The essential questions for the unit include the following ideas:
- "What do characters with an 'outsider' perspective on the society in which they live see that others cannot? Are they a help or a burden to society?
- Why do outcasts rebel against society?
- Do these outsiders shed light on the weaknesses of society?
- Through rebellion, do these "outsiders" bring about greater self-awareness (to themselves or the reader)?
After closely reading Kate Chopin's short story, "The Story of an Hour," comment upon the story, and specifically how it relates to one or more of the essential questions for this unit named above.
Please have one post completed by Saturday by 6:00 pm, and then before midnight Sunday night please have responded to one or more of your classmates posts. I've posted this to both my classes, so you may respond to students in my other 12H class as well.
