We finished the discussion of irony that we began yesterday and Will was able to fully describe the irony of Mr. Shiflet's prayer at the end of Flannery O'Connor's story. We then turned our attention to the symbolism in the story, namely the single word that the deaf mute daughter was able to utter, "Buuurdt!" Will said that the word referred to her desire and ultimate achievement of "flying free" from the desolate farm and her suffocating mother. Great job, Will! Will then completed the first half of a vocabulary lesson. His homework is to read over the six terms from the story.