Today, TP9 identified some of the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri's short title story 'The Third and Final Continent'.  We didn't brainstorm thesis statements today as we then brainstormed themes in the collection as a whole.

Note: anyone who missed today's class can consult the PowerPoint available on the shared Google drive entitled 'Interpreter of Maladies Themes'.  Here you can see the themes that we have come up for each story and for the collection as a whole.

Next class: we'll be looking at research papers on Interpreter of Maladies.

Today, TP9 identified some of the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri' short title story 'The Treatment of Bibi Haldar'.  We didn't have time to brainstorm thesis statements as we went through the shared Google drive at the beginning of class to take a look at the available research papers for the classes essays. 

Note: anyone who missed today's class can consult the PowerPoint available on the shared Google drive entitled 'Interpreter of Maladies Themes'.  Here you can see the themes that we have come up for each story so far.

Next class: we'll be looking at Ms. Lahiri's final story 'The Third and Final Continent' - all students must have read this short story by next class!

Today, TP9 identified some of the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri' short title story 'This Blessed House'.  They were then given 20 minutes to come with thesis statements/essay questions regarding the story.

Note: anyone who missed today's class can consult the PowerPoint available on the shared Google drive entitled 'Interpreter of Maladies Themes'.  Here you can see the themes that we have come up for each story so far.

Next class: we'll be looking at Ms. Lahiri's 'The Treatment of Bibi Haldar' - all students must have read this short story by next class!

Today, TP9 identified some of the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri' short title story 'Mrs. Sen's'.  They were then given 20 minutes to come with thesis statements/essay questions regarding the story.

Note: anyone who missed today's class can consult the PowerPoint available on the shared Google drive entitled 'Interpreter of Maladies Themes'.  Here you can see the themes that we have come up for each story so far.

Next class: we'll be looking at Ms. Lahiri's 'This Blessed House' - all students must have read this short story by next class!

Today, TP9 identified some of the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri's title story 'Sexy'.  They were then given 20 minutes to come with thesis statements/essay questions regarding the story.

Note: anyone who missed today's class can consult the PowerPoint available on the shared Google drive entitled 'Interpreter of Maladies Themes'.  Here you can see the themes that we have come up for each story so far.

Next class: we'll be looking at Ms. Lahiri's 'Mrs. Sen's' - all students must have read this short story by next class!