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 * Here is some advice for working on the pages and entering the discussion:**

1. **Author:** How does what's happening in the book fit with the author's philosophy? What is the author's purpose--overall and in this section? 2. **Character development**: This means EVERY character, not just Stephen. How do these characters relate to Stephen? How do their beliefs impact his? Who are they? 3. **Coming of Age Analysis;** How does this par show rebellion, growth development, epiphany, rejection of epiphany. What are the struggles Stephen is facing and how is he dealing with them? How does this differ from previous ones? 4. **Extender:** What are other pieces of literature that relate to this? You will want to look at what Joyce references in the novel as well as current events in Joyce's time. Also, relate this to our time--literature, thinking, current events--and how the novel speaks in relation to these other things. 5. **History-Cultural information:** What historical information do we need to know? You must give details about the information--not just list it. For instance, what is home rule and how does this impact Stephen's thinking? Dante Riordan's? Mr. Daedelaus?, etc. There should be rich discussion here. 6. **Jobs/Manager**: Check the pages and ask questions. Don't let other members leave out important points or leave things hanging. Make sure that everyone sees the relationships between all the parts and how they work to make meaning in the book. 7. **Reading schedule**. Set it up. Make sure everyone is following it and ask questions throughout the posts. 8. **Setting:** Not just what the setting is--what does it mean to the novel? What is the school Stephen attends? What is Dublin? What does the fireplace have to do with anything? Thanksgiving dinner? All these settings are important. It is not enough to say Stephen is in a private school--tell about the school and how this setting works with the book as a whole. 9. **Symbol-Motif Tracker:** Look at all the symbols and motifs and relate them to the setting, the characters, the plot, the ideas. How do these impact each of these and the novel as a whole? What do they represent? Why does that matter? 10. **Themes:** What are they? Why is each one important? What does it relate to? 11. **Vocabulary:** This means proper nouns as well as phrases and words. Relate these to what is happening in the novel. You must be thorough so that we get the meaning.

It is up to every group member to go to every page and relate something of his/her own thinking on that page. We can't have thinking or discussion if everyone just looks up something and writes it down on his/her page. You might want to link information on one page to information on another to help relate the items.