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The Quest and the Journey

Explore the responsibility for shaping one's own destiny amidst internal and external conflicts. Uncover the significance of code songs like "Follow the Drinking Gourd" in the quest for freedom, highlighting the power of individual agency. Dive deep into the struggles faced by characters battling forces within and around them.

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The Quest and the Journey

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  1. The Quest and the Journey N. Austin English 11

  2. Write • To what extent am I responsible for my own destiny?

  3. Define • 1. conflict • 2. internal conflict • 3. external conflict

  4. Conflict • A struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story

  5. Internal Conflict • A character struggles with opposing forces within a person’s mind (ex. Conscience)

  6. External Conflict • Exists between two people, • Between a person and a force of nature or a machine, • Or between a person and a whole society.

  7. Read • “Following the Drinking Gourd” page 480 in the text.

  8. Know • Some of the songs were code songs • Code song – songs with details that provided runaways with directions, times, and meeting places for their escapes

  9. Follow the Drinking Gourd • A drinking gourd was literally the shell of a vegetable related to the squash or melon, dried and hollowed out for drinking. • It was also the Big Dipper, a group of stars. Two stars in the Bowl of the Big Dipper point to the North Star—and the direction of FREEDOM!

  10. Images • THE DRINKING GOURD • AN OLD MAN • They are not threatening, and they are unlikely to arouse suspicion

  11. Write • Write an in-class paragraph (ABC/123 BC/123): • TO WHAT EXTENT WERE SLAVES RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN DESTINIES? • Write in ink, inside margins, on the front ONLY, and make corrections by drawing one straight line through the error and rewriting it.

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