VOCABULARY Focus:

• Synonyms for hate: animosity antagonism  enmity hatred horror  hostility loathing pain rancor resentment revenge  abhorrence abomination anathema /əˈnæθəmə/ (something you hate because it is the opposite of your principles )  animuss antipathy aversion bother bugbear disgust execration frost grievance gripe irritant malevolence malignity nuisance objection odium rankling repugnance  repulsion  revulsion scorn spites trouble black beast  ill will mislike
• Antonyms for hate: friendship good will happiness kindness liking love pleasure sympathy admiration approval blessing complimentdelight esteem flattery fondness help honor like loving praise regard respect

SHORT STORY Topics:

• imagination and reality, 
• bullying, 
• interpersonal relationships, 
• religion,
• love and hate, 
• revenge, 
• rebirth, 
• anger, 
• war, 
• fate, 
• good and evil, 
• friendship, 
• heroism and cowardice, 
• rebellion, 
• fear, 
• failure and success, 
• life and death,
• any other?

Sredni Vashtar

'The Ballad of Love and Hate', Live at Memorial Hall

PASSWORD: Choose one:)

B&B for next class:

• Read pages 176 and 177 up to Conradin's chant / hymn.
• Highlight the following words on those pages and look them up in the dictionary: 

pottering   qualm   boon   litany   ransacked   pursed

• Answer the following questions:

1. Why is Conradin’s imagination the mainstay of his life?
2. Why do you think Conradin hates his guardian? Give two examples to support your answer.
3. The tool shed is a refuge for Conradin. But he keeps it a well guarded secret. Why was this so?
4. Saki employs ironic humor in Sredni Vashtar. Pick out any two examples.
5. “Do one thing for me, Sredni Vashtar.” Why does Conradin implore Sredni Vashtar to help him?

H.H. MUNRO's quotations