Easy Rider and Hendrix

As is pretty evident Wyatt's journey is about freedom and his attainment. As I was watching the movie I came across "If 6 was 9" by Hendrix. This sort of reminded me of Hendrix's “Are You Experienced” which made me interpret it in a different manner. Especially the following lines:

“ If you can just get your mind together

Then come on across to me

We’ll hold hands and then we’ll watch the sunrise

From the bottom of the sea”

By coming across and then going to the spot that Jimi Hendrix is at does he mean overcoming the barrier which separates any ordinary individual and a person who has gained total consciousness of himself and has been able to reconnect with himself? He mentions that peace of mind, represented here by watching the sunrise which can only be once found once the person has gained total awareness and has been able to have that surreal experience. He mentions that once the person has been “experienced” or in other words has had a sort of spiritual awakening , which is symbolized by the line “from the bottom of the sea” he can finally be at peace with himself as he has succeeded in his self-discovery. Is this interpretation a bit too outlandish? Any takers?

Peer Editing Worksheet

Here's the Peer Editing Worksheet.  Please print out a copy for each paper you edit, then bring it to class with you next Tuesday.

To view: Peer Editing Worksheet

To download: Peer Editing Worksheet

Any problems, let me know!

-Ben

Final class meeting place

Hello all,

Just got word ... our last class (next Tuesday, Dec 7), will be in our normal classroom, 156 Dwinelle.  Same time as always.

See you there!

-Ben

Schedule for the last few weeks of class

Ok, as promised, here's the schedule we all agreed upon in class:

Nov 30 (Tues): "Easy Rider"
Dec 2 (Thurs): No Class
Dec 3 (Friday): Drafts due, e-mailed to everyone in your group and to both Ben and Amanda by 8pm.

Dec 7 (Tues): Peer Editing, 156 Dwinelle (same room as normal), same time as normal class (9:30-11)

Dec 13 (Mon): Final Papers due by 4pm in box outside of 7408 Dwinelle


Any questions?  Feel free to post them in the comments.

Room for Sunday night's film screening

Hey all,

Information just came through.  So, we'll be watching "Easy Rider" this Sunday, Nov. 21, at 6pm in 174 Barrows.  Yes, Barrows (weird, I know).

I will be taking attendance, so if you can't make it, please let me know beforehand.  (An e-mail at 5:30pm doesn't count as beforehand!)

You're free to bring food if you want.  The film's about 90 minutes long, so you shouldn't be there past 8.

See you all tomorrow.

-Ben

Thanksgiving week

Hey Ben, I was wondering whether we are going to have class on the 23rd of November (the week of thanksgiving)?

Music for Tuesday

Hey all,

Ok, here's the music for this Tuesday's class.  There are two songs, Nina Simone's composition "Mississippi Goddamn" (from 1964) and John Coltrane's piece "Alabama" (from 1963).  Both were written as partial responses to actual events, most notably Medgar Evers' murder and the 16th St. Baptist Church bombing (which killed four little girls) in Birmingham.  Please follow the links to read about them!

If you want to download the songs and lyrics to your computer, click here.

Otherwise, music and lyrics are after the jump (if this still doesn't work for people, please let me know)...

Style, Exercise 6.2

1. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the tale of King Lear and his daughters was a popular one. By Elizabeth's death, at least a dozen books offered iterations of the story to anyone seeking it. With a simple narrative and obvious moral, the characters were underdeveloped in most versions of the story. Shakespeare must have had several versions of the story available to him when he began work on Lear. Even though his characters were based on stock figures of legend, he turned them into credible human beings with complex motives.

2. The issue at hand is whether management's "duty to disclose" during contract bargaining includes disclosing the date an operation intends to close down. Management should bargain in good faith to minimize conflict even though case law is scant on this matter. Companies are obligated to disclose major changes in operation during bargaining in order to allow the union to put forth proposals on behalf of its members.

3. The most important event in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is Athens' catastrophic Sicilian Invasion which required three-quarters of the history to set up. Thucydides' anticipation of the invasion is demonstrated by his step-by-step description of the decline in Athenian society. We anticipate the invasion as inevitable because we have associated it with the tragic drama of decline.

4. The current hypothesis explaining the severe condition of altered mucosal and vascular permeability is of a toxin elaborated by the vibrio. Evidence favoring this hypothesis is found in changed capillaries located near the basal surface of epithelial cells and the appearance of numerous microvesicles in the cytoplasm of the mucosal cells. The altered capillary permeability is key to the hydrodynamic transport of fluid into the interstitial tissue and then through the mucosa into the lumen of the gut.

