F - ... when the guest's identify became the cliffhanger, and I promised to moderate the chaos next class.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does identity influence how the story is perceived?

Learners worked in pairs to share their annotations and used the short story checklist to flush out their notes.

We discussed Camus's "The Guest," systematically - first setting, then plot, then character, then conflict (we decided there is indeed a dilemma), then symbol and irony. We noted that once we started putting the puzzle pieces together (the short story elements and devices), we might arrive at some deeper understanding. That deeper understanding only came with my last question: "who is the guest?" Learners decided it was Daru, so I asked, "Who thought it was the Arab on their first read?"

I mentioned that I had another question that might challenge that under standing further...

READ: The Outsider

NEXT CLASS: Camus, the absurd, existentialism