Second Thoughts About Harry

Abstract

Introduction:  In our last issue of Analytic Teaching, we reported on some of our students' intitial views of Harry Stottlemeier.  The kids, fifth and sixth graders at the White Lake School in Fort Worth, were asked to prepare a character sketch of Harry after reading chapter one in Matthew Lipman's novel.  We thought it would be interesting to ask the kids to write a similar character sketch after a semester's exposure to Harry.  As we suspected, children's opinions of Harry change as the novel unfolds.