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Thursday gave everyone a handout that covered the topics from the semester's classes.

Topics Covered

Nursery Rhymes - gaps in the text and how they can be twisted to suit your needs
Jane Eyre - bad guys are people too, you just don't get to read their point of view
Alice in Wonderland - language is confusing. Don't get tripped up by it.
Scottish Play - literature's effect on real life
To Kill A Mockingbird - literature as an activity and morality in text
Frankenstein - perverse creations and letting loose, thinking outside the box
Romance novels - bad fiction is still fiction that must be dealt with
Detective novels - living the mystery, how to put yourself and others into the text
Treasure Island - setting up the story, research before leaping in
Brave New World - book burning, the importance of literature and the consequences of cultural oppression
A Christmas Carol - paraphrasing and using examples to explain the whole

"Next week, Danger Shop. Bring a notepad and pen. Wear shoes you can run in if you have to. A book from the course will be chosen for each of you and you'll have to set the story straight after something has gone wrong. Be prepared to interact with characters from the book and use what you've learned to get through the task. See you next week."

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Alec flicked a piece of paper to land on Dawn's desk. It kind of looked like it was folded and might have words in.

Dawn opened the note, then looked around for where it came from.

Alec waved a little to get her attention, raising eyebrows quizzically.

The note said: Puppy-getting went well?

Dawn beamed at Alec and nodded. It did! What do you think of the kitten that adopted Dean?

He made a face. Can we send it back without him knowing?

Dawn wasn't giggling, really. Just a cough. I don't think so. They seem kind of...attached.

I know. It's annoying. Alec now looked grumpy.

He's just a kitten, Alec. Boys were so strange.

But now it's there all the time. It wasn't so much a kitten as a tiny, fluffy sentinel against Alec visiting Dean's room, but he didn't think Dawn would get it.

You could always put it in the bathroom... Dawn wrote, thinking of Scout, Or if you really get weirded out, I'd take him for the night.

Alec wrote back quickly, then gave her a hopeful look. You could keep it?

Not forever, just for the night. Dawn didn't want to think of what would happen if she got accused of kitten-napping.

It wouldn't be the same. Alec sighed.

What wouldn't?

Alec took a long time figuring what his response should be, finally writing, Nothing. Nevermind. and sending the paper back. He didn't look back at Dawn, deciding to spend his time skimming the handout instead.

Dawn frowned as she looked at the last note from Alec, not believing him, but not sure whether it would be better to pester him or Dean about this. Or, and here was a unique thought, whether she should just stay out of it.

Heroism, Humanism & Hijinks: Literature in Action - Week 14, Period 5

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