After reviewing and completing chapter XXI in 'House of Leaves,' we read Chapters XXII which concludes with Karen finding and rescuing her husband, Navidson, after entering the maze herself- which changes the reader's understanding that he had died in the house. Navidson survives the house by burning his only remaining light. The couple ends up marrying but the entire experience with the house leaves Navidson forever changed and scarred. Ben identified and compared the symbols and motifs in the novel and how they represented in the text. We identified the following symbols: the house, labyrinths and hallways, mirrors. and darkness and void. Motifs included the footnotes and Danielewski's use of multi-layered texts, echoes, and typographic play, all of which intertwined to explore grief and reality. Ben effectively connected the recurring ideas to the themes, characters, and events described in the novel. This led to the conclusion that the main themes were fear, obsession, the unknown, and the questioning of reality. As Ben leafed through the final pages of the book, which showed various illustrations depicting the house, he creatively summed it up as " A book of leaves within The Book of Leaves" - a most fitting conclusion to our exploration of this challenging novel.

Ben classified organic compounds into the following groups: alcohol, carboxylic acid, aldehyde, ketone, ether or ester, and then drew the structural formula of each.

We will do examples of time value of money problems involving present value, future value, and the value of an annuity.

We will look at graphs produced by using technology. We will identify properties from the graph.

We will study the properties of functions from several different approaches. The properties include odd or even, increasing, decreasing, maxima, minima, and concavity.

This afternoon, Ben and I worked in person and continued reading Chapter XXI, finishing all but 7 pages. We read about a main character's spiral downward. and we finished all but 7 pages. We noted that the whole chapter was written by Johnny and that it is the first time we see him as an author of the Navidson Record rather than a commentator. We additionally noted that his ramblings are no longer in the footnotes and that it appears he is at the peak of his insanity as he recalls his first childhood trauma involving his mother, invoking graphic images of being burned by scalding hot oil from an accidental spill from a frying pan. Ben and I agreed that Danielewski uses metaphors expertly in a way that makes the reader viscerally feel the trauma, and we noted that this is an overlapping theme in the book. Ben wondered how the book will end but we seem to feel it is coming full circle mirroring the character's personalities with the incongruent and malevolent dimensions and characteristics of the house.

Ben completed a chart drawing the structure of eight (8) compounds listed. He referred to his notes to help him with the first one and subsequently completed the remaining 7 independently. On one, he illustrated 3 different ways in which the compound could be drawn.

We read chapters 20 and 21, noting the variations in typography and the various ways Danielewski creates a sense of dread and alienation as one of its main characters, Navidson, explores the house alone in Exploration #5. Navidson enters the house alone and experiences a complete breakdown of reality in the labyrinth. Ben noted parallels in Navidson's psychological state to the void and weird manifestations experienced in the house. We discussed Navidson's sensory deprivation and his physical decline as all of the electronic equipment, flashlights, and flares he prepared fail, leaving him in total darkness. Ben found it interesting when, in pitch black, Navidson finds he is carrying a copy of the book House of Leaves. We ended our session discussing the void when, after burning the last page of the book, he describes a sensation of floating or falling in a void where direction becomes irrelevant. I pointed out the asymmetrical typography which mirrored this feeling of disorientation. At the end of the chapter, we both noted that The Navidson Record ends with a tiny "fleck of blue light" in the darkness, which we think might be the flashlight of his wife, Karen Green We'll see if our suspicions are correct when we continue reading tomorrow.

Ben and I discussed how Danielewski deploys an extraordinary range of techniques to generate unease. We discussed the most notable ones: narrative layering - noting that the novel operates on three levels simultaneously, creating instability and distortion which mirrors the the experience of the house itself. The typography he uses creates chaos and disorientation; the text spirals and rotates, which renders its readers confused and anxious. Further, his use of footnotes makes the reader physically uncomfortable and interrupts the flow of reading. Many footnotes reference academic sources that do not exist (we've checked several), and some footnotes contradict the main text. In addition, the house's interior continues to be referred to as geometrically impossible and its layout described as constantly changing produces anxiety and makes the reader(s) question reality. These are very effective and rather unconventional literary technique, especially when used together. Ben asked to leave the session after an hour to join in friends online and was allowed to do so.

Introduce the biochemistry of carbohydrates. Discuss the meaning of carbohydrate as hydrated carbon. Present the sugar glucose as a simple carbohydrate and show the molecular formula. Determine from he formula that glucose is hydrated carbon, a carbohydrate . Define a saccharide as the monomer from which the polymers, carbohydrates are synthesized.