- P&P
- Finish rolling in the deep articles we've been digesting and finish taking notes for tomorrow.
- (Reno) J14 - Notes on Two Articles
- Finish reading
- Try to figure out his overall point(s) he is making
- Write out three quotes that you believe best represent Esolen's article
- How is this article a critique of modern thought?
- As you read, identify Markos' conclusion (his thesis)
- Identify two or three premises (see your lit term notes)that support his conclusion
- Identify three quotes you believe represent Markos' article
- Identify any counter arguments you see
- Does he concede or refute them?
- How is this article a critique of modern thought?
2. Schwager's Ladies and Gentlemen
- I will check your binder whilst you read the next essay and respond to your reading in your notes (this is not a journal for us, just notes to work from...and for you to use on your essay next week).
- "A Geography of Kind"
- What are some delightful characteristics you see more often in boys than in girls? In girls than in boys?
- What are some delightful characteristics of your local habitation?
- What are some ways that modern society, planning, architecture, education, etc. actually flatten, truncate, ignore, or eradicate the beauty of the kinds that God has given us?
- How does Esolen use "kind" in this piece?
- How is it even imaginatively conceivable that Esolen's grandfather made a hill more of a hill? How can you do that in this world?
- Esolen says that there is no Levittown in the Bible except for Laodicea. That is an allusion to Revelation 3:13 and following. What does Esolen mean by that allusion?
- Are all apparent differences equally valid? How can we distinguish between God-inspired difference that we should nurture and encourage...and difference that will ultimately flatten, deaden, and grey our souls? Can you think of any modern examples?
- "Polonius's Lie"
- As you read, identify Markos' conclusion (his thesis)
- Identify two or three premises (see your lit term notes)that support his conclusion
- Identify three quotes you believe represent Markos' article
- Identify any counter arguments you see
- Does he concede or refute them?
- How is this article a critique of modern thought?
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