Due September 15: Blog posts on “Introduction,” “On Keeping a Notebook,” “On Stuttering,” and “Me Talk Pretty One Day.”
Due September 17: Narrative Essay; come to class ready to discuss 1984 and BNW.
Due September 15: Blog posts on “Introduction,” “On Keeping a Notebook,” “On Stuttering,” and “Me Talk Pretty One Day.”
Due September 17: Narrative Essay; come to class ready to discuss 1984 and BNW.
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September 9, 2009 at 4:22 am
The men and women in the New World mainly interact after work hours. During this time they enjoy golfing, swimming, dancing, and drinking “soma” to remain happy. The men and women usually interact most during sexual intercourse since being promiscuous is not abnormal. Even within each caste, men still are perceived as dominant. The D.H.C., the Director, and the Controller are all males with authority in the new world.
September 9, 2009 at 4:39 am
The World State society is not a perfect world since everyone is living under false happiness. In order for the people to remain happy, they must numb their minds by drinking “soma”. As long as no one faces the truth in the new world they are happy. By escaping from reality, worries, and troubles with the use of “soma”, life is full of happiness and lies.
September 13, 2009 at 12:49 am
“Introduction”
The main point of this passage is that presence is located in writing. The writer shows his/her presence through personal experiences such as childhood events, school, and family life. The writer’s point of view help find the location of the presence, like a actual place or a reality. It is where writers can find themselves. It also the reader’s job to develop an opinion about presence as they read the writer’s work. The thesis is contained at the end of the passage, where discovering new techniques of writing lead to new ways to be present.
September 13, 2009 at 1:01 am
“On Keeping a Notebook”
My favorite line is this passage is “Why did I write it down? In order to remember, of course, but exactly what was it I wanted to remember?”
It comes to the point where we write something down in the notebook and we do not know why. I write things down in a notebook in order to remember important information, like notes from school, or childhood memories. We sometimes write about things that we are not happy about. The main idea is the passage that writers write things in books about what we really want to remember. Writing in books can help us go back in the past to solve any problems we’re having now.