A literature class in Strong is being planned, for home school students in the 9 - 12th grade, to discuss Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road. This critically acclaimed novel, first published in 2006, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature and remains a national bestseller. It is considered recommended reading for young adults by the American Library Association.
The novel chronicles the journey of a father and his son after an apocalyptic catastrophe that has destroyed the landscape and most of the world’s population.
The class, conducted over six weeks, will focus on the novel and is being offered by Caroline King of Maine Word. Students will read and discuss the work and write several critical essays about the text, along with weekly assignments. In addition, the class will also meet once in mid-November to see the film and to discuss and compare the movie and the novel.
Students should obtain a copy of the book from their local library (Copies are available at the Phillips, Strong, Farmington, UMF and Wilton libraries) or you may purchase a copy of the book from area booksellers. Students will need to have access to the book for the entire duration of the class.
Students will be expected to read 50-75 pages per week over the course of the class and they will receive a grade for the class based on their classroom participation and their written work over the course of the class.
The class will be held on Thursday mornings from 10 – 11:30 A at the Strong Public Library. The class will meet weekly from September 10 – October 22 (No class will be held on September 24). Advanced registration is required. An additional class will be scheduled for November. The class will be $60 per student and includes six classroom sessions, movie admission and the subsequent discussion in November.
For more information or to register for this class, please contact Caroline King at 207-491-9810.
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