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Time and Space
Choose 3 out of these 6 questions to answer and reflect on how it relates to our reading and understanding of Hughes' work.
1.How important is cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a literary text?
It is important because this was then when slavery, etc was normalized while today we no longer have AS MUCH racism, etc to deal with

2.How do we approach literary texts from different times and cultures to our own?
I approached this with open eyes, it is always good to look at the other side of the situation rather than focusing on just your side

3.To what extent do literary texts offer insight into another culture?
This offers insight into other cultures a bit because the same situation could have resulted in a country across the waters yet we are not close enough to recognize

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Readers, Writers, and Texts

1. How does the structure or style of a literary text affect meaning? Consider how Morrison's stream-of-consciousness, shifting points of view, and use of analepsis and prolepsis impact the meaning of the novel.

The structure or style of a literary text affects the meaning of the entire writing as the interpretation can be perceived differently in the order the author gives it to us in. Morrison's way in giving us information made us not recognize the differences in Denver until we saw her stream of consciousness.

Time and Space

1. How important is cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a literary text? Consider the story of Margaret Garner, the Fugitive Slave Act, and other historical and cultural phenomena and how that has impacted the creation and reception of Beloved.

The context is important to the story of Beloved as it lets the reader understand what terms the story takes place in and how it affects the read.

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Readers, Writers, Texts
1. Why and how do we study literature? Why do we study TTTC?

Why we study literature is to understand different viewpoints and go through experiences that we may not be able to experience. We study literature by reading it! We study TTTC to experience the Vietnam War in O'Brien's' POV.

2. How are we affected by literary texts in various ways? How are we impacted by TTTC?

We are affected by literary texts in the emotion it puts into us, that being ethos, pathos, or logos. TTTC is made up of mostly pathos, as it displays the heartaches and gut-wrenching decisions that had to be made in his process of being drafted/in the war.

3. In what ways is meaning constructed, negotiated, expressed and interpreted in TTTC?

Meaning is constructed through his diction and dialogue, the way he expresses his thoughts come across easily or his thoughts can be interpreted in our own way regarding our own decisions with his rhetorical questions.

4. How does the structure of style of TTTC affect its meaning?

I think the way TTTC is structured is different from anything that I've read, as it is a series of connecting vignettes in an order that makes the reader think. Many of the larger vignettes are placed throughout the smaller stories, but overall aid the whole development of the book.

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Development of PTSD

Societal/Involuntary Pressures

Views of the war and how they change a person

Morality

Isolation

Following your own opinion, your dreams

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Rat went to automatic. He
shot randomly, almost casually, quick little spurts in the
belly and butt. Then he reloaded, squatted down, and shot
it in the left front knee.

We had witnessed some-
thing essential, something brand-new and profound, a piece
of the world so startling there was not yet a name for it.

That's part of it, no doubt, but what embarrasses me much
more, and always will, is the paralysis that took my heart.
A moral freeze: I couldn't decide, I couldn't act, I couldn't
comport myself with even a pretense of modest human dignity.

I would not
swim away from my hometown and my country and my life. I would not be brave. That old image of myself as a hero, as
a man of conscience and courage, all that was just a thread-
bare pipe dream.

"Do something," he whispered. "I can't just let her go like
that."
Rat listened for a time, then shook his head.
"Man, you must be deaf. She's already gone."

Jumped the first chopper out, that's
the last I ever seen of the place. Mary Anne, too."
Mitchell Sanders stared at him.
"You can't do that."

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Reflection
How did you do during the Harkness discussions?

I think I did well to the point where I contributed relevant ideas that aided the conversation and pushed it into the level of discussion that was preferred during Harkness discussions (going deeper past the surface level).

Notes
Ideas discussed I want to remember:

Entrance of Elroy helped O'Brien make his decision (Diction choices and dialogue before his entrance)

PTSD shown throughout How to Tell a True War Story

The want for the readers to feel the hard decisions O'Brien had to make between picking running away to Canada and fighting in the Vietnam War

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How does TTTC connect to other works we've read?

How does TTTC connect to our world today?

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Summer Assignment
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-SrYVdZ0f2dIfJVO5dqoOkO5tdIqTdCuNJ7MpmDNmhI/edit?usp=sharing

I think that I did decent on my summer assignment, I thought my first 3 entries were the best out of all, the last comparisons I thought were weak and could have been developed more.

Vietnam Slides
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1j_dDN6qPbW1GF186NvYn_JwgO6ier7yi5hyKR52vCy4/edit?usp=sharing

I thought I gave a good analysis on the background of the Vietnam slides, I gave good facts about the Vietnam war and thought it was easy to understand and great.

