The Honors Program will be attending the lecture discussion with Chris Hedges, the author at UMass on Feburary 24.

Jan. 20: Introductions & a Close Reading Exercise

Jan. 27: First discussion of the book.

Feb. 3: Second discussion of the book.

Feb. 12: Third discussion of the book / presentations.

Feb. 19: Fourth discussion of the book / presentations.

Feb. 24: Attend Chris Hedges lecture and reading

March 3: Final class session

Useful Links:

• Commentary on War is the Force from Amazon readers
• Press release from John Carrol College on Hedges appearance
• Parallels between The Iliad and War is the Force ... . . . Student paper at UMass
• Archive of Student Papers and other resources for War is the Force . . . UMass
• Streaming video of Hedges presentation

Books featured in prior semesters:

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Fall, 2004
• The Partly-Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. Spring, 2004
• The Natural by Joe Klein. Fall, 2003
• Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois. Spring, 2003
• The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. Fall, 2002