The Nightingales of Troy

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BLOG ONE WEDNESDAY JUNE 1ST-ARYANA
First Week Team Leader Blogger Question for Discussion is,“Time is one of the book’s large themes. ‘And though my children were sleeping the sleep of the just, I half believed my unvoiced thoughts would reach them across that room full of twentieth-century light,’ Mamie thinks at the end of the first story. What do her thoughts suggest about time?”
(remember we have a week to respond, but be courteous to your team leader's prompt address of the question)

BLOG 2 WEDNESDAY JUNE 8TH-TANYA
Week 2 Team Leader Blogger Question for Discussion is,“Alice Fulton has called the past ‘the ultimate foreign country.’ The Nightingales of Troy covers a century with remarkable attention to detail. It’s full of fascinating period objects and artifacts, from cosmetics to medical equipment. How do these cultural objects and markers deepen your sense of the past?”

Meeting Wednesday, June 16th from 4-6ish in room CC3345. We will do the book vote around 5:30 pm. Those of you who cannot make it to the book vote can vote via email. I will send you packets of the selections and then you can email me back with your picks. Let me know if you are interested!

Friday, January 28, 2011

Attraction or Drive

I am stymied thinking of a response to, "what attracts the attention of the people within the story?"

All I can come up with is what drives them.

I think that for each, it is the force of his or her own time and circumstance - until something new comes along, and each is swept under or away.

Sorry if that's too general.

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For those who are interested, here's Salvador Allende's last speech - complete with English subtitles, and gunshots and explosions in the background:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YUx5Zp0Z9A

Speech starts at the 2:01 mark, following a collection of facts.

Also, it turns out there's a movie version of The House of the Spirits. In my honest opinion, I don't think I should ruin it by giving my honest opinion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmKcIQ_hV0A



Cheers,

Kevin
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