"On the Rainy River" Analysis Paragraph
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17-nwnuxoN38XiaAvXyaXwItTOPJR6UFConxckjSQUiM/edit?usp=sharing

I believe my writing about "On the Rainy River" was sub-par, I could have added much more thought but in the moment I think I just wanted to get the writing finished which cut off the level of analysis and understanding.

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Why do humans read and write stories? Why do you read and write stories?  Write about a paragraph.

I think we read and write stories to let other views and understand past history that they were not able to experience. Likewise the other way around, as a way to understand the views of events not able to experience now. I think we also do this because it helps us understand different ways books are written, also different methods of explaining things.

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They grew tired, and even Beloved, who was getting bigger, seemed 1

Nevertheless as exhausted as they were. In any case she substituted

A snarl or a tooth-suck for waving a poker around and 124 was quiet.

Listless and sleepy with hunger Denver saw the flesh between her

Mother’s forefinger and thumb fade. Saw Sethe’s eyes bright but dead, 5

Alert but vacant, paying attention to everything about Beloved--her

Lineless palms, her forehead, the smile under her jaw, crooked and

Much too long-- everything except her basket-fat stomach. She also

Saw the sleeves of her own carnival shirtwaist cover her fingers; hems

beribboned, decked-out limp and starving but locked in a love that 10

Wore everybody out. Then Sethe spit up something she had not eaten

And it rocked Denver like a gunshot. The job she started out with,

Protecting Beloved from Sethe, changed to protecting her mother

From Beloved. Now it was obvious that her mother could die and

Leave them both and what would Beloved do then? Whatever was 15

Happening, it only worked with three-- not two-- and since

neither Beloved nor Sethe seemed to care what the next day  might bring

(Sethe happy when Beloved was; Beloved lapping devotion like cream),

Denver knew it was on her. She would have to leave the yard; step

off the edge of the world, leave the two behind and go ask somebody 20

for help.

Who would it be? Who could she stand in front of who wouldn’t

shame her on learning that her mother sat around like a rag doll,

broke down, finally, from trying to take care of a make up for. 24

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What were some global issues you explored in Beloved? Consider memory, trauma, importance of community, etc. The more detailed you are, the more useful this will be for your IO.
How others can inflict mental pain
Importance of self preservation

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How does Beloved connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works.

Similar to Langston Hughes, they both share a similar standing when it comes to the understanding of severity of slavery as both poem and book talk about living in rural and rough slavery conditions holds.

How does Beloved connect to our world today?
I believe that Beloved connects to our world today as there has been many problems in our current world today as the BLM movement is taking place and people are now putting more light to the topics of slavery, etc.

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Denver or Paul D One-Pager
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ODhwYpHSnCGWvvemWNqgF2nj_DZPaZDa2FD7JhF9WOk/edit?usp=sharing

IO Outline Form
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_yHEFicPg67qJCxXynQ4Z3X4fVbNS7_9VFMDaekPo8U/edit?usp=sharing

Optional Mastery Opportunity Essay (Link Here)

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Linda Krumholz claims (in "The Ghosts of Slavery: Historical Recovery in Toni Morrison’s Beloved") that finding a voice for the thoughts and experiences of women is central to the "healing," historical recovery theme and structure of the book. According to Krumholz, Morrison’s novel "adapts techniques from modernist novels, such as the fragmentation of the plot and shifting narrative voice, to compel the reader to actively construct an interpretive framework" (109). How does the novel specifically address issues of gender, writing and power? How does the structure and style of the novel give voice to "the thoughts of the women of 124, unspeakable thoughts, unspoken" (Beloved 199)?

The novel addresses issues of gender, writing, and power where it holds that the author is female. I also think the novel is a good voice to "the thoughts of the women of 124, unspeakable thoughts, unspoken" as it defines what really is the reality that the females in states like this had to come up to. The conditions that had to be met was very rough, especially for females.

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Free hands and save hands,
Indentured hands, adventurous hands,
White hands and black hands
Held the plow handles,
Ax handles, hammer handles,
Launched the boats and whipped the horses
That fed and housed and moved America.
Thus together through labor,
All these hands made America.
Labor! Out of labor came the villages
And the towns that grew to cities.
Labor! Out of labor came the rowboats
And the sailboats and the steamboats ,
Came the wagons, stage coaches,
Out of labor came the factories,
Ca,e the foundries, ame the railroads,
Camae the marts and he markets shops and stores,
Came the mighty products moulded, manufactured,
Sold in shops, piler in warehouses,
Shipped the wide world over:
Out of labor -- white hands and black hands --
Came the dream, the strength, the will,
And the way to build America.
Now it is Me here, and You there.
Now it’s Manhattan, Chicago,
Seattle, New Orleans,
Boston and El Paso --
Now it is the U.S.A.
A long time ago, but not too long ago, a man said:
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL...
ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR
WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE
RIGHTS...
AMONG THESE, LIFE, LIBERTY
AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
His name was Jefferson. These were slaves then,
But in their hearts the slaves believed him, too,

