theme book study
what happens when a good plan goes bad?
picture explanation
poem explanation
Poem
Again a Solstice
"It is not good to think of everything as a mistake. I asked for bacon in my sandwich, and then I asked for more. Mistake. I told you the truth about my scar: I did not use a knife. I lied about what he did to my faith in loneliness. Both mistakes. That there is always a you. Mistake. Faith in loneliness, my mother proclaimed, is faith in self. My instinct, a poor polaris. Not a mistake is the blue boredom of a summer lake. O mud, sun, and algae! We swim in glittering murk. I tread, you tread. There are children testing the deep end, shriek and stroke, the lifeguard perilously close to diving. I tried diving once. I dove like a brick. It was a mistake to ask the $30 prophet for a $20 prophecy. A mistake to believe. I was young and broke. I swam in a stolen reservoir then, not even a lake. Her prophesy: from my vagrant exertion I’ll die at 42. Our dog totters across the lake, kicks the ripple. I tread, you tread. What does it even mean to write a poem? It means today I’m correcting my mistakes. It means I don’t want to be lonely."
personal example
woods
lost
Day Of Tears
His pain
His regrets
His realization
real example
Calamity
Davids first reaction
David as he sees oblivion looking at him
The chaos that broke out as result
The Sea Of Monsters
Tyson tripping
Percy's reaction
Running from hydra
text cited
Chang, Jennifer. "Again a Solstice." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, 20 Mar. 2014. Web. 22 May 2017.
Lester, Julius. Day of Tears. New York: Jump at the Sun, 2007. Print.
Riordan, Rick. The Sea of Monsters. New York: Disney/Hyperion, 2014. Print
Sanderson, Brandon, and Rogier Van. Kappel. Calamity. Amsterdam: Q, 2017. Print
Uahumanities. "Dr. Malcolm Compitello - A Good Plan Gone Bad." YouTube. YouTube, 03 Jan. 2013. Web. 22 May 2017