Please respond to the following prompts in complete sentences. Use quotes when stipulated.
1. Define "a suicide" in the context of this chapter. Use a quote as support.
2. Define "humour" in the context of this chapter. Use a quote as support.
3. What would happen if man and wolf finally look "one another in the eye" (68).
4. There's a great quote on page 66 that equates the contemporary term - sell out. Which quote do you think it is and why?
5. How old will the Steppenwolf be when he kills himself? Use a quote as support.
6. Steppenwolf is clever and what not, but according to our unknown narrator, what has he not learned in life (51)?
7. There is a beautiful quote on 51 dealing with waging war against the beast inside him as a child. What part of you do you feel has been the victim of such aggression?
8. Please explain the following quote to the best of your ability - it makes me wonder. "It cannot be denied that he was generally very unhappy; and he could make others unhappy also, that is, when he loved them or they loved him" (53).
9. What would the Steppenwolf choose over hunger and torn clothing when he was younger (56)? What does this tell us about his character? Would you make the same decision?
10. The following quote is quite appealing, does it strike a chord in you or do you dismiss it as adolescent and unpractical? "No prospect was more hateful and distasteful to him than that he should have to go to an office and conform to daily and yearly routine and obey others" (57).
Due: Thursday, 3.15 (Before Class)
1. Define "a suicide" in the context of this chapter. Use a quote as support.
2. Define "humour" in the context of this chapter. Use a quote as support.
3. What would happen if man and wolf finally look "one another in the eye" (68).
4. There's a great quote on page 66 that equates the contemporary term - sell out. Which quote do you think it is and why?
5. How old will the Steppenwolf be when he kills himself? Use a quote as support.
6. Steppenwolf is clever and what not, but according to our unknown narrator, what has he not learned in life (51)?
7. There is a beautiful quote on 51 dealing with waging war against the beast inside him as a child. What part of you do you feel has been the victim of such aggression?
8. Please explain the following quote to the best of your ability - it makes me wonder. "It cannot be denied that he was generally very unhappy; and he could make others unhappy also, that is, when he loved them or they loved him" (53).
9. What would the Steppenwolf choose over hunger and torn clothing when he was younger (56)? What does this tell us about his character? Would you make the same decision?
10. The following quote is quite appealing, does it strike a chord in you or do you dismiss it as adolescent and unpractical? "No prospect was more hateful and distasteful to him than that he should have to go to an office and conform to daily and yearly routine and obey others" (57).
Due: Thursday, 3.15 (Before Class)
