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A Passage to India E.M. Forster
 * Reading Schedule**

Monday May 7, 2012 - Chapters 1 -3 (35 pages)....complete BLOGS

Wednesday May 9, 2012 - Chapters 4,5 (19 pages) .....BLOGS

Friday May 11, 2012 - Chapters 6 & 7 (31 pages)....BLOGS

Monday May 14, 2012 - Chapters 8 & 9(38 pages)....BLOGS

Tuesday May 15, 2012 - Chapters 10,11,12(pages 15)...BLOGS - //__**CHANGED - finsih chapters 10 & 11 by Tuesday**__// Wednesday May 16, 2012 - Chapters 13 & 14 (32 pages)....BLOGS - //__**CANCELLED - stopping at the end of part I**__// Film to be Viewed Wednesday May 16th thru Friday May 18th. - //__**will now begin on Tuesday May 15th**__//

For extra __credit__...insert a picture or explanation above the topic.

1. Picture of a Tonga

Becky Roetker

2. Picture of a Rickshaw Austin Torbeck

3. Picture of Forster Maria Helbig

4. Picture of the real Marabar Caves The Barabar Caves in India -Beth Felerski

5. Picture of the Ganges River

http://www.elenas-vieques.com/iganges.html Talea chenault

6. Define the word Sahib

(in India) a form of address or title placed after a man's name or designation, used as a mark of respect.-Ricardo Calles


 * BLOG 1 - Due May 7, 2012 **

In the first three chapters, identify vocab words you do not understand, then define the words and type in the sentence in which the word was used. Five words, five definitions, and five sentences.


 * BLOG 2 - Due May 7, 2012 **

Analyze the first chapter. Provide a thesis statement explaining the reason for a chapter about a cave. Provide two quotes from the novel for support.


 * BLOG 3 - Due May 7, 2012 **

Explain why Mrs. Moore appears to be a positive character for the book. Furthermore, please identify the "antithesis" use in chapter 3.


 * BLOG 4 - Due May 9, 2012 **

Chapter 3 exudes a palpable miasma in various descriptions be it character descriptions, music analysis, or spoken dialogue. Find two quotes and explain the significance.


 * BLOG 5 - Due May 9, 2012 **

Chapter 5 begins...."The Bridge Party was not a success." Why? Expain with at least 2 reasons.


 * BLOG 6 - Due May 9, 2012 **

Chapter 6 concerns one of the main characters, Aziz. Analyze the character Aziz and why he makes the statement, "How unhappy I am!"


 * BLOG 7 - Due Wednesday May 16, 2012 **

In Chapter 7, find 3 quotes by E.M. Forster concerning Fielding. Based upon quotes and actions, what is Forster's message/view of the world as seen through Fielding?


 * BLOG 8 - Due Wednesday May 16, 2012 **

In the chapters 4,5,6, & 7 identify vocab words you do not understand, then define the words and type in the sentence in which the word was used. Five words, five definitions, and five sentences.


 * BLOG 9 - Due Friday May 18, 2012 **

Review chapter 9, explain how E.M. Forster challenges the philosophy of his contemporary Anglo-India, Rudyard Kipling, by utilizing the poem "White Man's Burdern" and the aforementioned chapter. (see below)


 * BLOG 10 - Due Friday May 18, 2012 **

In the chapters 8,9,10, & 11 identify vocab words you do not understand, then define the words and type in the sentence in which the word was used. Five words, five definitions, and five sentences.

‍“The White Man’s Burden”: Kipling’s Hymn to U.S. Imperialism
In February 1899, British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands.” In this poem, Kipling urged the U.S. to take up the “burden” of empire, as had Britain and other European nations. Published in the February, 1899 issue of //McClure’s Magazine//, the poem coincided with the beginning of the Philippine-American War and U.S. Senate ratification of the treaty that placed Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines under American control. Theodore Roosevelt, soon to become vice-president and then president, copied the poem and sent it to his friend, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, commenting that it was “rather poor poetry, but good sense from the expansion point of view.” Not everyone was as favorably impressed as Roosevelt. The racialized notion of the “White Man’s burden” became a euphemism for imperialism, and many anti-imperialists couched their opposition in reaction to the phrase.

Take up the White Man’s burden— Send forth the best ye breed— Go send your sons to exile To serve your captives' need To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half devil and half child Take up the White Man’s burden In patience to abide To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple An hundred times made plain To seek another’s profit And work another’s gain Take up the White Man’s burden— And reap his old __reward__: The blame of those ye better The hate of those ye guard— The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah slowly) to the light: "Why brought ye us from bondage, “Our loved Egyptian night?” Take up the White Man’s burden- Have done with childish days- The lightly proffered laurel, The easy, ungrudged praise. Comes now, to search your manhood Through all the thankless years, Cold-edged with dear-bought wisdom, The judgment of your peers!

Source: Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden: The United States & The Philippine Islands, 1899.” //Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Definitive Edition// (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1929).