1. Snows of Kilimanjaro ERNEST HEMINGWAY

2. IB Oral commentary and Discussion February 29-March 4  10 Minutes Plath  8 minutes student  2 minutes question  10 minutes discussion  Questions based on Hamlet or Snows of Kilimanjaro

3. IB Testing: May  Paper 1 : Literary Commentary (1 prose, 1 poetry) (GG/Plath)  Paper 2 : 3 questions for each genre from part 3 (prose; novel, short story)  Huck Finn, Puddn’head Wilson  The Great Gatsby  The Things They Carried

4. Next Books  Snows of Kilimanjaro-Finish this semester  S2 Hamlet  S2 Huck Finn, Puddn’head Wilson  S2 The Things they Carried

5. Good Discussion Question Examples  Which fictional character did you find most interesting?  Did you observe any contrivances in the novel that were in some way distracting, such as coincidences, or unresolved questions, unconvincing resolutions, chance meetings and so on?  How powerfully, or not, would you say the setting affected the conclusion of the novel or short story?  How enthusiastic were you about the novel or short story in the opening pages or paragraphs?  Did your enthusiasm change over the course of the short story?

6. Writing prompt-SOK  We come to know a lot more about the man in the story, than the woman. Why?  What do you think the frozen leopard on the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro represents in this story?  Is the man somehow different when he dies, than he is at the beginning of the story—does he go through some sort of psychological or personal change? Explain.

7. Writing Prompts-SOK  In what person is this story told? For example, first person, third person, etc.?  The man in the story mentioned something about “living a lie.” Was he living a lie, and if so, what was the lie?  If he hadn’t become ill, do you think the man would have been thinking so much about his life and the purpose of his life?  The man seemed to think that he had a special talent. Why do you think he didn’t bother practicing his talent?

8. SOK Questions  Read the epigraph again and discuss the significance of the epigraph for the story. What does the leopard stand for, what the “Ngaje Ngai”, the house of Gods?  The relationship Harry and Helen: How did it start? What brought them together? What drives them apart? What was/is his role in her life and vice versa? Why does he hate her in the end? - Or does he rather hate himself? Who or what destroyed Harry's talent? - Who does he blame?  The flashback: a narrative technique from the genre film. What is its function in this text? Retreat into the past or escape? - Discuss.  Hemingway has always been obsessed with “death” in his writing. So is “Harry” in “The Snows”. What does Harry say about death? Which symbols of death can you find in this story? Is “Snows” a story about “death”?  Have a look at “interior monologues” in this story. Try to find out how many there are, what they are about and what their function might be in the narrative structure of the text.

9.  What is Harry's attitude and view of his own life: is he frustrated, bitter, dissatisfied, disappointed of himself? Did he meet/ live up to his own expectations? Can you find traces/characteristics of the writer Ernest Hemingway in the writer “Harry” in the story? So, are there autobiographical elements in the text and which ones could you find?  You (certainly) have noticed the “double ending” of the story. Try to link the ending(s) with the epigraph at the beginning of the story. What interest/ purpose may Hemingway have had for the ambiguous ending of the story? Try to pin down the point in the text where Harry is dying/ is dead. Perhaps there are not “two” endings but different perspectives of the same event.  “Harry - a typical Hemingway hero”. In which way is Harry an “anti-hero” - the typical Hemingway- style would-like-to-be-macho, the rather ridiculous than truly “heroic” figure?  Another typical Hemingway symbolism is that of the “plain”, where the negative things happen and the “mountains”, where the good times/ things are. Find out to which extent this also applies to the story “The Snows”.

10. Snows of Kilimanjaro  Friday-be prepared for an in class discussion of SOK  Over winter break—read to page 54 and be prepared for a discussion of each short story upon return

11. Discussion-Within groups 1. Ask your question and allow others to answer 2. Person with birthday closest to today is first 3. Once discussion is over the person on the right ask a question 4. You should make it around 3 times 5. Pick the two best questions to approach as a whole class

12. Opening Activity 01/07/16  Read the next story: “In Another Country” p. 65-70  Draw a picture that you form in your mind about the reading  Include a quote below or above your picture

13. Read Killers-70-81 01/08/2016 Write a 5 paragraph essay Hemingway sometimes uses racist language in his writing, he was a known womanizer, and he shot himself. Does Hemingway deserve to be admired? Must contain at least one quote per body paragraph.

14. Homework Tuesday Night 1/12/16  Read “A Way You’ll Never Be”  Quiz on Wednesday

15. Read Fifty Grand 95-120

16. Read “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” 121-154

17. Writing Prompt  What has interested or amused you and why? Whether you enjoyed it or not, what ideas, negative or positive or neutral, has this collection of stories inspired in you?

18. Hemingway Essay 2 What is Ernest Hemingway’s philosophy about “the meaning of life?” Use material from the stories in The Snows of Kilimanjaro to prove your thesis.

19. Writing Prompts  How do you imagine Hemingway felt about his own success— both financial and critical?  Which story is the most instructing or telling about Hemingway the man?

20. Writing Prompt  Why is bravery such a part of his stories? Why not compassion, or tolerance, or love? What does bravery offer that other responses to the world do not? Perhaps consider the era in which he wrote.

21. Writing Prompt  Do you find the heroes in Hemingway’s writing to be the traditional “hero” type? Explain your opinion and support with textual evidence.

22. Writing Prompt  What is most frustrating about this collection of stories?  What is most interesting about this collection of stories?

23. Writing Prompt  What, specifically, do you take away from a month with Hemingway? What have you learned? What impression do you have of the writer? What images have lodged in your mind? What has upset you? Explain.

24. Hemingway Essay 3 Choose one of the issues below, then write a five-paragraph essay that argues for the position that is opposite your own. The legalization of drugs Gun control Assisted Suicide (euthanasia) The death penalty Smoking in public bars