And silently took for granted
That what he said was als meant for them.
It was a long time ago,

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What were some global issues you explored in Hughes' poetry?
Past oppressions and how it can affect you now
The affect of oppresion

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Reflection
How did you do during the Harkness discussions? What feedback did you receive?
I did well during the Harkness discussions, it was mostly to myself about asking more questions because I answered more than I asked

Notes
Ideas discussed in Harkness I want to remember:
Meaning in statements
Irony
Symbolism in everything

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What connections can you make between some of Hughes' poems?
Same feeling of losing something, or either empowerment
How does Hughes' poems connect to other works we've read?
First person and third person views, becomes personal and feels empathetic
How does Hughes' poetry connect to our world today?
Shows how our world has changed today when it comes to oppresion

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Hughes Writing Portfolio Week 1
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1favgAcllHcj1cORcvJA5V8LwNYpiZ6wLvuNd8Y0RT-0/edit?usp=sharing

Hughes Writing Portfolio Week 2 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14GeGWX2nlVeEMmMCe2Nt6pVpt4E7dcMRUisUx_RZ3To/edit?usp=sharing

Hughes Pastiche
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qc5c-PJgMU2cUd4yfjmMBHiYw6Kdi9MdUQfURb84Lbc/edit?usp=sharing

IO Outline Form
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ONVNwB3LC3JQ3ak3ONna7G-59geJTLlQ9jx6Nvo4TsU/edit?usp=sharing

Hughes' Written Assignment
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ONVNwB3LC3JQ3ak3ONna7G-59geJTLlQ9jx6Nvo4TsU/edit?usp=sharing

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What insights did the poetry of Langston Hughes offer about the African-American community in Harlem?
It focuses on how the systematic oppression has now allowed them to speak up and use their voice for better

How does art reflect the community from which it comes?
It expresses their personal views and beliefs when others are not able to see the same way.

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Time and Space

1. How does Chronicle offer insight into Columbian culture? Consider what we've learned about with machismo, marianismo, honor and the impact of colonialism.

It gives us an insight on how they think regarding decision making.

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As soon as he appeared in the window of the automobile 1

Waving his white hat, everybody recognized him because

Of the fame of his pictures. He was wearing a wheat-

Colored linen suit, high-laced cordovan shoes, and gold-

Rimmed glasses held by a clasp on the bridge of his nose 5

and connected by a chain to a buttonhole in his vest. He

Wore the Medal of Valor on his lapel and carried a cane

With the national shield carved on the pommel. He was

The first to get out of the automobile, completely covered

with the burning dust of our vad roads, all he had to 10

Do was appear on the running board for everyone to real

Ize that Bayardo San Roman was going to marry whom

Ever he chose.

It was Angela Vicario who didn’t want to marry him.

“He seemed too much of a man for me,” she told me. 15

Besides, Bayardo San Roman hadn’t even tried to court

Her, but had bewitched the family with his charm. Angela

Vicario never forgot the horror of the night on which her

Parents and her older sisters with their husbands, gath

Ered together in the parlor, imposed on her the obligation 20

To marry a man whom she had barely seen. The twins

Stayed out of it. “It looked to us like woman problems,” 22

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What were some global issues you explored in Chronicle? Consider honor, morality, perspective, fate, gender norms etc. The more detailed you are, the more useful this will be for your IO.

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What were some global issues you explored in Chronicle? Consider honor, morality, perspective, fate, gender norms etc. The more detailed you are, the more useful this will be for your IO.

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How does Chronicle connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works.
It connects with TTTC and Beloved through the trauma of killing and the pain and burden of losing a loved one
How does Chronicle connect to our world today?
Columbian culture could still be like this today and that says something regarding how it should be changed in the future

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Group IO PPT
n/a
Best Quick Write
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rIU1Av1ekJ30HWptOrZZlM3jt-ZE0tOQrHwr2ijPvTc/edit?usp=sharing

Artistic One-Pager
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g2Rtp_M0dKTKDvHfQ6iLS5E8-qyGf0DfyGeZ8p__tZo/edit?usp=sharing

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Readers, Writers, Texts
How are we affected by Delbo's memoir and her imperative for us to "Try to look. Try to see"? How were you affected by Auschwitz and After?
I was astonished by what was stated in Auschwitz and After, many of the things that occurred are unimaginable and trying to put that into picture in the position I am in was rough but it made me have a new profound empathetic view to what occurred there.

