https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson Discuss with reference to our studied texts. en-us 2017-07-03 00:15:19 UTC 2017-07-03 00:35:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909623 2017-07-03 00:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909623 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909652 I think that ]]> 2017-07-03 00:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909652 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909678 some texts can be purely for entertainment while others may exist to tell morals]]> 2017-07-03 00:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909678 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909691 2017-07-03 00:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909691 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909699 2017-07-03 00:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909699 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909707 I believe that a story is more effective and important if it extends beyond the text. In this case if, if a story teaches us a lesson, this lesson can be applied to ourselves and wider world. Without a meaningful lesson or moral, a story can only be reach as far the pages it's confined within. By presented a lesson to be learned throughout the text the story extends beyond just the narrative it has created and stays with us after the story us finished. Black Swan teaches us the lesson of how we must sometimes give up what we are and what we were to become what we aspire to be. In the case of Nina, she gives up her innocence (and her life perhaps) and her youthful nature to become the black swan, growing up into a cynical individual that is aware of the cruel and uncaring nature of the world around her. This teaches us that sometimes achieving what we desire may have undesirable consequences that we are unable to reverse.

]]> 2017-07-03 00:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909707 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909709 2017-07-03 00:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909709 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909729 I think that it is important to learn/take away something from literature. In the Black Swan we may not all be able to relate to being a dancer but we all have something we all have goals that we are constantly striving for. The lesson may not always be direct but there is alwas a lesson that is applicable to the everyday person. i believe it's important for literature to have a message and something the audience can relate to. ]]> 2017-07-03 00:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909729 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909764 2017-07-03 00:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909764 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909790 When we look at Black Swan it is evident that the characters are flawed for us to learn from them e.g Nina and her obsession ]]> 2017-07-03 00:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909790 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909803 2017-07-03 00:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909803 summar_austin https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909818 I believe that the purpose of literature is to provoke thought and emotion.  In the past, people believed that literature had to instill a moral lesson but now we recognise that we live in a diverse society where people have different values.  Literature should not try and instill the morals of a particular group, but should allow the reader to think and reflect on their own beliefs. 

]]> 2017-07-03 00:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909818 summar_austin https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909887 I do not think that the purpose of literature is to instill a moral lesson, but rather to cause us to empathise. IN Black Swan we empathise with Nina and it forces us to reflect on why we find her journey so uncomfortable. ]]> 2017-07-03 00:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909887 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909930 Depends on the purpose of the text. Not all of them teach us a lesson because not all of them are intended for that ]]> 2017-07-03 00:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909930 summar_austin https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909933 Literature should not be required to teach us moral lessons because that would assume that the writers are arbiters of morality. To put such an expectation on them would be wrong. As thinking individuals we should take the values that the authors present to us and critically examine them in order to reach our own conclusions. IN One Flew OVer the CUckoo's Nest, for instance, Ken Kessey places value on individuality which I admire, but he also has some disturbing ideas about the role of women which I reject. ]]> 2017-07-03 00:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909933 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909960 2017-07-03 00:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177909960 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910016 2017-07-03 00:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910016 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910019 I think literature is to entertain an audience, in which case many of the lessons that could be taught are circumstantial so it is difficult to apply to real life. An author will have a purpose when writing a text, and many successful literature pieces don't seek to teach us a moral lesson.

]]> 2017-07-03 00:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910019 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910023 2017-07-03 00:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910023 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910062 In The Cuckoo's nest, the lesson we learn is important because we come to understand that while McMurphy may not be 'good' by nature, atleast not when he first appears. However his own actions demonstrate that he is indeed good, not perfect, he is still flawed but tries to better the lives of the other patients non-the less. This can be applied to our lives in that while some people may not be necessary perfect, they may still have redeeming qualities that make them a 'good person' and that if a person has flaws, it doesn't mean they're necessarily bad.]]> 2017-07-03 00:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910062 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910072 In this text's case, what we as readers can learn is what not to do or what to avoid in life, rather than what we should do and apply to our day-to-day lives. Regardless, this is something we can learn from, so I am in agreement in the case of the film Black Swan ]]> 2017-07-03 00:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910072 https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910086 2017-07-03 00:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/summar_austin/litlesson/wish/177910086