Audio Silence Podcast: Episode #2
What the Party did to the act of sex - 67 and 68
“The sexual act, successfully performed, was rebellion.” - 70
Anti-Sex
“the more men the better” - 128
What the Party did to the act of sex - 67 and 68
“The sexual act, successfully performed, was rebellion.” - 70
Anti-Sex
“the more men the better” - 128
Children of the Night Episode 2
Amado, Ethan, Aden, and Shilo
The Women in Dracula
In this episode we focused on the role women play within the novel. We compared the men’s actions to that of the women’s actions within the book. We spoke a lot about Mina’s influences on the books plot and other characters and compared her personality to that of other women’s throughout the book, such as, Lucy. We also speak on the seductive, sexy, and erotic actions of the vampire women and why they are portrayed the way they are.
Evidence:
Pg 253
Pg 40
Pg 41
Pg 201
Lauren Nicolella, Dayanna Hughes, Taylor Green, Jayla Wright, and Chloe Hart
Group members: David, James, Kwan, Ayala, Eric
https://www.soundtrap.com/play/xN-r6ewgT9OfXWm7Lyh4mA/english-1984-pod-cast/
Group Members: Nick Ryan, Tommy Conley, Miguel Rivera, Greg Tasik
This episode was a mish mash of all your initial thoughts on Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Our episode focuses on the larger themes at play in the book. We discuss religion's role in the story and the interplay between truth and lies. We also attempt to decipher Vonnegut’s wild and unique writing style, which is as complex as a cat’s cradle. Thanks for listening!
“Call me Jonah. No Sam.” (page 1)
“All of the true things I am about to tell you are lies” (5)
“Anyone unable to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either” (6)
“That people were still superstitious instead of scientific” (24)
“I’m sorry to hear member of the Laboratory family…. They’re the very antithesis of magic” (36)
“It’s a cat’s cradle…… One of the olders games there is” (165)
Amado, Ethan, Aden, and Shilo The History!! In this episode we go into the history behind vampires and how they were first introduced into the world leading up to Bram Stoker’s creation. We also brought up the more interesting aspects of how the book was written, especially Stoker’s use of descriptive language and epistolary structure, and how these aspects added to the mystery and suspense of the book, despite the fact that we basically already know the story. Evidence: Pg. 40: “He is young and strong, there are kisses for us all.” I lay quiet, looking out under my eyelashes in an agony of delightful anticipation.” Pg. 43: “I awoke in my own bed. If it be that I had not dreamt, the Count must have carried me here. I tried to satisfy myself on the subject, but could not arrive at any unquestionable result.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vAn9Iz_JTs
Yaa Gyasi’s 2016 historical fiction work Homegoing is a tale of two alienated Asante sisters, one who becomes enslaved and one who marries a slave trader, and the collaterally damaged generations that follow them. In following the stories of these characters, Gyasi makes visceral statements about the unbending truths of colonization, slavery, and the dehumanizing effects of these systems. In this episode of our podcast, we dive in depth to types of figurative and literal languages and images in the book and how they affect the storytelling. We talk about nuanced epithets, metaphors, connections. Observing that certain images and constructs appear in motifs, we investigate both their literal and hidden figurative meanings.
Types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, conceit, allusions, hyperbole, personification, metonymy
Mango -- image of vitality, exuberance → used to describe Effia and Esi
Desperation ---> described as the “fruit of longing”
The word “fire” is used both figuratively and literally ---> Effia has a “fire” inside of her (passion) but was also born on the night of a huge fire that ravaged her family’s yams.
Words used to describe women are minimizing: meek, servile, obedient
Words used to describe men are aggrandizing: big, strong, warrior
Black stone ---- gift to Esi and Effia from mother ----> black stone may represent the importance of ancestors and hope → Esi refuses to lose it throughout her course of enslavement
Storytelling is a big aspect of social identity. In the book, some important stories are told in order for characters to impart an important point (Fiifi with the birds, page 53) or simply just for entertainment (Anansi, page 30)