No 750 assignment for Friday. Work on your query letter, and re-read chapter 5. Here’s a preview of some questions we’ll talk about in class that day.<\/p>\n
The Funny<\/em> Tralfamadorian guide: \u201cOn other days, we have wars as horrible as any you\u2019ve ever seen or read about. There isn\u2019t anything we can do about them, so we simply don\u2019t look at them. We ignore them. We spend eternity looking at pleasant moments\u2014like today at the zoo. Isn\u2019t this a nice moment? . . . That\u2019s one thing Earthlings might learn to do if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n What do you make of the Tralfamadorians from this passage? And how does it affect your interpretation of the whole book?<\/p>\n Small Talk<\/em> \u201cThat\u2019s the attractive thing about war,\u201d said Rosewater. \u201cAbsolutely everybody gets a little something.\u201d<\/em> No 750 assignment for Friday. Work on your query letter, and re-read chapter 5. Here’s a preview of some questions we’ll talk about in class that day. The Funny Where\u2019s the comedy in these chapters? Why make it funny? How … Continue reading
\nWhere\u2019s the comedy in these chapters? Why make it funny? How does it serve the book\u2019s larger purpose?<\/p>\n
\nWhat do you make of the conversation between Rosewater and Billy\u2019s mother? How does it connect to a larger meaning of the book?<\/p>\n
\nWhat\u2019s the connection between war and materialism? Why does Vonnegut link them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"