Wednesday, 5/15 - Does not Wisdom call in the streets . . . and on the beach?

  • P&P
  • Finish rolling in the deep articles we've been digesting and finish taking notes for tomorrow.
HW: 
  1. (Reno) J14 - Notes on Two Articles
    1. "Over Our Dead Bodies"
      • 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? 
    1. "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?

2. Schwager's Ladies and Gentlemen
  1. 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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