For Wednesday: Kokoro, Chs.26-49 (see below)

* I realize your book doesn't have chapter breaks, and I'll get my hands on your copy as soon as I can. So start with the chapter that begins, roughly, "In the first days of summer, when the cherry boughs..." and end somewhere around the chapter/part that begins "My father's conditon deteriorated to the point where the fatal blow seemed imminent." 

No questions for next time--we'll do an in-class writing response. As you read, keep thinking about Sensei and the Narrator's relationship, and what the attachment primarily consists of. Is it love? Infatuation? Idolization? Something else? What about Sensei's relationship with his wife? Is it based on pity or convenience? Does he despise her as he does the rest of humanity--or is she the exception? And when the Narrator returns home, how does he change among his family members? Does he begin to live a new life? What prevents him from forming the attachments Sensei expects him to find/make?

See you then!