Christian Studies
You are completing the questions for "The Trouble with X"
and completing Journal #2:
In a 10 minute-timed entry, examine yourself and discuss your own ‘fatal flaw’. It may be the same as 'the sin with which you struggle' or it may be something else. Attempt to justify it or not and state HOW it’s a problem for you and if you are trying to solve it.
English
Answer the following questions:
1. Who is the protagonist in the story--Trevor, Blackie, or the gang? Who or what is that antagonist? Identify the conflicts in the story.
2. How is suspense created?
4. Discuss the gangs motivations, taking into account (a) the age and beauty of the house, (b) Blackie's reasons for not going home after losing his position of leadership, (c) the seriousness with which the boys work at their task, and their loss of concern over the leadership, (d) the burning of the pound notes, (e) their consideration for Old Misery, (f) the lorry driver's reaction. What characters do the gang's two names exploits--pinching free rides and destroying the house--having in common?
5. Of what significance, if any, is the setting of this story in blitzed London? Does the story have anything to say about the consequences of war? About the causes of war?
8. On the surface this is a story of action, suspense, and adventure. at a deeper level it is about delinquency, war, and human nature, Try to sum up what the story says about human nature in general.
