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The summer reading assignment for freshmen students in the academic year 2018-19. The assignment includes three texts: 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley, 'The Allegory of the Cave' by Plato, and 'Desiderata' by Max Ehrmann. Students are asked to read each text and consider specific questions related to the themes and ideas presented in the texts. The document also indicates when students will be discussing each text in class and what they should be prepared to do.
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Freshman Summer Reading 2018-
created rather than born and encouraged to follow their desires and senses as distraction from the reality of being human.
Read the novel and think about the following questions: o What things in this society seem wrong to you? Why? o What things in this society might be similar to the world we live in? Think about things like pop music and culture, modern day morals around sex and drug abuse, and the importance of technology in our lives. Be prepared to discuss this novel during our dystopia unit. You will need to know characters, plot, and themes and be able to reference specific events and language in the novel.
the spirit, and the duty of the educated to better their society. Read the text AND the annotations on the side and think about the following questions: o How do you think about your education? o What are the features of an ideal school or classroom? What things do you like from teachers? From classmates? Be prepared to discuss this text in the first week of school.
Read the poem and consider the following questions: o In what respects does this poem connect to “The Allegory of the Cave”? Do you see any similar ideas? o What lines most speak to you? Which line(s) would you like to carry forward into your new school year? [Answer on CVHS Writing Diagnostic] Be prepared to discuss the poem and share your answers to the questions in the first few days of school.
Desiderata Max Ehrmann
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.