Speaking of Literature

Now that you've read the first part of The Hot Zone , what is your impression of Ebola, the scientists, and the repercussions of an outbreak? As you continue to read, answer each of the following prompts at least once. To reply, click on the # Comments link at the end of blog entry, type your response in the Leave A Comment box, and under Choose Your Identity choose the Name/URL option, and type only your first name in the space provided. In addition to each of your reponses, respond to at least two of your classmates in a thoughtful manner by Dec. 19. Write a full response to each of the following prompts: What is your opinion of what you just read? Is there an issue that you agree with? Disagree with? What steps or techniques did the scientists use to complete their job? List five science-related vocabulary words and define them. Write a letter to one of the characters. Write a letter to the author. Which character would you like to be? Why? Summarize what you have just read. (En

I'm just a wee bit obsessed with the Twilight series and found Wordle while reading Teri Lesesne's blog. So here follows my own Wordle, word cloud if you will, of words I associate with the Twilight series.

Bonfire of the Disney Princesses by Barbara Ehrenreich Who is Barbara Ehrenreich? Do you agree or disagree with her stance in the article? Why? Have you read Nickled and Dimed yet? This article is a great segue into Feminist (and Marxist) criticism. Ahh...yet another lens of interpretation to come.

Here's a link for a free, legal audio version of Heart of Darkness : http://librivox.org/heart-of-darkness-by-joseph-conrad/

Wondering what constitutes a thoughtful blog post? These are two examples. Sonny's Blues I really love this story. I think the fact that it’s about music touched a vein of mine, but I’m pretty sure you could substitute any kind of life work. I really think it’s beautiful the way Baldwin describes life as beautiful, and music or drugs or anything being the culmination of so much life. It really is like everything that we are coalesces into every moment, and every note of music requires all that we are, all of our emotions, and most of all the willingness to liberate ourselves by making ourselves vulnerable to the universality of music. It really is like dispersing into something that floats away with the air. Everything is so private all of the time; we live in such a subjective, restrictive world. The one moment we let ourselves go to the music, we give into a world that can make connections between the subjective sacks of our individual beings. We allow our anger or our passion to