Heroism, Humanism & Hijinks: Literature in Action - Week 2, Period 5

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"Welcome back," Thursday greeted as she handed out a few sheets of paper. "What you'll find on this paper is an explanation of nursery rhymes and a list of several popular nursery rhymes," she explained. "We'll use these as a warm up. Nursery rhymes are taught to young children to introduce them to reading and understanding narrative. Pick a nursery rhyme from the list. Now I want you to pretend that you're a part of the rhyme. How would you react? What would you do to interfere if you had the chance? You can do this alone or in a group."

At the end of class, Thursday dismissed them, but not before telling them about next week's class. "Next week we're moving into the action part of this class. Please make sure you have read Jane Eyre by then."


[OOC: So sorry about posting this late. I forgot to post it before falling asleep. Also, you the player do not have to read any of the books. I'll provide a brief synopsis and character list.]

Comments

Re: Nursery Rhymes and You

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"Do you think it's possible that Peter had other motivations for keeping his wife in a pumpkin shell? Perhaps for protection?"

Re: Nursery Rhymes and You

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"From what sort of thing, barbarians with pumpkin allergies? It seems to be a rather severe course of action; one can neither enter nor leave a hollowed out pumpkin shell large enough to live in of their own accord, and would need to be almost entirely dependent on another. Would the wife have been consulted as to her opinion before she was placed in a pumpkin shell?"

Re: Nursery Rhymes and You

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"I don't know. Would you ask her if you had the chance? Or trust in the husband's judgment that his wife was safer there? Perhaps there was an unmentioned mystical beast with an aversion to pumpkins, or perhaps the pumpkin shell isn't literal."