1. Nov 22 – Lit - APH Agenda: GET YOUR JOURNAL Think and Ink Notes
Bildungsroman & Sacred Violence
Journal Assignment
Reading Time
Take Out:
Pen/Pencil
Notebook
All the Pretty Horses
Homework:
Read Chapter 1 (through page 97)
Complete the first FOUR journal entries

2. Think and Ink
Respond to the following quotation by answering each of the questions below:
“There is no such thing as life without bloodshed. The notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is really a dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous.”
-Cormac McCarthy
Can you think of any specific literary evidence for this?
What do you think this means for the content of the book?
Do you agree/disagree?

3. Vocabulary
Bildungsroman – a novel that revolves around a young protagonist’s development into a hero through episodic growth (a “coming-of-age” story)
Motif – a situation, incident, idea, or image that is repeated significantly in a literary work
Theme – central idea behind the story

4. Bildungsroman
AKA: Novel of formation, novel of education, or coming-of-age story
Literary theme focusing on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood
Protagonist engages in stages of the hero’s journey: separation, initiation and return
Boundaries and limits are tested through conflict
Loss of innocence occurs as a result of conflict and sacrifice

5. Theme of “Sacred Violence”
Evil and violence are inescapable
No matter how peaceful or comfortable the appearance or situation, violence is always building under the surface.
The theme of sacred violence has two components:
Human's innate affinity for violence/bloodshed
The futility of denying this affinity

6. APH Journal Assignment
Read the assignment along with me
Save questions until the end