READ THIS: PRESENTATIONS

PRESENTATIONS: please take these seriously: they are an important part of your participation in the class. Your job when you present is to lead the discussion on the reading for that day. You may bring in some research, but most of all, you should be very well-prepared with insights, interpretations, and questions about the reading at hand. You may want to begin by summarizing the progress of the plot represented by the excerpt assigned on that day. Then you should have passages picked out for the class to discuss. You may want to be ready, also, with the posts for the day (you can copy and paste them and print them out). The purpose of the presentation is to give more responsibility to the classmembers and de-center the discussion a little bit (although I will still chime in). Here are your assignments, mostly random. 1. Wed. 3/30 Small Things, 84-147, Eidia. 2. 4/4 Small Things, 148-225, Hannah. 3. 4/6 Small Things, ending, Anna. 4. 4/11 Ondaatje, Dan. 5. 4/13 Mukherjee, Michael. 6. 4/18 Poppies, 3-87, Karol. 7. 4/20 Poppies, 88-156, Jason. 8. 4/25 Poppies, 157-226, Joe. 9. 4/27, Poppies, 227-342, Will. 10. 5/2 Poppies, 343-446, Rachel. 11. 5/4 Poppies, finish, Jane.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Anna-5/1- Ghosh

The whole book is a collage of little misunderstandings creating comedy, it seems to be the way Ghosh is amusing himself as he writes. The idea of bringing all these incredibly different characters together on one vessel is a terribly fertile ground to let them all bump and misunderstand each other. It feels like the theatre game where everyone is a different "type" or here (archetype) going to the same party. (how does a ninja turtle interact with donald trump?)

Throughout the novel, the reader remains much smarter (more informed) than the characters, who are more like puppets.

The scene that comes to mind first is when Paulette finally gets herself aboard the Ibis in her pink sari and is peering out of her sari costume/disguise at Judo and Zachary, and when Zachary goes to assist her boarding she thinks he's going to undo her disguise and she slaps him. Page 354.
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