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Students will have a noon dismissal time on 1/15. The modified virtual class schedule is indicated below.

Friday, 1/15

09:00am - 09:55am B2 Band

10:00am - 10:55am X2 Band

11:00am - 11:55am E2 Band

By: Ashton, Clare, Lucia, Kofi, Ian & Aigner

In today’s podcast we talk about the author Ken Kesey and his inspiration for his first novel, “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest”. We dive into the narrator Chief Bromden’s unique circumstances and his role in the institution. Having been the longest patient in the ward Bromden introduces the many patients, both Chronic and Acute, telling their stories, and their roles in the ward. Were also introduced to the Head Nurse, Miss Ratched as well as the rebellious newcomer McMurphy. McMurphy is shaking things up, will he uphold his streak? Will he win the bet?

https://www.wevideo.com/view/1999491999

Book: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest By Ken Kesey

Hannah, Nile, Kavina, Gabe, and Mawusse

In our first podcast, we discussed how power dynamics relates to societal structures in psychiatric wards, and what is considered acceptable/not acceptable. who has the right to have power and not have power? We get a chance to explore one of the main characters: Nurse Ratched, who runs the Psychiatric ward through a system of conformity and roles. the narrator, Chief Bromden, pretends to be deaf and dumb as a role in the ward, but when Mcmurphy, a rebellious newcomer enters the conversation of order and roles, things take an unexpected turn. Join us, as we do an in-depth exploration of the struggle with power/power dynamics, conformity, and freedom within the book.

Introduction - Experiments in the ’60s/ Psychiatric Ward

Page 30 - Breakdown of how Nurse Ratched chooses staff

Written by Bram Stoker who wrote seventeen novels, Dracula is his most popular work and tells the story of a solicitor Jonathan Harker who travels to Transylvanian noble Count Dracula to finalize the sale of an estate he purchases. He does not realize that Dracula is a vampire feasting on the blood of his victims, sleeps by day and stalks by night.

In the first episode of Books To Sink Your Teeth Into, your host Ethan, Abel, Jon, and Hayden will discuss the literal and figurative meaning of this book.

The debut novel by Indian author Aravind Adiga, the White Tiger is a Picaresque novel imbued with a dark humorous tone that helps in the telling of the story of Balram Halwai, a village boy who navigates India’s class struggle in a globalized world.

In the first episode of Tiger Talk, we discuss the literal and figurative meaning of the prominent theme of lightness vs darkness present in the novel, alongside other narrative symbols that we’ve encountered throughout reading. An unexpected winner and loser of the section we’ve read comes in the form of not characters, but ideologies. The group presents corrpuption as its winner while justice and good morals being the losers.

Tune in to our dynamic group taking down the White Tiger one section at a time, with renowned English students Peter Keo, Michal Czapla, Indiya Johnson, Miranda Sosa and Jacob Prunes serving as the hosts.

Book: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Jasir Chavis, Jueni Austin, Phoenix Satterfield, Lyss Williams

“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison is a story about a young black girl who is mocked by other children for her dark skin. She prays every day for blonde hair and blue eyes because she thinks that’s what would make people love her. In our podcast, you will hear us discuss themes such as culture, colorism, racism, and beauty standards and how they appear in the book. Enjoy!

The Purple Podcast, episode 1.

By : Brielle Thompson, Saniyyah Ray, Mo Kelly, Kayla Kelly, and David Forgrave Literal and Figurative

In this episode we talk about many different things from the way they tell the structure of the book to the relationship between each character. From our podcast we lay out how it is portrayed in the book and we analyze and give our listening insight on how we interpret different pieces. There are many questions asked to get a further understanding of the context. It is very interesting because you get a different perspective from each individual. There is a lot of good content in our recordings and we hope that you guys sit back and enjoy our intake on the book The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

Evidence we used :“‘You got to let them know who got the upper hand’ ‘ They got it’” “But I don’t know how to fight, all I know is how to stay alive” (17) “I won’t leave, until I know Albert won’t even think about beating you” (75) calling him Albert for the first time after Shug says it 76

Link to podcast : https://youtu.be/2Rw3Ev3azXI

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Tale of Two Tribes: The Podcast “Episode One”

CoHosts: Jakob Cantor, Ami Doumbia, Londyn Edwards, Justine Koffi, Maysa Wright

In Episode One of “Tale of Two Tribes”, Jakob, Ami, Londyn, Justine, and Maysa discuss their introductory reading of the novel Homegoing by Ghanian-American author Yaa Gyasi. From familial relationships to the definition of what love is, these five classmates take time to analyze the themes present in the book and what they mean for what’s to come next in the story.

Run Time: 22:31

Book References:

-8:06 : pg 68, Chapter “Quey”, “You were in England too long, Quey. Maybe you have forgotten that here, mothers, sisters, and their sons are most important.”

-18:53 : pg 72, Chapter “Ness”, “While there may have been a piece of paper declaring that seh belonged to Tom Allan Stockham, there was no such paper shackling her to the whims of her fellow slaves.”

Written by Ray Bradbury and published in 1953, “Fahrenheit 451” tells the story of Guy Montag, a fireman whose job is to collect and burn books in a society where any feelings of discomfort from existential crises to mourning loved ones have been outlawed and the priority is happiness by any means necessary.

This podcast we will be discussing some of the major themes of “Fahrenheit 451”: happiness, love, and the lack thereof - which is why we declared Clarisse our winner and poor, poor Mildred our loser.

Presented by the Fire 451 Squad: Zoe Kwas, Tayah Brunson, Isabella Torres, Hawa Diakite, and Cameryn Roach