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fandomhigh2021-10-05 08:04 am
intheeyeofthebeholding) wrote in fandomhigh2021-10-05 08:04 am
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Fear in Literature, Tuesday 4th period
Jon was at the front of the class today as usual, and the board just said: The End. Death
"This fear is a fairly simple and primal one," he said once they were settled. "The fear of death, of ceasing to be. The coming end that waits for all and cannot be ignored. This week's story was Bradbury's "The Crowd". There are any number of stories involving the fear of death - again, any number of stories even if we only went with Poe. This one has a bit more of a persona or embodiment of Death, though, in the crowd itself. So, do you think that made it more or less effective in getting across the fear of death itself? How do you think this fear compares, contrasts, and interacts with the others we've dealt with so far? After all, they all involved death, too."
Before they left, he wrote the next assignment on the board. "For next week, please read Jorge Luis Borges' "The Book of Sand", and we'll be discussing it.
"This fear is a fairly simple and primal one," he said once they were settled. "The fear of death, of ceasing to be. The coming end that waits for all and cannot be ignored. This week's story was Bradbury's "The Crowd". There are any number of stories involving the fear of death - again, any number of stories even if we only went with Poe. This one has a bit more of a persona or embodiment of Death, though, in the crowd itself. So, do you think that made it more or less effective in getting across the fear of death itself? How do you think this fear compares, contrasts, and interacts with the others we've dealt with so far? After all, they all involved death, too."
Before they left, he wrote the next assignment on the board. "For next week, please read Jorge Luis Borges' "The Book of Sand", and we'll be discussing it.
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