages/chapters due filled in for each class.**

Class 39 World Literature Circles - Meeting #1 Pages / Chapters Due: 1-5

Class 41 World Literature Circles - Meeting #2 Pages / Chapters Due: 6-8

Class 43 World Literature Circles - Meeting #3 Pages / Chapters Due: 9

Class 44 World Literature Circles - Meeting #4 Pages / Chapters Due: 10-11


 * Preview** your book by answering the following questions on your wiki page:
 * What do you think this novel will be about based on the cover art? (complete sentences)
 * It seems like someone is going to change from bad to good as you can see from fire to flowers.
 * READ THE FIRST PAGE ALOUD IN YOUR GROUP
 * What is the POV (provide evidence)?
 * Third point of view (Raju asked, "Where are you from?")
 * What conflict is introduced?
 * No conflict yet
 * What characters are introduced?
 * Raju, Man from Mangal
 * What do you learn about each of the characters (provide textual evidence)?
 * Raju is polite, ("he was too polite to open a conversation" page 1), Raju is lonely ("he welcomed the intrusion-something to relive the loneliness of this place" page 1), Man from Mangal is from Mangal ("I'm from Mangal" page 1), Man from Mangal has a daughter ("My daughter lives nearby...." page 1)
 * What is the setting (time, location)?
 * It is dusk, we do not know the time period and they are somewhere where there are trees and rivers.
 * What do you think this book will be about? (complete sentences)
 * I think this book will be about someone who helps people as seen with the people who visit him.