Look over your II parts for smooth reading tomorrow.
II scene notes are due for Wedesday, Nov. 27
Monday, November 26, 2018
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Writitng 12 - Nov 22 + Questions
Going to Brooksbank: Tues. Nov. 27
POETRY NIGHT - Tues. Dec. 4
1. What is the difference in expectations from audience members between today's movies and movies from the thirties?
2. What are some of the main differences between older movies generally and newer movies?
3. What is the effect of black and white?
4. What is the main theme of You Can't Take it with You?
5. What would be different if this movie were made today?
6. What makes this movie so highly rated among movie buffs?
7. List some quotes that would help illuminate the essence of the movie.
8. Discuss the acting.
POETRY NIGHT - Tues. Dec. 4
1. What is the difference in expectations from audience members between today's movies and movies from the thirties?
2. What are some of the main differences between older movies generally and newer movies?
3. What is the effect of black and white?
4. What is the main theme of You Can't Take it with You?
5. What would be different if this movie were made today?
6. What makes this movie so highly rated among movie buffs?
7. List some quotes that would help illuminate the essence of the movie.
8. Discuss the acting.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
LIt 12/Eng. 12 - Ham/Othello Due Dates
F. 23- Vocab Test - discuss I
M. 26 -Discuss I/Act II
N. 27 - Act II/Discuss II
T. 28 - Discuss II/Act III
T. 29 - Assign Soliloquies
F. 30 - Discuss III
M. 3 - Discuss III - Scene Assignment?
T. 4 - Act out IV
W. 5 - Act out IV/V
T. 6 - Act out IV/V - Discuss IV *
F. 7 - Discuss IV/V
M. 10 - Discuss V
T. 11 - Soliloquy Presentations
W. 12 - Discuss V- themes* for fishbowls
T. 13- movie
F. 14 - movie
M. 17 - scenes
T. 18 - fishbowl
W. 19 - In-class essay
T. 20 - Quote Test
F. 21 - Merry Xmas
M. 26 -Discuss I/Act II
N. 27 - Act II/Discuss II
T. 28 - Discuss II/Act III
T. 29 - Assign Soliloquies
F. 30 - Discuss III
M. 3 - Discuss III - Scene Assignment?
T. 4 - Act out IV
W. 5 - Act out IV/V
T. 6 - Act out IV/V - Discuss IV *
F. 7 - Discuss IV/V
M. 10 - Discuss V
T. 11 - Soliloquy Presentations
W. 12 - Discuss V- themes* for fishbowls
T. 13- movie
F. 14 - movie
M. 17 - scenes
T. 18 - fishbowl
W. 19 - In-class essay
T. 20 - Quote Test
F. 21 - Merry Xmas
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Lit 12 - Nov. 13 - P&P Fishbowl
Goal of literary essay: "Looking at the text as a work of art, demonstrating clear critical judgment and explaining to the reader of your essay how the enjoyment of the text is assisted by literary devices, linguistic effects and psychological insights; showing how the text relates to the time when it was written and how it relates to our world today."
Advice: look at class notes and your own improvements
-see if you can come up with a topic which fits all three topics
-extend your ideas to show how it connects to our world today
-passion
Discuss how Austen uses character as a vehicle to show _______________________ in the novel, Pride and Prejudice.
Society in the 1800's
- First sentence - specifies - man, money is important
- Lizzy is judgmental of Charlotte - are we?
- Charlotte doesn't want to be a burden - money and a good home - she's brave - she knows she's being condemned to Mr. Collins - admirable - she's "not a romantic"
- Love is secondary
- Selfless of Charlotte - Mr. Collins would never be her first choice
- Also, Charlotte's sister can now marry and be accepted into that level of society - mingling with Lady Catherine
- Marrying for love is not all that socially accepted at the time
- Lizzy does care about her family - Fitzwilliam - she knows she can't marry him because of his lack of money - he has class, but no wealth
- Lydia - "the death of your daughter would have been a blessing compared to this" - why would the reputation of the family would have been ruined? - taints the family name
- Mrs. Bennet - allowing her daughters to be "out in society" - (like Lady Catherine says) turns out to be disastrous - 15 year olds can't really be trusted
- Women of this status must be virgins before marriage - if one sister is "promiscuous" - it reflects badly - especially if it's the youngest - as Lady Catherine says, "all of them out? Before the older ones are married?"
- Lydia proves Lady Catherine correct [but not by our rules]
- [how do these rules apply to us today? What does this say about our society?]
