What do Brutus (from The Tragedy of Julius Caesar) and John Anderton (from Minority Report) have in common? Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for April 12th, 2008
Brutus and John Anderton
Posted by drpezz on April 12, 2008
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Power and the Beloved Country
Posted by drpezz on April 12, 2008
Stumped. Stymied. Befuddled. Flustered. Perplexed. Mystified. Stuck.
That’s what I felt when trying to decide how to introduce the next novel in my class, Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. Even though I’m teaching American Literature in this college-level course, I’m using an African novel principally because Paton used Steinbeck’s style, motifs, and some of the patterns of The Grapes of Wrath. Also, Paton drew inspiration from Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” and Lincoln’s “Second Inaugural Address.” Read the rest of this entry »
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