THE POLYCULE
This author stole the title of her essay from George Orwell. What was the reason?
Who is Joan Didion? She enjoyed the ways the words sounded.
Hunter S. Thompson wrote, ¨To answer the question of advice, with or without goals, it would take ___ of paper..¨ Fill in the blank and interpret the meaning of this quote.
What are reams? The topic of advice, regardless of goals, is so complex that it would take a LOT of writing to answer.
Orwell as a child saw his literary ambitions were mixed up with the feelings of being ____ and undervalued. How did his social life impact this and in your opinion, how does it reflect in his writing?
What is isolated, he was fairly lonely.
The photo of this plane, specifically Boeing's first jetliner, burning in a desert in the middle east was mentioned in Didion’s “Why I write.” What was the importance of introducing the concept?
What is Boeing 707, she continuously had pictures in her mind while beginning her novel, A Book of Common Prayer.
Did you do your research? Didion writes: ¨I would try to contemplate the Hegelian dialectic and would find myself concentrating instead on a flowering pear tree outside my window and the particular way the petals fell on my floor.¨ What is the Hegelian dialectic?
A framework or philosophy that allows deeper understanding of how ideas change and conflicts lead to progress.