Girl, Interrupted

Basic English 2: Novel- Girl, Interrupted

We will begin our discussion of Girl, Interrupted on November 11th.  Discussions will take place one week apart.  Here is our reading schedule:

• November 11:  Pgs 5-47           
• November 18: Pgs 48-105
• December 2: Pgs 107-end 

In order to actively participate in the discussion, you will take note of any questions you have while reading and then prepare them for class where you will offer them to the group for analysis.  These should be typed and prepared ahead of time as a for credit assignment.

*** NOTE: These questions do NOT have to be answered, they are for our discussion.  This is to encourage you to ask things you are unclear about and interact with your text in a meaningful way.


Here is an example of a well-constructed question:  

• Why did the narrator question her reality after being institutionalized but not before?

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or should be something you did not understand about the novel or circumstances in the novel, for example:

•    How can they just institutionalize a person against her will?

 Questions should not be asked for the sake of fulfilling the assignment but should have merit for discussion or to clarify a point about the reading.  An example of a poorly constructed question would be: 

•  What is the narrator's name?

or points that are clearly stated in the text, making the question useless:

•       What type of place was the narrator locked up in?