For Thursday, read up to the end of Part Two of Ben Winters’ The Last Policeman.
Our asynchronous activity for Thursday is pretty straightforward: Toward the end of Part Two, Henry tells Ruth-Ann, the waitress at his favorite diner, that he feels like he “wasn’t made for these times.” Ruth-Ann answers: “I don’t know kid . . . I think maybe you’re the only person who was.” Is Ruth-Ann right or wrong? I.e. in what ways is Henry the kind of person – – and/or not the kind of person – – made for the pre-apocalyptic times depicted in The Last Policeman? Write a couple of paragraphs answering this question – – and use concrete examples to illustrate/develop your response. (Remember: just open up your google doc and make a new entry.) Try to finish this up by Saturday afternoon.
I’ve posted a page describing your first two-page reflection essay. See the link to the right titled “The Omega Men assignment” or click on this link. Read over the assignment and bring any questions to class on Tuesday, when we’ll discuss the whole of Winters’ novel.