- Lady Catherine says they should have a governess - this ends up being correct as well
- Lady Catherine reinforces the rules of the society (159)
- Higher classes look down on those of lower - "Lady Catherine likes to have the distinction of rank preserved" - Collins - of course she would
- [everyone but Lizzy kowtows to Lady Catherine]
- "Is this your mother?" - Lady Catherine's bad manners are accepted [isn't this true somewhat of our famous people?]
- People with the most money - may be the least respectable as people [what about Darcy] - Lady Catherine has status - Austen satirizes this unearned status [think of how royalty - born into it - undeserved status and power]
- Character vs. money (Lizzy has character)
- How similar is our society when it comes to judging/selecting husbands - security? [today women can attain degrees and have power of their own]
- Everyone knows that Collins isn't a catch - but he provides security
- Income affects…marriage
- Charlotte would NOT have married Collins, Jane couldn't have married Bingley if he had no money
- Lizzy turns down two marriage proposals - unheard of [we see that her father supports both of these denials!]
- Lizzy is ahead of her time - the way she talks to Lady Catherine, her wittiness, the way she talks to Darcy… - she calls Lady Catherine out ["I am a gentleman's daughter, so far we are even"(339)]
- Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are contrasted - Mrs. Bennet would have had to secure financial support - he didn't have to do this - he is a "gentleman" meaning he did not have to work and has an income.
Gender Roles
- What gender roles play out - first line of novel - men "must be in want of a wife" - men have control over wives and daughters
- Charlotte Lucas shows how women don't have much of a choice "I'm not a romantic" "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance" (21) - later - better to not know the person you marry - they will just be different any way
- Women can't attain their own fortune (Lady Catherine is an exception to the rule)
- Mrs. Bennet (5) "the business of her life was to get her daughters marry, its solace was …news"
- Contrast Jane and Lydia - Jane is the 19th C ideal - quiet, doesn't speak her mind
- Lydia speaks her mind, out of control, runs off with Wickham - the opposite of what women are supposed to be in that society [compare to our society]
- Mary - has trouble interacting - doesn't like balls [tries to play the piano to show herself]
- Social status of men is also controlled - Wickham, Fitzwilliam
- What do women control? - family, daughters, home, reputation of the family
- [so much depends on virginity]
- Women have the power to ruin or make other daughters chances for marriage
- Darcy "going against the wishes of my family and friends" - he has to uphold his own status [the proposal - 180 ish]
- Charlotte does control Collins - go to the garden/ front room - has control over home life
- Primogeniture
- (59) - Mrs. Bennet doesn't understand why Collins can just come in and take the property if Mr. Bennet dies [laws of the land - favouring sons]
- How does Lizzy conform to her own society? - she goes against class, speaks up, throws it away to marry up and gain status - ends up doing what she is supposed to do - counter argument - her plan was to find love and she ends up doing that [kind of a fairy tale for Austen - she herself died alone and unmarried - nice that the woman who goes against her society fares best - the rebel wins!]
- Jane marries Bingley for money or love? - both- she couldn't marry him if he had no money - first meets him and knows he has money - we also don't see much of what Jane thinks - we see how she reacts when the Bingleys go to London and never contact her
- Importance of Mary - [she's who Charlotte would be if Charlotte refused Collins - she shows what happens when a woman is not good looking or wealth]
- Does Lizzy change in her aspirations? Does her mentality change?
- Does Lizzy really change when she sees Pemberly [wasn't this tongue in cheek] -Loi counters this argument - when she hears what the maid says about him - she's impressed - also she has an epiphany when she reads Darcy's letters - she looks within as well - she had been "blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd" (198) - she also realizes what Darcy does with Lydia
- Lizzy is attracted to Wickham - but really understands when he switches affection
Love, marriage, family
- Lydia and Wickham = Mrs. and Mrs. Bennet - base on lust
- Rivalries between who gets married first
- Having them all out at the same time equalizes [but really it's just laziness - Mr. Bennet shows that he's indulgent and perhaps even negligent]
- Different views on marriage - Lizzy is going to marry for love; Jane likes everyone [but she's devastated when the Bingleys leave]
- Most intelligent - Jane and Lizzy
- Sisterly love [interesting when Lizzy doesn't confide in Jane when she finds out that Wickham was trying to debauch Darcy's younger sister - she tries to turn over a new leaf]
- Passion/violent love - how long does this last - are passion and love the same thing?
