Heroism, Humanism & Hijinks: Literature in Action - Week 14, Period 5

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Thursday gave everyone a handout that covered the topics from the semester's classes.



Topics Covered

Nursery Rhymes - gaps in the text and how they can be twisted to suit your needs
Jane Eyre - bad guys are people too, you just don't get to read their point of view
Alice in Wonderland - language is confusing. Don't get tripped up by it.
Scottish Play - literature's effect on real life
To Kill A Mockingbird - literature as an activity and morality in text
Frankenstein - perverse creations and letting loose, thinking outside the box
Romance novels - bad fiction is still fiction that must be dealt with
Detective novels - living the mystery, how to put yourself and others into the text
Treasure Island - setting up the story, research before leaping in
Brave New World - book burning, the importance of literature and the consequences of cultural oppression
A Christmas Carol - paraphrasing and using examples to explain the whole




"Next week, Danger Shop. Bring a notepad and pen. Wear shoes you can run in if you have to. A book from the course will be chosen for each of you and you'll have to set the story straight after something has gone wrong. Be prepared to interact with characters from the book and use what you've learned to get through the task. See you next week."

Comments

Re: Talk/Study

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"What if he eats it out of politeness and ends up with cramps?"

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Do you think he'd do that?"

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Maybe? It's hard to tell with Angel. He can be a bit of an idiot sometimes," Cameron grinned.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly snickered. "If I think he's just accepting to be polite, I'll just keep offering him cookie until he admits that he can't eat them then. If he's going to be an idiot, he can suffer for it."

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"You're evil," Cameron decided, chuckling.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly gave him her best innocent look. "Me? I'd be just making sure he got enough of the cookies he liked so much."

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh. Just let me know how it goes," he shook his head.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly snickered again. "Sure thing."

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Make notes. Readable ones," he teased.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly laughed. "I'd say I'll bring a tape recorder along, but I think that would give it away to Angel."

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Get one of those secret spy ones," Cameron suggested.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Oooo! Hidden camera. Even better!"

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Why am I suddenly imagining you doing a candid camera show?" he wondered.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"We could just do away with all that and you could plan on being there when I feed Angel cookies."

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"He might think we did something to the cookies as joke and are ganging up on him, though," he said, possibly way overthinking this.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Only if you act weird about the cookies," Molly said. "As long as we're eating them too-- which we will be because they'll be perfectly normal-- then he won't think we're trying to trick him."

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"True. I'll try to remember it," he promised with a grin.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly grinned back. "Good."