Here are some questions I thought could continue the discussion from Friday, however feel free to pose other questions and reply to each other's comments.
1. Discuss
the narrator’s “eulogy” for Tod Clifton.
What were the most significant, or poignant, parts of the speech? In
what way did Clifton’s death act as a catalyst for a major shift in the
narrator’s life?
2. Discuss the different character's view on race relations and how to promote the agenda of equality. Which do you think will be most effective, why?
3. Make connections to our society today, what is the next step in terms of fighting the inequity in our country? What do you think Invisible Man would do today?
Resources: Here are some links to ways you can get involved now as a catalyst for change in your community, but also on a more national level. Let me know if you have any questions or want more information.
http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/
http://www.aclu-in.org/resources/25-events
Dicdatic
ReplyDeleteIn Memoriam A. H. H. OBIIT MDCCCXXXIII: [Prelude]
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BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
Strong Son of God, immortal Love,
Whom we, that have not seen thy face,
By faith, and faith alone, embrace,
Believing where we cannot prove;
Thine are these orbs of light and shade;
Thou madest Life in man and brute;
Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot
Is on the skull which thou hast made.
Thou wilt not leave us in the dust:
Thou madest man, he knows not why,
He thinks he was not made to die;
And thou hast made him: thou art just.
Thou seemest human and divine,
The highest, holiest manhood, thou.
Our wills are ours, we know not how,
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.
Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be:
They are but broken lights of thee,
And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
We have but faith: we cannot know;
For knowledge is of things we see;
And yet we trust it comes from thee,
A beam in darkness: let it grow.
Let knowledge grow from more to more,
But more of reverence in us dwell;
That mind and soul, according well,
May make one music as before,
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But vaster. We are fools and slight;
We mock thee when we do not fear:
But help thy foolish ones to bear;
Help thy vain worlds to bear thy light.
Forgive what seem'd my sin in me,
What seem'd my worth since I began;
For merit lives from man to man,
And not from man, O Lord, to thee.
Forgive my grief for one removed,
Thy creature, whom I found so fair.
I trust he lives in thee, and there
I find him worthier to be loved.
Forgive these wild and wandering cries,
Confusions of a wasted youth;
Forgive them where they fail in truth,
And in thy wisdom make me wise.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/45328
Explanation
(The poet speaks on the love of the lord. By which is not seen to have faith that the love is real)
Meaning of Life
Are we a structured plan by a God?
In which the ultimate test is executed.
Does evolution dominate society?
Where only the strongest person survives.
Riddles of faith baffle the human mind.
We search for cause and purpose,
Expecting a prize filled with treasure.
Is value monetary or sentimental?
The pot of gold is worthless without meaning,
Adding no worth to a dollar if life isn't cherished.
Our life is a story that is yet to be told,
Fight with commitment for happiness,
And let destiny tell its wonderful tale.
http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/meaning_of_life_801766
The poet questions life. Doesnt know what to feel.