Individual in Conflict: Week of October 26- 30
Mr. Easton
“There is a determined set to her chine that moves him, even when she uses it against him, even when it seems irrational and dangerous, accompanied by ideas he does not agree with. Thus, as she argued stubbornly with Ray over dinner that night that the Michigan Daily had no right to meddle in the financial affairs of campus sororities (her stand was based on rights of privacy, as he remembered it), he had fallen abruptly and thoroughly in love with her. It was, on looking back, as good a reason as a tennis ace. ‘Nothing is hanging over our heads,’ he says, as much to himself as to her. ‘Don’t worry. Everything is all right.’ She looks at him, reaching out to gather the colored sheets of paper in a neat pile, slipping them into the envelope. ‘Then, I don’t understand you at all,’ she says. ” -- Cal and Beth talking at a restaurant, Chapter four in Ordinary People Topic
Assignment
We will begin with a poem by Edna St. Vincent-Millay, “clxxi,” the source of the epigraph in Ordinary People. Subsequently, we’ll listen to chapters one and two. What is Conrad’s world view? How can we determine it is his stream-ofconsciousness like observations? How do we pick out the pertinent detail?
Read chapters three and four.
Tuesday
Video that will serve as an introduction to Freud’s life and philosophy. We will also read chapters five and six in class today.
Read chapters seven and eight.
Wednesday
A more detailed look at “A Brief History of Electroshock Therapy” and history of psychoanalysis. We will start chapters nine and ten in class.
Finish chapter ten by class on Friday. Use tonight to get caught up in case you are behind (or to read ahead), AND continue revising the three core essays. Remember to bring your flash drive with you to lab on Thursday.
Thursday
Computer lab day. We will continue revising the three core works from first quarter. 2nd Period will meet in lab 377N; 4th period will meet in lab 224. Remember to bring your flash drives.
Read chapters eleven and twelve in Ordinary People.
Friday
Vocabulary day. Please remember to bring your copy of Vocab Vitamins.
Read chapters thirteen through fifteen over the weekend.
Monday