Pumpkin Roll

1. Would you run away from a place that makes you unhappy, even if attempting to escape would risk your own safety?

2. How does peer pressure influence our morals?

3. What makes one certain sin worse than another?

Lance Armstrong Scandal

This blog post is for Honors English 11, 1st period.  The following questions are listed below:

1.)  Who do you believe is most like Lance Armstrong from the characters in The Scarlett Letter?

2.)  Do you believe Lance Armstrong's guilt ate away at his being as it did to Dimmesdale's or Hester's?

3.)  Is it acceptable to overlook a person's sins based upon their good deads?

NEW BLOG QUESTION:

4.)  Hester was forced to wear a red A for committing adultery while Lance Armstrong was forced to have his 7 titles revoked because he was caught using drugs.  Which punishment is worse, having to wear a "label" (Hester with adultery) or having a "label" taken away from you (Armstrong with his 7 titles)?  Who had it worse?  

Link:  http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/17/us/lance-armstrong-doping/index.html

Bill Clinton v Monica Lewinsky: Public Shame

1. How do you think the American public would react to a woman wearing a scarlet A today?

2. Why did Bill Clinton not receive a harsh punishment yet Hester did?

3. Do you think it was worse that Hester committed adultery or Bill Clinton? Why?

4. What rhetorical device (ethos, pathos, or logos) did Bill Clinton use the most or best and give an example?





New Question: Hester has a Scarlet A on her chest and Pearl illustrates a living scarlet A what do you think Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky's scarlet letter is?

Link to video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR6dhpbe204

Public Humiliation as Punishment

1. Is this punishment effective? Why or why not?

2. Do you think this punishment was more effective in the time period of The Scarlet Letter or now? Why?

3. Do you think that a parent is justified in using public humiliation as punishment?

New Question:

    If you were in a situation where you were punished by public humiliation, how much would it affect you? Would it affect you to a point that you'd never commit the "crime" you did in the first place again? When do you think a person has reached their limit, if they have any, to use this punishment?

LINK: 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/april-mathison-teen-punished-sign-for-smoking-pot_n_1833253.html