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**Prompt #5 (April 3): Truth in __Of Mice and Men__**
Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men explores themes of dreams, loneliness, equality and relationships that parallel many of the other texts we have read this year. Which theme do you think is most important? What is the "truth" about that theme revealed in the novel?

In __Of Mice and Men__ the most important theme is relationships. The main relationship is between George and Lennie. This relationship is so important because it is the most unique. Every other character is somewhat of a loner, they travel alone and move from job to job. Their relationship is so strong because they know what's right for each other. When George kills Lennie it's because he knows that it's what is best for Lennie as well as for himself. The truth about the theme of relationships is that relationships are needed to form a special bond that is needed to form a truly special friendship, such as the one that George and Lennie share.
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**Prompt #4 (March 30): Truth in __Great Expectations__**
Think about the different ways Dickens uses the idea of "expectations" in his novel. What is the truth about our expectations, either those we have for ourselves, those others have for us, or those we have for other people?

The truth about expectations is that everyone has them for themselves and for others. Everyone has their dreams and epectations because if they didn't they would have nothing to strive towards. Parents also have expectaions for their children and so,on. Dreams and expectations are what people live towards and without them we would be stuck at one point in our lives doing nothing, never moving forwards. The truth about expectations is that everyone has them
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Reflect on our reading from __To Kill a Mockingbird__. We looked at issues of education, growing up, justice, fairness, and others. In our writing, we looked for connections between our personal experiences and those of the characters in the novels. What "truths" can be found in this book that relate to our world today?
 * Prompt #3 (January 6): Truth in __To Kill a Mockingbird__**

All of these truths can relate to our world today. One example of this is with growing up, in __To Kill A Mockingbird__ Scout and Jem have to realize all the troubles, and hardships that come with growing up. Today growing up is a hard thing to do. Another example is with fairness and justice. Scout and Jem have to learn what is fair and just for blacks and whites and people that don't seem "normal" and people that are "normal." Today there is still racism and predjudice. People need to learn what is the right thing to do about these situations just like Scout and Jem did.
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In our reading of William Golding's __Lord of the Flies__, we looked at issues of fear and evil, the "beast within." What can we learn and apply from Golding's work, either on a personal or societal level? What truths did you find in this novel or in our discussions about it?
 * Prompt #2 (November 6): Truth in __Lord of the Flies__**

We can learn many things about truth in William Golding's __Lord of the Flies.__ One thing we learn about evil, is that it's the beast within. It's inside all of us and it's the influences we have and the paths we take and the decisions we make that influence how much evil shows through. Evil is almost, no matter how contradictory it sounds, the beast within and the beast without. It's the beast inside all of us personally and the society around us that influence it. Another truth revealed in the book is just how powerful the evil is when its not being controlled. The boys were not "evil" to start with, but things aroudn them were gettiing hairy and the situations between them were getting hard to settle, their differences caused the evil to grow and lead to deaths of good boys. In the Lord of the flies many truths are revealed about the beast within and without.
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 * Prompt #1 (October 6): What is the “truth” of mythology?** The general term “mythology” encompasses the stories that a culture creates to understand the truth of the world they live in and their place within it. From a personal standpoint, it is about understanding who we are and where we fit in our world experience. What is the "truth" of mythology as we have studied it? What truth have you learned from our investigations? What personal truths have been revealed to you?

Response #1: There is always some sort of truth to any type of mythology. Even though it may not always be considered the truth to everyone for every culture it has truth to the culture that produced it. The truth of mythology isn’t always given to you it is sometimes something that had to be inferred. The actual myths are not always true in some aspects and have been embellished on to make them more interesting; an example would be the ones with talking animals. How the stories reflect the certain culture is true, because it’s what they believe in. Certain cultures believed in certain things and it’s their personal standpoint that makes something true or not.