Rebecca Skloot, the author of the Henrietta Lacks book, struggled to get anyone in the Lacks family to talk to her. Clearly, they feel as though they have been exploited before she even tries to contact them. What are some examples from the text that indicate they feel annoyed to be contacted? Is Rebecca Skloot guilty of harassing the family and invading their privacy in the same way as the doctors who harvested her cells? Explain your answer?
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Think of a time where you and your parents or other adult misunderstood each other or came into conflict because you were from different generations. How did the adult’s world and upbringing affect his or her point of view? How did your world affect your point of view?
If the old woman had kept her mouth shut, not revealing that she recognized The Misfit, would the family be alive at the end of the story? Or did The Misfit intend to kill all the family members when he pulled up alongside their car?
Post one of the two poems you wrote yesterday--the one that is your favorite of the two.
Also post why you chose the poem. What about it made you like it better than the other. In your responses to others, be very specific about what it is you like about a classmate's poem or about what suggestions you'd have for your classmate for revision. After reading the article by Joel Brouwer, answer the following two questions.
1. How does your understanding of the poem change upon reading the article? Please be specific. 2. If an author intends a poem to mean one thing but it is read to mean something different by the audience, what does this suggest about the nature of poetry and language, in general? What is the nature of dreams? What do they tell us about ourselves? Share a strange dream or nightmare that you have had. What do you make of why you dreamed thus?
Find a passage spoken by a character you play when we read the play out loud (minimum of 5 lines together); or, if your character doesn't have a depth of lines, select the character of your choice.
Modernize the speaker's language--you are basically making your own Sparknotes. Write the passage as it originally appears, and below that write the modernized version you come up with. Only post your own work. There is no requirement to respond to each other this week. How do we know that the girls who are accusing others of witchcraft are, in fact, faking? How does Arthur Miller use characterization (as opposed to his notes in the text) to show us that the girls are using the hysteria for their own purposes?
Arthur Miller's fictional play, The Crucible, dramatizes real historical events. The University of Virginia holds an archive of materials related to the Salem witch trials. Under the "People" tab, there is a list of people connected with the trials. Select one and read the entire biographical essay associated with it. You must choose a character who is depicted in the play. Compare the essay's account of the character to Miller's fictionalization. What role did the person play in the trials? Why was he or she susceptible to the frenzy and fanaticism of Salem, 1692?
Using your notes and evidence from the play itself, explain the extent to which we might consider Oedipus a tragic hero.
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