The Count of Monte Cristo Reading Schedule:
1. Up to Chapter XIV (p. 104) by Monday May 4th.
2. Up to Chapter XXVII (p. 203) by Monday May 11
3. Up to Chapter XL (p. 310) by Monday May 18th
4. Up to Chapter LII (p.431) by Tuesday May 26th
5. Up to Chapter LXVII (p. 541) by Monday June 1st
6. Finish text on Wednesday June 3rd, Chapter LXXI (p. 582)
The portion of the reading schedule that is set in stone is that you need to be up to page 203 by Monday May 11th. We will begin working on the text as a class on May 14th. That Thursday and Friday we will review the first 200 pages and we’ll start with the 310th page on Monday the 18th.
Enjoy, this is a fast paced text. Make sure to keep track of characters and these major themes in your highlighting and annotating:
• Pay close attention to elements of the background that will later justify Dantes’ villainy. Does the pain caused justify his retribution?
• Divine Justice vs. Human Justice (With Dantes as the chief figure)
• Envy vs. Satisfaction (which characters appreciate their lives and which envy others)
• Dantes as being set-apart from society, and the effects that has on him (post jail)
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