Notes from 10/17

"The Bear"

What was the book that the father took from the bookcase, more specifically was was the poem he read?

"Ode to a Grecian Urn."

Somehow our truth depends on similies

Class thoughts on "Dead Man"

Dead fawn represents the death of innovenve

Where (on their person) people get shot. Thel is shot in the heart.

Did Thel kill Blake?

Book of Thel is a book by William Blake

The film has more insight into Native American culture than any other film.

Reminiscent of the Odyssey

What is the significance of tobacco.

The new word for the course:

Initiation, specifically initiation ceremonies

Ike and William Blake are initiated.

Steps of Initation:

1. Seperation of Neophyte from family and a retreat into a forest (symbolic of death.)

2. A hut or house is used for the ceremony.

Note: There are no women's ceremonies for reasons of secrecy.

3. Symbols of death are used

4. Mutilations occur

5. Frequently a new name is given

6. Sometimes there is a requirement to kill someone.

There are 2 great prose styles in modern history, Faulkner and Hemmingway

Hemingway is described as paratactic- lots of things are held together with an "and"

Solar heroes- People who rise, reach their zenith, and then decline

Cheryl's blog- "in order to be original we must examine our origins"

Otology- the study of being