02/03 Homework

Bell work:

When is killing someone justified?

Vocab:

1. Esteemed
   1. (verb) determined, deemed
2. Wretches
   1. (noun) unfortunate person
3. Abortive
   1. (adj) failing to produce intended result
4. Vigor
   1. (noun) strength and good health

Reading Questions:

1. What does Crusoe see, and what does he resolve to do after seeing it?
2. What does he find that makes him horrified?
3. How does he react to this?
4. How does he spend the next two years as a result?
5. What does he hope to do eventually?
6. How does he prepare to carry out his plan?
7. What does Crusoe begin to wonder that causes him to doubt his plan?
8. What does Crusoe resolve to do instead, and why?

Reading Homework:

Read first half of ch. 9 (144-155)

Homework Paragraph:

Do you think Crusoe would be justified if he killed the cannibals?