- Lydia and Wickham's lust - impulsive - won't last - doesn't work - we don't see how it ends, but we can see how Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's marriage - in our society we see these marriages or relationships fizzle and burn (Ariana Grand and Pete Davidson; Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes) - sexual or physique
- [how does this work with Charlotte and Collins?]
- Collins and Charlotte's marriage is the one that lasts - choosing your best option
- Wickham marries Lydia because he is paid to
- Right choice for Charlotte = financial stability (otherwise she would end up dependent on her family) - marries out of love for her family - her father even mentions how her sister benefitted from the connection
- Charlotte and Collins could go up in friendship, love, and happiness
- The way Darcy and Lizzy's relationship works = very contemporary - she is allowed to say no [this is how arranged marriages work these days] - "one word from you will silence me forever" (348)
- In the 1800's women would just say yes to a wealthy man
- Darcy also understands his society's rules - he at first thinks he can just pick and choose (like Collins) - he learns from Lizzy's rebellion - he changes - reassesses - becomes more humble [even though society has given him license for pride] - Miss de Bourgh is supposedly betrothed to Darcy - shows us how intermarriage is acceptable to maintain status [Royal family]
Advice: look at class notes and your own improvements
-see if you can come up with a topic which fits all three topics
-extend your ideas to show how it connects to our world today
-passion
Discuss how Austen uses character as a vehicle to show _______________________ in the novel, Pride and Prejudice.
Society in the 1800's
- First sentence - specifies - man, money is important
- Lizzy is judgmental of Charlotte - are we?
- Charlotte doesn't want to be a burden - money and a good home - she's brave - she knows she's being condemned to Mr. Collins - admirable - she's "not a romantic"
- Love is secondary
- Selfless of Charlotte - Mr. Collins would never be her first choice
- Also, Charlotte's sister can now marry and be accepted into that level of society - mingling with Lady Catherine
- Marrying for love is not all that socially accepted at the time
- Lizzy does care about her family - Fitzwilliam - she knows she can't marry him because of his lack of money - he has class, but no wealth
- Lydia - "the death of your daughter would have been a blessing compared to this" - why would the reputation of the family would have been ruined? - taints the family name
- Mrs. Bennet - allowing her daughters to be "out in society" - (like Lady Catherine says) turns out to be disastrous - 15 year olds can't really be trusted
- Women of this status must be virgins before marriage - if one sister is "promiscuous" - it reflects badly - especially if it's the youngest - as Lady Catherine says, "all of them out? Before the older ones are married?"
- Lydia proves Lady Catherine correct [but not by our rules]
- [how do these rules apply to us today? What does this say about our society?]
- Lady Catherine says they should have a governess - this ends up being correct as well
- Lady Catherine reinforces the rules of the society (159)
- Higher classes look down on those of lower - "Lady Catherine likes to have the distinction of rank preserved" - Collins - of course she would
- [everyone but Lizzy kowtows to Lady Catherine]
- "Is this your mother?" - Lady Catherine's bad manners are accepted [isn't this true somewhat of our famous people?]
- People with the most money - may be the least respectable as people [what about Darcy] - Lady Catherine has status - Austen satirizes this unearned status [think of how royalty - born into it - undeserved status and power]
- Character vs. money (Lizzy has character)
- How similar is our society when it comes to judging/selecting husbands - security? [today women can attain degrees and have power of their own]
- Everyone knows that Collins isn't a catch - but he provides security
- Income affects…marriage
- Charlotte would NOT have married Collins, Jane couldn't have married Bingley if he had no money
- Lizzy turns down two marriage proposals - unheard of [we see that her father supports both of these denials!]
- Lizzy is ahead of her time - the way she talks to Lady Catherine, her wittiness, the way she talks to Darcy… - she calls Lady Catherine out ["I am a gentleman's daughter, so far we are even"(339)]
- Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are contrasted - Mrs. Bennet would have had to secure financial support - he didn't have to do this - he is a "gentleman" meaning he did not have to work and has an income.
