We discussed the story" Awakenings" by focusing on the main character's recognition or awakening to two realities: internal and external. In doing so, we reviewed Marcel's homework responses to the study guide questions and supplemented his responses where necessary. Marcel discussed the main character's initial delusion about the "quaintness" of the town laborers' homes ,and we examined how the main character's internal recognition of his lack of maturity leads to his recognition of an external reality i.e. the true nature of the squalid and common homes of the town's laboring class. We further began to analyze the story "Queer" and to tie the theme of "departure from town" and alienation to the story's quirky main character. Last, we reviewed Marcel's test rewrite and noted the importance of focusing the essay on the relevant textual support. To reinforce this skill, I distributed an exercise on eliminating irrelevant sentences which Marcel completed . For homework due Monday, I assigned reading two more stories and answering study guide questions.