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They do not know there is no arriving in this station. 1
They expect the worst-- not the unthinkable.
And when the guards shout to line up five by five, the men on
One side, women and children on the other in a language they do not
Understand, the truncheon blows convey the message so they line up 5
By fives ready for anything.
Mothers keep a tight hold on their children--trembling at the
thought they might be taken away-- because the children are hungry
And thirsty and disheveled by lack of sleep after crossing so many
Countries. At last, they have reached their destination, they will be able 10
To take care of them now.
And when the guards shout to leave their bundles, comforters and
Keepsakes on the platform, they do so since they are ready for the
Worst and do not wish to be taken aback by anything. They say: “We
Shall see.” They have already seen so much and they are weary from 15
The journey.
The station is not a railroad station. It is the end of the line. They
Stare, distressed by the surrounding desolation
Thirst is an explorers tale, you know, in the books we read a chil- 1

Dren. It takes place in the desert. Those who see mirages and walk in

The direction of an elusive oasis suffer from thirst for three whole days.

This is the pathetic chapter of the book, at the end of that chapter, a

Caravan bringing provisions appears; it had lost its way on trails erased 5

By sand storms. The explorers pierce their goatskin bottles and they

Drink. They drink and their thirst is quenched. This is the thirst expe-

Rienced in the sun, the drying wind. The desert. It is accompanied by

The image of a palm tree profiled in a filigree against russet sand.

But the thirst of the marsh is more seating than that of the desert. 10

The marsh thirst lasts for weeks. The goatskin gourds never arrive

Reasons begin to waver. It is crushed by thirst. Reason in able to

Overcome most everything, but it succumbs to thirst. No mirages in

The marsh, no hope of an oasis. Just mud. Slime. Mud and not a drop

Of water. 15

There is thirst of the morning and the thirst of the evening

The thirst of the day and the thirst of the night.          .

Upon awakening in the morning. Lips move but no sound comes

out. Anguish fills your whole being, an anguish as gripping as that of

dreams. Is this what it means to be dead? Lips try to speak but 20

the mouth is paralized. A mouth cannot form words when it is dry, with .

no saliva. And the gaze drifts off, it is an insane gaze. The others say,

“She’s mad. She’s gone mad during the night” They summon words

Capable of recalling reason. An explanation is owed to them, but lips

Decline to move. The muscles of the mouth want to attempt articulation 25

And do not articulate. Such is the despair of the powerlessness

that grips me. The full awareness of the state of being dead.

As soon as I hear their clatter, I rush toward the tea canteens. They

are a far cry from the goatskin gourds of the caravan. Liters and liters

of tea but divided into small portions, one per person, and all are still 30

Drinking when I'm already finished. My mouth is not even damp

And words still decline to be spoken. Cheeks are glued to teeth, the

Tongue is hard, stiff, the jaws locked, and what persists is the feeling of

being dead, of being dead and knowing it…

My willpower collapses. One obsession remains: to drink. 35

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What were some global issues you explored in Auschwitz and After? Consider the Hexagonal Harkness we had and some of the global issues you came up with during that discussion.
Loss of innocence
Growth of humanity

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How does Auschwitz connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works.
Auschwitz connects with other works we did was because there is the same reoccurring ideas of pain and judgement throughout all of the books

How does Auschwitz connect to our world today?
This was a global issue that was world renowned, and recognizing the things that really happened here make it absolutely real

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xpwrXWp07qJa55ttT39kJGpUw4ldTkTJYV4KDa4vpw8/edit?usp=sharing

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Intertextuality
How valid is the notion of a "classic" literary text? What makes Persepolis "literary" even though it is a graphic novel?
It makes it literary because regardless, there is writing, but there is some deeper writing and meaning throughout the whole text.

Time and Space
What insight did Persepolis give you into Iranian life during and after the revolution?
It was crucial to be careful with what is said, as it could harm your safety in general, and after it was still to stay low

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What were some global issues you explored in Persepolis? Consider the Harkness discussion and other ideas that came up during class discussion.
Loss of innocence
How others can greatly impact your life for better and worse

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How does Persepolis connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works.
Persepolis idealizes the life of someone who is going into something completely unknowingly to what will happen until she arrives, similar to TTTC in war and A&A which all highlight the unknown and express their relationships regarding their situations

How does Persepolis connect to our world today?
Persepolis could be connected to almost every person who has gone through puberty and been through the ups and down of childhood.