Tonight please write an essential question for the section you are assigned.
An essential question is one that functions on both a literal and symbolic level, and every reader should know the possible answer to by the end of that section. Good Luck and let me know if you have any questions.
Epigraphs and Introduction:
Kasprzak
Fortune--
Clapp
Coon
Hazen
Uncool-
Keefe
Kramer
Malloy
Martinen
A Whole New Deal
McFarland
Citizenship in the Home
Putnam
Richards
Waldo
Citizenship in the School
Waterhouse
Werman
Wood
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How does the introduction and epigraphs play a vital role in establishing the primary themes of Wolff's memoir, but more importantly, how do they give the reader a sense of Wolff's morality and Toby's lack of identity?
How does changing Toby's name effect his lack of identity throughout the memoir?
What do all of Toby's problems in his social life with friends, his love life, and his academic life tie back to and how do they tie back to it?
How does the task of shucking the hulls from the butternuts affect Toby's life at home and at school, and how does it affect Toby's view of himself?
How does Toby trying to be cool affect how he sees himself as a person?
When Toby and his friends Taylor and Silver egg the car, how does it affect their coolness and the way Toby sees himself.
~ Maddy
Does the Whole New Deal just represent Toby moving? Or can it mean sometihng else?
Does the Whole New Deal just represent Toby moving? Or can it mean sometihng else?
-Conor McFarland
Do Toby's friends affect who he is and/or how he acts?
How does Toby realize he wears a false identity?
Eliza:
Why do Toby and Rosemary feels the need to always find freedom? What is holding them back?
“Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind”
Douglas MacArthur
I find this quote very interesting...
That was from me, Eliza^
Why does he find the kid in the thunderbird so cool? Why does he try to act tough thinking hes cool?
-Ricky
How do the social events that go on in Chinook and under Dwight's watch hurt Toby as a person?
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