Gender Roles
- What gender roles play out - first line of novel - men "must be in want of a wife" - men have control over wives and daughters
- Charlotte Lucas shows how women don't have much of a choice "I'm not a romantic" "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance" (21) - later - better to not know the person you marry - they will just be different any way
- Women can't attain their own fortune (Lady Catherine is an exception to the rule)
- Mrs. Bennet (5) "the business of her life was to get her daughters marry, its solace was …news"
- Contrast Jane and Lydia - Jane is the 19th C ideal - quiet, doesn't speak her mind
- Lydia speaks her mind, out of control, runs off with Wickham - the opposite of what women are supposed to be in that society [compare to our society]
- Mary - has trouble interacting - doesn't like balls [tries to play the piano to show herself]
- Social status of men is also controlled - Wickham, Fitzwilliam
- What do women control? - family, daughters, home, reputation of the family
- [so much depends on virginity]
- Women have the power to ruin or make other daughters chances for marriage
- Darcy "going against the wishes of my family and friends" - he has to uphold his own status [the proposal - 180 ish]
- Charlotte does control Collins - go to the garden/ front room - has control over home life
- Primogeniture
- (59) - Mrs. Bennet doesn't understand why Collins can just come in and take the property if Mr. Bennet dies [laws of the land - favouring sons]
- How does Lizzy conform to her own society? - she goes against class, speaks up, throws it away to marry up and gain status - ends up doing what she is supposed to do - counter argument - her plan was to find love and she ends up doing that [kind of a fairy tale for Austen - she herself died alone and unmarried - nice that the woman who goes against her society fares best - the rebel wins!]
- Jane marries Bingley for money or love? - both- she couldn't marry him if he had no money - first meets him and knows he has money - we also don't see much of what Jane thinks - we see how she reacts when the Bingleys go to London and never contact her
- Importance of Mary - [she's who Charlotte would be if Charlotte refused Collins - she shows what happens when a woman is not good looking or wealth]
- Does Lizzy change in her aspirations? Does her mentality change?
- Does Lizzy really change when she sees Pemberly [wasn't this tongue in cheek] -Loi counters this argument - when she hears what the maid says about him - she's impressed - also she has an epiphany when she reads Darcy's letters - she looks within as well - she had been "blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd" (198) - she also realizes what Darcy does with Lydia
- Lizzy is attracted to Wickham - but really understands when he switches affection
Love, marriage, family
- Lydia and Wickham = Mrs. and Mrs. Bennet - base on lust
- Rivalries between who gets married first
- Having them all out at the same time equalizes [but really it's just laziness - Mr. Bennet shows that he's indulgent and perhaps even negligent]
- Different views on marriage - Lizzy is going to marry for love; Jane likes everyone [but she's devastated when the Bingleys leave]
- Most intelligent - Jane and Lizzy
- Sisterly love [interesting when Lizzy doesn't confide in Jane when she finds out that Wickham was trying to debauch Darcy's younger sister - she tries to turn over a new leaf]
- Passion/violent love - how long does this last - are passion and love the same thing?
- Lydia and Wickham's lust - impulsive - won't last - doesn't work - we don't see how it ends, but we can see how Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's marriage - in our society we see these marriages or relationships fizzle and burn (Ariana Grand and Pete Davidson; Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes) - sexual or physique
- [how does this work with Charlotte and Collins?]
- Collins and Charlotte's marriage is the one that lasts - choosing your best option
- Wickham marries Lydia because he is paid to
- Right choice for Charlotte = financial stability (otherwise she would end up dependent on her family) - marries out of love for her family - her father even mentions how her sister benefitted from the connection
- Charlotte and Collins could go up in friendship, love, and happiness
- The way Darcy and Lizzy's relationship works = very contemporary - she is allowed to say no [this is how arranged marriages work these days] - "one word from you will silence me forever" (348)
- In the 1800's women would just say yes to a wealthy man
- Darcy also understands his society's rules - he at first thinks he can just pick and choose (like Collins) - he learns from Lizzy's rebellion - he changes - reassesses - becomes more humble [even though society has given him license for pride] - Miss de Bourgh is supposedly betrothed to Darcy - shows us how intermarriage is acceptable to maintain status [Royal family]
Eng. 12 - Nov. 13 - BNW Fishbowl Notes
Dont' forget to check your class notes and personal feedback
Double sided quote sheet
Goal of literary essay: "Looking at the text as a work of art, demonstrating clear critical judgment and explaining to the reader of your essay how the enjoyment of the text is assisted by literary devices, linguistic effects and psychological insights; showing how the text relates to the time when it was written and how it relates to our world today."
- Look up any secondary quotes about the topic - can quote philosophical quotes on quote sheet (eg. Happiness)
- Freedom, individuality, emotions - do they come up in every topic?