5. Changes in revenues are as follows. In the Ohio and Kentucky areas, from July 1-August 31, an increase to $56,792 from $32,934 was realized, a net increase of approximately 73%. In the same period there was an increase of $15,370, from $153,281 to $168,651, in the Indiana and Illinois areas - an increase of 10 percent. A decrease in the Wisconsin and Minnesota regions occurred in almost the same period of time, to $190,580 from $200,102, or 5 percent.

-Justin Lin

Exercise 6.2

1. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the story of King Lear and his daughters was a popular story. By the time Elizabeth died, there were at least a dozen books that offered the story to anyone wishing to read it. However, even though the story was a simple narrative that stated obvious morals, the character were undeveloped in most of these stories. While writing perhaps his greatest tragedy, King Lear, Shakespeare must have had several versions of the story available to him. However, even though his story was based on the stock figures of legend, he turned the characters into credible human begins with complex motives.

2. It would appear that the issue here is whether the date an operation intends to close down might be part of management’s “duty to disclose” during contract bargaining. The central rationale for the duty that management has to bargain on good faith with is for the minimization of conflict. Although the case law is scanty on this matter, companies are obliged to disclose major changes in an operation during bargaining in order to put forth proposals on behalf of its members.

3. An important event in Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War was Athens’ catastrophic Sicilian Invasion. Due to this reason, three-quarters of the history is devoted to setting up the invasion. We can see how he chose to anticipate the Sicilian through the step-by-step decline in Athenian society. The basic reason for the need to anticipate the invasion is the inevitability that we associate the tragic of drama.

4. A kind of severe condition is defined by the mucosal and vascular permeability altered a toxin elaborated by the vibrio. The hypothesis is favored because there are changes in small capillaries located near the basal surface of the epithelial cells and the appearance of numerous micro vesicles in the cytoplasm of the mucosal cells. It is believed that hydrodynamic transport of fluid into the interstitial tissue and then through the mucosa into the lumen of the gut depends on altered capillary permeability.

5. In the Ohio and Kentucky areas from July 1-August 31, there was an increase to $56,792 from $34,934. There was also a 10 percent increase of $15,370, from $153,281 to $268,651 in the same period in the Indiana and Illinois areas. However, in almost the same period of time, there was a decrease to $190,580 from $200,102, or 5%.

6.2

1. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the story of King Lear and his daughters was a popular one. By the time Elizabeth died, at least a dozen available books offered the story to anyone wishing to read it. The story was a simple narrative that stated an obvious moral, due to the fact that the characters were undeveloped in most of these stories. When he began work on Lear, perhaps his greatest tragedy, Shakespeare must have had several versions of this story available to him. Even though they were based on the stock figures of legend, he turned the charaters into credible human beings with complex motives.
2. The date an operation intends to close down might be part of management's "duty to disclose" during contract bargaining would appear, whether it is an issue here or not. The central rationale for the duty that management has to bargain in good faith is the minimization of conflict. Companies are obligated to disclose major changes in an operation during bargaining, in order to allow the union to put forth proposals on behalf of its members, though the case law is scanty on this matter.
3. The most important event in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is Athens' catastrophic Sicilian Invasion. Because of this, three-quarters of the history is devoted to setting up the invasion. Through the step-by-step decline in Athenian society that Thucydides describes, we can see how he chose to anticipate the Sicilian Invasion. The basic reason for the need to anticipate the invasion is the inevitability that we associate with the tragic drama.
4. A current hypothesis to explain mucosal and vascular permeability is the alteration by a toxin elaborated by the vibrio. Evidence in favor of this hypothesis include changes in small capillaries located near the basal surface of the epithelial cells, and the appearnace of numerous microvesicles in the cytoplasm of the mucosal cells. It is believed that hydrodynamic trasport of fluid into the interstitial tissue and then through the mucosa into the lumen depends on altered capillary permeability.
5. Changes in revenues are as follows. The Ohio and Kentucky areas saw an increase from $32, 934 to $56, 792, a net increase of approximately 73 percent, from July 1-August 31. In the Indiana and Illinois areas there was in the same period an incrase of $15,370, from $153,281, to $169, 651, a 10 percent incrase. However, in the Wisconsin and Minnesota regions in almost the same period of time, there was a decrease from $200,102 to $190,580, a 5 percent decrease.

Exercise 6.2 - Daniel Lee

1. During Queen Elizabeth's reign, the story of King Lear and his daughters was so popular that, by the time Queen Elizabeth died, the story was available in at least a dozen books. However, most of these stories were simple narratives which had underdeveloped characters and an obvious moral. Several versions of this story must have been available to Shakespeare when he began work on Lear, perhaps his greatest tragedy. Even though Shakespeare's characters were based on the stock figures of legend, he turned them into credible human beings with complex motives.

