Wednesday, May 20, 2009

ENG 4U1--Another Blog Possibility

Hi folks--In a well organized paragraph, explore the connections that can be made between Oryx and Crake and either Hamlet or Waiting for Godot.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

ENG 4U1--Oryx and Crake Blog Topic 2

Hi folks--In a well organized paragraph on Oryx and Crake, please ponder one of the issues we discussed in class:

(a) Please explore the way chaos "wins" out, despite Crake's efforts to engineer a perfectly controlled world.

(b) In what ways is the story of the Crakers like other religious stories?

(c) Please explore the way that the Crakers defy Crake's literalism by embracing symbolism (in religion [pages 374, 404, 429] and art [430]).

(d) Please explore Crake's reductive analysis of art on page 205. Is he accurate or inaccurate?

Friday, May 8, 2009

ENG 4U1--Blog for Oryx and Crake

Hi folks--Check out the Oryx and Crake-inspired art on Ms. Schwartz's blog (http://englishschwartz.blogspot.com). Please write a well organized paragraph that evaluates the imaginative and emotional validity of these representations (i.e., do they evoke something powerful? do they convey the emotions of story? do they offer thought-provoking interpretations?).

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