- Focus - could be on Soma
- Think of a thesis which could work with any of the three topics
John the Savage
Individuality - contrast with how there's no individuals in the BNW - how would an individual survive - John shows how this is not a concept in BNW
- John stands out on the reserve and BNW
- No one else is allowed to show different ideas - free will, morals
- "don’t' take that horrible stuff, it's poison" (185)
- Kills himself to maintain his individuality
- Ironic because "community, stability, identity" - not individual identity
Freedom- a lot of stuff BNW can't do - [do they even think about it? - Bernard does]
-ties into happiness - for John - he wants joy, tears
-people in BNW don't know what freedom is - but they're "happy" in their own lives
-freedom and happiness are tied together [for us]
-(186) "Do you like being slaves?"
-contrasting John with BNW
-are people free in the reservation? [there's no real form of government - there's anarchy -good to see how a place with no rules or infrastructure fares]
[always can compare to our world - extend the theme - this novel comments on our world]
Utilitarian Happiness
- (210) - "getting rid of everything unpleasant instead of learning to put up with it"-
- Points out that happiness with no contrast isn't worth much
Compare to Pleasantville
-consciousness vs. unconsciousness - Lenina is unconscious - doesn't even think to change
-John is closest to a "real" human being
Ignorance
- Shakespeare - real happiness comes from having unhappiness
Emotion
- Not a range
- John's range of emotions when Linda dies - contrasts with the Nurse making sure the children are conditioned to accept death
- People are disgusted by John's emotions
- [Having no family or even a romantic bond = no unhappiness, sorrow]
- Shakespeare shows the range of emotions - Romeo and Juliet - and Othello - show a range of emotions that people in the BNW don't even know exists
- [Soma takes away emotions - like our drugs, alcohol, and addictive behaviour shelters us from emotions]
- [look up Soma references]
- [Why does John dislike Soma so much?]
[What about religion?]
Science and Technology
- When Linda gets unlimited Soma
- John is disgusted by all the twins - violently retching (139)
Individuality
- Not present - frowned upon in BNW - "if one's different, one's bound to be lonely" (126) [is true in our world?]
- Bernard, Helmholtz, Mustapha Mond and John are all individuals
- Individuality causes unhappiness
- Bernard is isolated - likes to feel emotions
- "when the individual feels, society reels" - Lenina gets mad at Bernard for having emotions - this is one of the mottos of BNW
- Conditioning doesn't have as much as an effect - on alphas
- "I want to look at the sea in peace, it makes me feel more me… not just a cell…" (78) - Bernard says this
- Happiness = having a lack of emotions - BNW is attainted by the absence of love, freedom [think about what having children does - think about any totalitarian regime - threatening people's children makes people do anything - most people aren't willing to sacrifice their kids - in BNW - no one has to make this choice - suffering has ended]
- [today - what is individuality - think of preferences - "likes" on social media]
- "murder kills only an individual, and after all, what is an individual?" (128)
- Everyone's the same
Approach to topic - could talk about three different characters
-[look at Lenina and Fanny - not really individuals - reflect BNW's hypnopaedia, philosophy, conditioning]
-John reflects what individuality can be - BNW is afraid of it because it's a different viewpoint
[would be interesting to contrast to Linda because she has conditioning that she cannot seem to get rid of - can only really remember things to do with her job as a beta (minus?)]
-"Free! Free! Do you like being slaves?" - John
- [what does Soma do for individuality]
- Choose between happiness and what society used to call "high art" - this is Mustapha Mond
- No one is supposed to spend time alone
- John goes to the lighthouse to think and pray and get away from society
- [How can anyone have a thought in their head if they are always with people - answer - they can't]
- BNW think they're happy, but don't know anything about truth and beauty
- Individuals are harder to CONTROL
- "Actual happiness looks squalid" "Happiness is never grand" (Chapter 16)
- Self denial
- "if you had a god, you would have a reason for self denial" - John (Chapter 16)
- [in our society is delaying gratification - most people have trouble with this - but it's been proven people who can delay gratification are more successful]
- [anti progress = stability]
Discuss the irony behind BNW's motto: community, stability, identity.
- Community
- - the world is made up of many communities - BNW - tore them apart to make one GIANT one
- Family is the strongest form of community - but this does not exist in this world
- Love is replaced by sex and drugs (true feeling = love)
- BNW - can't choose one's community - the deltas and epsilons are not socializing with alphas and betas
- Alphas seem to have more community - more awareness of self
- [do people have to have individuality to have true community?]
