If I were a sea creature, I’d be the noble sea manatee. Don’t ask why.

We are starting The Metamorphosis today! I have paper copies in class and the pdf (and other resources) can be found in Schoology. Make sure that when you are reading that if you use a source like Shmoop (my favorite) or SparkNotes that you still read the story. We are not focusing on plot and character recall – we are going to working with language and ideas, so if you only read the summary, this is not going to help you with textual evidence and the language.

If people do not use this time to read, then that tells me that there is no need to give class time to read. If everyone is going to read outside of class, I will use the time in class for something else.

We read the first few pages today and you have tomorrow to read silently in class. That means you’ll be responsible for reading the rest before class on Tuesday. You can either read it all in one go or read about ten pages a day. Just don’t put it all off until the last minute – give yourself time to appreciate Kafka!