Wednesday

Today - we will discuss your essays from Monday, and then look at the chapters you have read so far in Anna Karenina, and finally we will finish the multiple choice test that we started from before Thanksgiving Break.

Note Character List so Far:

Stepan Arkadyich Oblonsky (chapters 1-5)
Darya Alexandrovna Oblonsky (Dolly 2-3)

Levin - (one of the main characters) 5-9
Kozishev (Levin's brother or half-brother)
Nikolai (or Nicholas) (Levin's other brother)

Kitty - sister of Dolly (other sister is Natalie)

Anna Karenina (sister of Stepan)

THEMES:

Love
Family
Russian Politics
Religion/Faith
Gender Roles
Social Class

Chapter 1 - Stepan has been having an affair and has been caught (poor boy).  THEMES: Family/Gender Roles/Love

Chapter 2 - Stepan believes he has the right to have an affair since he is a man, handsome, and his wife is getting old.  Why is she even mad at him?  THEMES: Same as above

Chapter 3: Stepan reading papers/business THEMES: Social Class

Chapter 4: Dolly and Stepan talk.  Dolly is packing.  Themes: See chapter 1

Chapter 5: Stepan at work.  Learn that he got his job through family connections.  This is how Russian society works.  We also learn why people like Stepan.  THEMES: Politics/Social Class
Enter: Levin

Chapter 6: Discussion of Oblonsky's in-laws (the Shcherbatskys - Dolly, Natalie, and Kitty).   Levin has come to Moscow to see Kitty. 

Chapter 7: Debate between Kozishev and a professor about how people understand the world.

Chapter 8: Russian Politics - Kozishev doesn't believe that Russians can ever use government right or well.

Chapter 9: Levin and Kitty.  Learn that Levin is a good skater.  Kitty doesn't want to give Levin the wrong impression.  Levin gets the cold shoulder.  Kitty's mother says, "On Thursday we are home, as always."  Also learn that Levin enjoys living in the country.