Identity
-people are mass produced = no identity
-individuality is the biggest part of identity
-no one gets to choose their identity [is this a large part of individuality>]
-[interesting that the controllers get to choose their identity to some extend]
-"the nightmare swarming in indistinguishable sameness"
-mass production = people are made this way as well - Ford is their god
-
Stability
-Soma - fills in the gap - on the outside the BNW seems stable [but they aren't intrinsically stable]
Society gave up suffering (after the Nine Year's War)
-no true happiness, can have contentment
["Happiness is a hard master, especially other people's happiness"]
-"The world is stable now, people are happy now, they get what they want and they never want what they can't have" - Mustapha Mond (194)
-
How does this tie into our world?
-reservation = unstable - fend for yourselves
-can see where government doesn't have much control - things are chaotic [also the other extreme because people want freedom]
- "I don't want comfort, I want god, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want goodness, I want sin" (211) - John the Savage
- [comparing John the Savage to the terms of the motto shows the satire]
- Macbeth - kills the king and the whole country goes into war as a revolt - he is a dictator - doesn't listen to anyone in the end - causes people to revolt
Emotions - 7 deadly sins accompany - greed [doesn't come into play in BNW]
-Indigenous people in Canada - residential school tie in - taking children away = community loss - taking away identity
-Indigenous people lost their identity by government control
- When John enters the novel - he shows how fragile the society is - comfort and stability are suddenly threatened
- Emotions aren't genuine
- Synthetic (Soma) - manufactured
- John is genuine/authentic - has a mother
- The reader sympathizes with John because we identify with him
- John is not programmed to understand the motto - shows how stability may not be a good goal
- One of mottos doesn't work = collapse
Double sided quote sheet
Goal of literary essay: "Looking at the text as a work of art, demonstrating clear critical judgment and explaining to the reader of your essay how the enjoyment of the text is assisted by literary devices, linguistic effects and psychological insights; showing how the text relates to the time when it was written and how it relates to our world today."
- Look up any secondary quotes about the topic - can quote philosophical quotes on quote sheet (eg. Happiness)
- Freedom, individuality, emotions - do they come up in every topic?
- Focus - could be on Soma
- Think of a thesis which could work with any of the three topics
John the Savage
Individuality - contrast with how there's no individuals in the BNW - how would an individual survive - John shows how this is not a concept in BNW
- John stands out on the reserve and BNW
- No one else is allowed to show different ideas - free will, morals
- "don’t' take that horrible stuff, it's poison" (185)
- Kills himself to maintain his individuality
- Ironic because "community, stability, identity" - not individual identity
Freedom- a lot of stuff BNW can't do - [do they even think about it? - Bernard does]
-ties into happiness - for John - he wants joy, tears
-people in BNW don't know what freedom is - but they're "happy" in their own lives
-freedom and happiness are tied together [for us]
-(186) "Do you like being slaves?"
-contrasting John with BNW
-are people free in the reservation? [there's no real form of government - there's anarchy -good to see how a place with no rules or infrastructure fares]
[always can compare to our world - extend the theme - this novel comments on our world]
Utilitarian Happiness
- (210) - "getting rid of everything unpleasant instead of learning to put up with it"-
- Points out that happiness with no contrast isn't worth much
Compare to Pleasantville
-consciousness vs. unconsciousness - Lenina is unconscious - doesn't even think to change
-John is closest to a "real" human being
Ignorance
- Shakespeare - real happiness comes from having unhappiness
Emotion
- Not a range
- John's range of emotions when Linda dies - contrasts with the Nurse making sure the children are conditioned to accept death
- People are disgusted by John's emotions
- [Having no family or even a romantic bond = no unhappiness, sorrow]
- Shakespeare shows the range of emotions - Romeo and Juliet - and Othello - show a range of emotions that people in the BNW don't even know exists
- [Soma takes away emotions - like our drugs, alcohol, and addictive behaviour shelters us from emotions]
- [look up Soma references]
- [Why does John dislike Soma so much?]
[What about religion?]
Science and Technology
- When Linda gets unlimited Soma
- John is disgusted by all the twins - violently retching (139)
Individuality
- Not present - frowned upon in BNW - "if one's different, one's bound to be lonely" (126) [is true in our world?]
