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In this week of “No Podcast for Old Men”, we continue the discussion of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, this week taking a look at the literary lenses. The text features a journey of a Man and his young child trekking south in a frigid, desolate wasteland, inhabited only by the worst humanity has to offer. In this episode we focus on a new side character that was introduced and his significance. Lastly, we continue our journey on the discussion of presence/absence of God in The Road, the symbolism of fire, and much more on this episode.

As far as off screen deliberations, the group landed on Ely (the character in the book) being the “winner” of this meeting. We also went on to claim that the father is the loser for this meeting.

Podcast: In the Streets
Hosts: Nickell Ceasar, Randy Le, Matthew Nguyen, Bella Walls, Tyshon Wooden
Episode 2: Wise Old Men

In this episode of In The Streets we discuss Ely, the old man they met on the road. We continue to go into depth about how much you have gives you power. After that we discuss the book in modern day terms and what we think happened to cause the apocalypse they are surviving through. Lastly we take a look at the females in this society and discuss what ways women are involved in this new world.

List of Evidence: “What the boy had seen was a charred human infant headless and gutted and blackening on the spit. (198) Widely known how women are treated because it was fear of the wife when she was alive (56) “In the two days’s time they came upon a country where firestorms had passed leaving mile on mile of burn.” (190) You should thank him, you know.” the man said. “I wouldn’t have given you anything.” (173)

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Book: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

James Kry, Sukainah Hasan, Nasir Duppins, & Tristan Mayberry

Podcast Summary:

In this podcast, we’ve discussed skin color. Throughout the book, skin color played a huge part in the book. The first event was Pecola getting judged by a boy named Junior. Junior continues to bully Pecola just because she’s a girl and how “ugly” she was. Another event happened with Pauline. When Pauline moved to another town with her husband, black women judged her for her appearance and the way she talks. Lastly, since black women don’t have a say in what they can do, they find other living things to cater to as an example of choice.

Link to Podcast:

https://youtu.be/0uJK2g3Flyk

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

In this episode, we discussed McMurphy’s change in demeanor, Chief Bromden’s new state of mind, and the disappearance of fog. We also examined the text through 3 literary lenses, a Feminist lens, a New Historicist lens, and a Marxist lens. In the end, we cast our predictions for the end of the book. Come back next week for our final episode!

Pages Referenced: Bromdon (Quotes): 129,130,131,132, 141 McMurphy: 146,147,148,149,159,166,167

https://www.wevideo.com/view/2007492908

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?