Now that we've competed V for Vendetta, we're going to look at one of its inspirations:
American Essayist Henry David Thoreau's writing on peaceful resistance of corrupt power. Our goal is to compare and contrast Thoreau's theories of resistance with V's, and as always to focus on the crucial role played by language in shaping and communicating that message. Along with Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" we'll read four short stories: -Harlan Ellison's -Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" -Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" -Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" Our motto for this unit is a quote from the last author, LeGuin, upon receiving a lifetime award for her science fiction: "Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art - very often in our art, the art of words." How do these writers encourage resistance, and what shape might that resistance take in our own lives?
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Patrick Sullivan
1/4/2017 01:46:54 pm
1) The best type of of government is one that barely governs because eventually people will not need a government.
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Brendan Loftus
1/4/2017 03:59:24 pm
1.) The government is simply a vehicle for oppression, so therefore the smallest government possible is the best. Sorry Commies.
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Brendan Loftus
1/4/2017 04:20:08 pm
Disregard this ^^^^^^
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Grace Noglows
1/4/2017 04:03:31 pm
1) The best type of government is the one that is not that strict.
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Hailey Chace
1/4/2017 08:17:57 pm
1) The best type of government is one that loosely or doesn't govern it's people at all.
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Murray Elinson
1/5/2017 08:35:50 am
1) The best type of government is one that doesn't govern but people need to be prepared to have such a government.
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Trinity McQillan
1/8/2017 04:00:08 pm
3. Everyone knows they have the choice to fight against an oppressive government but they chose not to.
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Donovan Turner
1/16/2017 09:59:23 am
1. When all of the people are prepared and ready, the government that governs the least is the best.
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Zoe Zeek
1/21/2017 11:41:03 am
1. Question the government.
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