- Bernard, Helmholtz, Mustapha Mond and John are all individuals
- Individuality causes unhappiness
- Bernard is isolated - likes to feel emotions
- "when the individual feels, society reels" - Lenina gets mad at Bernard for having emotions - this is one of the mottos of BNW
- Conditioning doesn't have as much as an effect - on alphas
- "I want to look at the sea in peace, it makes me feel more me… not just a cell…" (78) - Bernard says this
- Happiness = having a lack of emotions - BNW is attainted by the absence of love, freedom [think about what having children does - think about any totalitarian regime - threatening people's children makes people do anything - most people aren't willing to sacrifice their kids - in BNW - no one has to make this choice - suffering has ended]
- [today - what is individuality - think of preferences - "likes" on social media]
- "murder kills only an individual, and after all, what is an individual?" (128)
- Everyone's the same
Approach to topic - could talk about three different characters
-[look at Lenina and Fanny - not really individuals - reflect BNW's hypnopaedia, philosophy, conditioning]
-John reflects what individuality can be - BNW is afraid of it because it's a different viewpoint
[would be interesting to contrast to Linda because she has conditioning that she cannot seem to get rid of - can only really remember things to do with her job as a beta (minus?)]
-"Free! Free! Do you like being slaves?" - John
- [what does Soma do for individuality]
- Choose between happiness and what society used to call "high art" - this is Mustapha Mond
- No one is supposed to spend time alone
- John goes to the lighthouse to think and pray and get away from society
- [How can anyone have a thought in their head if they are always with people - answer - they can't]
- BNW think they're happy, but don't know anything about truth and beauty
- Individuals are harder to CONTROL
- "Actual happiness looks squalid" "Happiness is never grand" (Chapter 16)
- Self denial
- "if you had a god, you would have a reason for self denial" - John (Chapter 16)
- [in our society is delaying gratification - most people have trouble with this - but it's been proven people who can delay gratification are more successful]
- [anti progress = stability]
Discuss the irony behind BNW's motto: community, stability, identity.
- Community
- - the world is made up of many communities - BNW - tore them apart to make one GIANT one
- Family is the strongest form of community - but this does not exist in this world
- Love is replaced by sex and drugs (true feeling = love)
- BNW - can't choose one's community - the deltas and epsilons are not socializing with alphas and betas
- Alphas seem to have more community - more awareness of self
- [do people have to have individuality to have true community?]
Identity
-people are mass produced = no identity
-individuality is the biggest part of identity
-no one gets to choose their identity [is this a large part of individuality>]
-[interesting that the controllers get to choose their identity to some extend]
-"the nightmare swarming in indistinguishable sameness"
-mass production = people are made this way as well - Ford is their god
-
Stability
-Soma - fills in the gap - on the outside the BNW seems stable [but they aren't intrinsically stable]
Society gave up suffering (after the Nine Year's War)
-no true happiness, can have contentment
["Happiness is a hard master, especially other people's happiness"]
-"The world is stable now, people are happy now, they get what they want and they never want what they can't have" - Mustapha Mond (194)
-
How does this tie into our world?
-reservation = unstable - fend for yourselves
-can see where government doesn't have much control - things are chaotic [also the other extreme because people want freedom]
- "I don't want comfort, I want god, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want goodness, I want sin" (211) - John the Savage
- [comparing John the Savage to the terms of the motto shows the satire]
- Macbeth - kills the king and the whole country goes into war as a revolt - he is a dictator - doesn't listen to anyone in the end - causes people to revolt
Emotions - 7 deadly sins accompany - greed [doesn't come into play in BNW]
-Indigenous people in Canada - residential school tie in - taking children away = community loss - taking away identity
-Indigenous people lost their identity by government control
- When John enters the novel - he shows how fragile the society is - comfort and stability are suddenly threatened
- Emotions aren't genuine
- Synthetic (Soma) - manufactured
- John is genuine/authentic - has a mother
- The reader sympathizes with John because we identify with him
- John is not programmed to understand the motto - shows how stability may not be a good goal
- One of mottos doesn't work = collapse
Friday, November 9, 2018
Quotes from Lit - Nov. 9
1. "Are you so severe upon your own sex as to doubt the possibility of all this?" - Darcy "I never saw such a woman. I never saw such capacity, and taste, and application, and elegance as you describe, united." -Elizabeth (37)
2. "In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." (180)
Abbie, Loi, Claire
"it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" (3)
Ashika, Vernadette, Faye
" You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased." (351)
"From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents--your mother will never see you again if you do not marry mr collins and I will never see you again if you do." (107)
"She is a selfish hypocritical women and I have no opinion of her" (6)
"Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think without feeling that she had been blind, partial, prejudice, absurd." (198)
Clare, Abby, Sarah, Hannah
"She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me…" (11)
"She is a selfish and hypocritical woman, and I have no opinion of her." (6)
"Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation." (54)
"If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever." (348)
"They arise chiefly from what is passing at the time, and though I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted to ordinary occasions, I always wish to give them as unstudied an air as possible." (65)
Kay, Kendra, Allie, Kiran
Discuss how Austen uses character as a vehicle to show _______________________ in the novel, Pride and Prejudice.
