Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

I shared Mark David Chapman's statement that he gave to police after he was arrested for killing John Lennon.  We also looked at his appeal statement made in 2000.

I shared leaked Salinger short stories.  Please see me if you want a copy.

We had a debate on censorship.  We broke into two teams:

Side One:  Books, movies, and music can be dangerous.  Some of these should be disallowed in school and outright banned in extreme cases.

Side 2: Freedom of expression is an important part of any democracy.  Books, music and movies are ideas.  We should never ban expressions of creativity.

We reviewed Ch 1-3.  Specifically, we looked at: Holden, 1st person narration, and the language.

HW:  Please read ch 4-6

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