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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: ch.1 ,2 ,3

Class 41 World Literature Circles - Meeting #2 Pages / Chapters Due: ch. 4, 5, 6

Class 43 World Literature Circles - Meeting #3 Pages / Chapters Due: ch. 7, 8, 9

Class 44 World Literature Circles - Meeting #4 Pages / Chapters Due: Finish the book


 * 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 sentence) I think this novel will be about the guide who is double-sided.
 * READ THE FIRST PAGE ALOUD IN YOUR GROUP
 * What is the POV (provide evidence)? POV is the third person It's a narration so it's in third person
 * What conflict is introduced? Nothing so far
 * What characters are introduced? Characters that are introduced are Raju and the man from Mangal
 * What do you learn about each of the characters (provide textual evidence)? The man is from Mangal. " The man replied, "I'm from Mangal–"
 * What is the setting (time, location)? Not revealed in the first page, but in the back it says Narayan's fictional town of Malgudi.
 * What do you think this book will be about? (complete sentences) I think the book will about the guide.

Reflections: After each world literature circle discussion, please complete the following reflection in complete sentences on your page. (Clearly label each discussion reflection.) **What was the most interesting idea or insight that was discussed in your group meeting today?**Describe the discussion in as much detail as you can, noting the ideas various members came up with as well as any follow-up questions that were asked. (This reflection needs to be a paragraph)

Discussion #1

The most interesting idea or insight that was discussed in our group meeting today was the theme and why Raju was prisoned. For the part of the theme, I didn't really get what the theme was but as we discussed about it, I realized that Theme was be yourself, or Take responsibility of your actions. For example, Raju was pretending to be a holy guy but as the time came for God to test him, he has to take responsibility for "pretending" to be a holy guy. Also, he just has to be himself and nothing bad will happen to him. Part for why Raju was prisoned, we still don't have the answer to it, and are still puzzled. It said something about Raju being prisoned in the book but it didn't say why yet. I believe the reason is going to appear later in book... HOPEFULLY.

Reliable source In Malgudi, fictional town in India. this was in 1940s, and in this book we could basically see the transformation of Raju. Which is undisciplined to disciplined and mature.


 * your topic of research
 * a URL link to your reliable source
 * state why you think the source is reliable
 * write a one paragraph summary of your source (5-8 complete sentences)
 * be prepared to share with your group and the class

http://www.angelfire.com/md2/timewarp/theguide.html http://wsu.edu/~brians/anglophone/narayan.html http://www.bookrags.com/shortguide-guide/socialconcernsthemes.html

I think this source is reliable because it first gives summary of the book and states the theme and the setting. Also this source provides how the story is being told and it give many good summaries and examples.

My source contains summary of each chapters and an analysis. It stated the time period, and setting that I was looking for which was in 1940s, in Malgudi, a fictional town in India. One of my source stated the theme of this book that I couldn't find. Not only that my source provides summary of the chapters but it also gave a specific description of the main character. Also, it says something about how the story is told. The author tells the story from the flashback and 2 years after the main character is imprisoned. The time setting shifts frequently since author is going back and forth from flashback and present time.

Sentence pattern

1. sentence pattern search; look for the following: Now, create a sentence pattern section on your World Literature Reflection Page. Divide it from the other sections with one of those divider lines. Next, type your sentence pattern sentence, including the book title and the page number. Make sure you use quotation marks. Finally, EXPLAIN which pattern you found and WHY you think it is that particular pattern.
 * semicolon
 * colon
 * series (balanced pairs)
 * dash
 * parentheses
 * appositives
 * dependent clauses (use of subordinating words)
 * repetition

"Boys must read, first. They must, of course, help the parents, but they must also find the time to study." pg 32 this is pattern 9 because it repeats the key term "They must" to emphasize the key term. " The peak house was perched on the topmost cliff of Mempi Hills– the road ended with the house; there was a glass wall covering the north veranda, through which you could view the horizon a hundred miles way." this is pattern 1 because it uses a semi colon to divide two independent clauses.

Discussion #2: The most interesting thing that we discussed in our group is how the sentence pattern passage was actually important passage for the story. Not only that, the passage contained irony which was basically what you call "triple knowledge" Also we discussed about the POV of this book on how the author constantly shifts from present to flashback. We discussed about how we are used to it now. For character parts, we discussed about how Raju is a corrupt guide who pretends to be holy. I was actually convinced that his actions were holy but he was actually a corrupt guide.

Discussion #3: The most interesting thing that we discussed in our group is how raju took care of his problems. Unlike any other times, we actually agreed on one answer that he actually went to jail for 2 years. Still, we're confused about the Raju being jailed. Also another thing we discussed is the temple dancing. Rosie temple danced to show the love towards God. we were also confused about why Rosie temple danced, but as we went on discussion, we so excited about this topic that we were even making dance of how the temple dance would be. Also from discussion one, I had a question why Raju was prisoned, and in this discussion we finally figured out why he was prisoned. He used acts of violence and that's why he was jailed. Author is going places to places. He's stating orders not in chronological orders. We just figured it out so we were basically so excited about seeing that.

Discussion #4: Connections: The most interesting thing that we discussed in our group today is the theme of how the self-sacrifice for others is honorable. This was the final theme that we came up with so I guess it took us till the end of the book where we came up with the theme of this book...... To connection part, we made a connection with Animal farm on how people who believed Raju as a holy man are just like the stupid animals who got fooled by the government. Although later it turned out that Raju is a holy man, before when Raju pretended to be a holy man was the time where everyone was foolish.