FISHBOWL CAPTAINS: Clare - Society's Rules
Kay - Gender Roles
Taff - Love Marriage and Family (Sam and Grace are in this group)
You may bring one double sided quote sheet to the in-class essay
For the Fishbowl:
Fishbowl - prepare thesis statements, questions, quotes and notes for the topics. Be prepared to speak.
2. "In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." (180)
Abbie, Loi, Claire
"it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" (3)
Ashika, Vernadette, Faye
" You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased." (351)
"From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents--your mother will never see you again if you do not marry mr collins and I will never see you again if you do." (107)
"She is a selfish hypocritical women and I have no opinion of her" (6)
"Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think without feeling that she had been blind, partial, prejudice, absurd." (198)
Clare, Abby, Sarah, Hannah
"She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me…" (11)
"She is a selfish and hypocritical woman, and I have no opinion of her." (6)
"Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation." (54)
"If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever." (348)
"They arise chiefly from what is passing at the time, and though I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted to ordinary occasions, I always wish to give them as unstudied an air as possible." (65)
Kay, Kendra, Allie, Kiran
Discuss how Austen uses character as a vehicle to show _______________________ in the novel, Pride and Prejudice.
FISHBOWL CAPTAINS: Clare - Society's Rules
Kay - Gender Roles
Taff - Love Marriage and Family (Sam and Grace are in this group)
You may bring one double sided quote sheet to the in-class essay
For the Fishbowl:
Fishbowl - prepare thesis statements, questions, quotes and notes for the topics. Be prepared to speak.
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Eng. 12 - MLA - citing
Here is a reference for MLA style from Ms. Turner
https://libguides.sd44.ca/mla
also:
http://libguides.sd44.ca/novels/bnw
https://libguides.sd44.ca/mla
also:
http://libguides.sd44.ca/novels/bnw
Lit 12 - Nov. 6 - New Dates (because of PSI day!)
Wed. Nov. 7- Part III, 11-19
Thurs. Nov. 8- movie #6
Fri. Nov. 9 - Notes on Elements (Choose fishbowl topics)
Tues. Nov. 13- Fishbowl
Wed. Nov. 14 - In-Class Essay
Thurs. Nov. 15 - Hamlet
Fri. Nov. 16 -Vocab. Festival #2 ***
Mon. Nov. 19 - Project Due
Fri. Nov. 23 - Vocab Test
Thurs. Nov. 8- movie #6
Fri. Nov. 9 - Notes on Elements (Choose fishbowl topics)
Tues. Nov. 13- Fishbowl
Wed. Nov. 14 - In-Class Essay
Thurs. Nov. 15 - Hamlet
Fri. Nov. 16 -Vocab. Festival #2 ***
Mon. Nov. 19 - Project Due
Fri. Nov. 23 - Vocab Test
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Eng. 12 - Nov. 1 - Dates!
Mon. Nov. 4 - Ch. 15, 16
Tues. Nov. 5 - Ch. 17-18
Wed. Nov. 6 - Finish Discussion - tie up loose ends - decide on fishbowl topics
Thurs. Nov. 8 -Movie
Fri. Nov. 9 - Movie
Tues. Nov. 13- Fishbowl
Wed. Nov. 14 - In-Class Essay
Thurs. Nov. 15 - Othello
Fri. Nov. 16 - Vocab Festival #2
Mon. Nov. 19 - Project Due
Fri. Nov. 23 - Vocab Test
Tues. Nov. 5 - Ch. 17-18
Wed. Nov. 6 - Finish Discussion - tie up loose ends - decide on fishbowl topics
Thurs. Nov. 8 -Movie
Fri. Nov. 9 - Movie
Tues. Nov. 13- Fishbowl
Wed. Nov. 14 - In-Class Essay
Thurs. Nov. 15 - Othello
Fri. Nov. 16 - Vocab Festival #2
Mon. Nov. 19 - Project Due
Fri. Nov. 23 - Vocab Test
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