Anthem

In reading Anthem, you have been exposed to a world very different from your own. Choose one aspect of Equality's world and comment on it. For your post this week, include the following information:

1. Type out a quote from the book that addresses the part of the world in Anthem you wish to comment on.
2. Explain how this world impacts the characters and their lives.
3. Contrast this world with the world you live in.
4. Give your thoughts on why the government in the book would create this type of society, and what they hope to accomplish.  

Reflection

The world we live in is often forgotten because we are so busy looking at our computer screens, cell phone screens, or television screens.  Conversations get lost and we disconnect from one another.  Last week you had the opportunity to listen to the stories of others.  These stories were not prepared or preplanned.  They happened as a result of being engaged with others.  

For this week's blog, I want you to recall one aspect of the interview you participated in and tell us about it.  Once you have described this story, tell us what the story has taught you.  What do you take away from these stories.  How did the experience affect you?  I know we talked about these briefly last week.  Now that you have had time to digest it all, it is time to write about it.  

War: the Individual or family

      We have been looking at how war affects the individual, the family, the community, and the country.  Look at your world.  What songs, poems, books, movies have I not shared with you?  Choose one of those and then write about how war affects the individual or the family. 
     You need to explain a little about it so we have a context and then you can explain how war is working in the genre.

Book Passage

In looking at the book you read the last four weeks, The Things They Carried or The Yellow Birds, I want you to choose a passage that you think is significant.  In order to choose, you need to think about the following:

1. The passage should influence the entire book.
2. Your explanation should unpack the passage by looking at what is written and how it is written? (This means lit terms.)
3. It should affect the reader

Type out your passage and explain how the passage you chose fits in with the above three items and why you think it is significant.