"Most great stories of adventure, from The Hobbit to The Seven Pillars of Wisdom come furnished with a map. That's because every story of adventure is in part the story of a landscape, of the interrelationship between human beings (or Hobbits, as the case may be) and topography. Every adventure story is conceivable only with reference to a particular set of geographical features that in each case sets the course, literally, of the tale."-Michael Chabon

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

March 3

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/earthdays/player/

Imagine you are reading this in 1962. John Glenn has recently become the first American to orbit Earth. The U.S is in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis. John Paul XXIII has just opened the Second Vatican Council.
1-How do you imagine Americans responding to her work in the midst of this period of scientific, theological, and political expansion?
2-What rhetorical strategies do you notice Carson using to appeal to her audience?
3-Pick out a passage that you found significant to the time period and explain why you see it as contextually relevant.

Homework:
"Smokey the Bear Sutra,” by Gary Snyder, p. 473 (Journal)
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