1. American Literature 201
October 25
Michael Simpson
Section 051
I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a
man would be alone, let him look at the stars. . . . The stars awaken a certain
reverence, because through always present, they are in accessible.
Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nature”

2. Assignment Status
Current through Saturday, 10/23 for the
following:
graded blogs 1 thru 4
mid-term
summary research paper
Individual Student Grade Sheets
Absences
Table for other non-graded blogs

3. “Rip Van Winkle” Topics
Based on topics sheet

4. Last Questions
Remember for October 27
Read “The Big Bear of Arkansas”
Identify graded blog #5
Catch up on all revisions due
It is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson *
* Sante, Luc. “The Fiction of Memory” The New York Times. March 14, 2010.