2. It would appear that the issue is whether the management has a "duty to disclose" the date an operation intends to close down during contract bargaining. The management has to bargain in good faith to minimize conflict. Though the case law is scanty, companies are obligated to disclose major changes in an operation during bargaining in order to allow the union to put forth proposals on behalf of its members.

3. The most important event in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is Athens' catastrophic Sicilian Invasion. As a result, three-quarters of the history is devoted to setting up the invasion. We can see how Thucydides anticipates the Sicilian Invasion through the step-by-step decline in Athenian society. We need to anticipate the invasion in order to associate inevitability with the tragic drama.

4. It is currently hypothesized that mucosal and vascular permeability is altered by a toxin that is elaborated by the vibrio. Evidence favoring this hypothesis include changes in small capillaries located near the basal surface of the epithelial cells and the appearance of numerous microvesicles in the cytoplasm of the mucosal cells. Altered capillary permeability is also believed to depend on the hydrodynamic transport of fluid, first flowing into the interstital tissue and later making its way through the muocsa and into the lumen of the gut.

5. From July 1-August 31, revenue changes are as follows: Ohio and Kentucky went up 73 percent, from $32,934 to $56,792; Indiana and Illinois went up 10 percent, from $153,281 to $168,651; Wisconsin and Minnesota went down 5 percent, from $200,102 to $190,580.

Paper Topics, Essay #2

As promised:

Rhetoric 1A, second essay prompts

Drafts of this paper are due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, November 2, and final versions are due at 4pm on Monday, November 8 in the box in front of 7408 Dwinelle. Both your draft and your final version should be 5-6 pages long, and should employ standard formatting (double-spaced, 12pt Times New Roman or equivalent, standard margins, etc).

Choose one of the topics below, or feel free to make up your own.  These topics are means only to be rough guidelines here to help you direct your thinking; we encourage you to use them as starting points, rather than prescriptions to be rigidly adhered to.

1. Our discussion of “Their Eyes Were Watching God” addressed numerous themes that work their way through the book.  Among these one might include (but would certainly not be limited to): judgment and the idea of God; the relationship between inside and outside; speech, silence and multi-vocality; individual identity vs. communal identity; animality; figurative language and its relation to selfhood; play; men’s ways of knowing and being vs. women’s.  In your paper, take a single theme from the book (this may be one of the above or anything else you’ve noticed), describe how it plays out in the book, and make an argument about what that theme means for the book as a whole.  While doing so will likely necessitate your looking at at least two moments in the book, you want to make sure that your paper doesn’t just note that these two moments exist and that they help elaborate one of the main ideas of the book; you want to make sure that your paper makes a claim about what the moments or the idea you’re examining help us see or understand about the book as a whole that isn’t available upon initial or superficial reading.

2. In our discussions of the 'vernacular' one phenomena that has come up repeatedly has been artists’ having created a variation of another work as a mode of reply or response to it.  We’ve seen this strategy at work in Hughes’ response to Whitman, Jimi Hendrix’s reading of “The Star Spangled Banner,” Aretha Franklin’s reworking of Otis Redding’s composition, and even, perhaps, Nina Simone’s modification of the generic Broadway show tune.  Write a paper that addresses this idea of variation as response, using one or more of the above examples, or another pairing that fits.  As usual, you don’t just want to note that one artist uses another’s work as the opportunity for response, but to use the pairing to engage some deeper questions about the nature of the reworking you’re examining and the questions it raises.  To what extent, for example, do these variations on more canonical poems or songs express a style that is independent and original, as opposed to one that is merely parasitic?  What does this strategy of variation accomplish that a more “original” piece of art can’t (if anything)?  Are these artists of 'response' simply rebelling against established cultural ideas, or are they also preserving them in some way, and if so, why does this sort of preservation matter, at least as the works you’re examining see it?

3. Both "The Old People" and "A Rose for Emily" have endings that radically alter our perception of events that occur throughout narration of the story. Strange or perplexing details make sense in light of the endings of these stories, giving us a sense of resolution and understanding that can only come retrospectively, as it were. This is one of many strategies Faulkner uses to vary the linear sequence of narration, so as to change our experience of time. Through a comparison of these two stories, and by using specific scenes and examples, discuss how Faulkner engages themes of time, repetition and memory through his form (the way the story is organized).  If possible, try to relate these ideas of time to the thematic content of the stories – blood ties and family, heritage, melancholic clinging to the past, ghosts, identity, etc.