Members: Hannah, Kavina, Nile, & Gabe

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In our final podcast, we discussed our thoughts on the overall book, the author’s intent, and what important messages we took away individually. in our final podcast, we talked about the character development of characters in the book, and the breakdown of power being broken and it’s systems. what happens when power is broken? what character’s stay in role, or change? join us for our final talk, as we explore these final questions.

Tale of Two Tribes: The Podcast “Episode Three”

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

In Episode Three of “Tale of Two Tribes”, Jakob, Ami, Londyn, Justine, and Maysa discuss their third and final reading of the novel Homegoing by Ghanian-American author Yaa Gyasi. The five cohosts talk about their thoughts and feelings towards the book, how the author wrote in the themes they wanted readers to grasp, and who they would recommend this book to and why.

Run Time: 28:47

Text to Text Connection:

-18:05: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, published in 2018, follows the ups and downs of two people in a marriage. Through jail time, mixed up feelings, and unspoken words, the pair struggle to remain connected while being so far apart ad when they do finally reconnect, the spark is gone. (To read more, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Marriage)

Book References:

-10:34: Chapter Marcus, pg 293, “Not the being lost, but the being found. It was the same feeling he got whenever he saw Marjorie.”

-12:10: Chapter Marcus, pg 289-290

-13:10: Chapter Marcus, pg 290

-14:06: Chapter Marcus, pg 284, “Marcus didn’t care for water,”

-14:33: Chapter Marjorie, pg 268, “I put you in here so that if your spirit ever wandered, you would know where home was.”

Co-hosts: Lily Bromley, Elena Smith, Antonia Solar

Summary: For our last podcast we discussed the final events and the author’s intent for the book The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Bulgakov included a lot of symbolism in this book, but the main ones we went over today were about morality, love, and authenticity. Lastly, we finish our episode with our thoughts on whether we’d recommend this book and what audiences may enjoy it.

List of Evidence: Morality & human nature (360), Love (215, 381), Art & authenticity (287, 371)

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

Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

In our final episode we talked about the end of the Novel, character developments, as well as Ken Kesey’s intentions behind One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. We fill you in on the fishing trip that was organized by McMurphy and childhood memories both McMurphy and Bromdon reminisce on as the story ends. Enjoy our final episode of the Dayroom and learn our ideas of the author’s intentions and the impacts it had on the character developments.

Pages Referenced; 221, 265, 304, 326

Podcast: In the Streets Hosts: Nickell Ceasar, Randy Le, Matthew Nguyen, Bella Walls, Tyshon Wooden Episode 2: End of the road

In this episode… We talked about the end of the book where the son meets new people and goes off with them> we transition into speaking about the apocalypse and what is shown of human nature which is discussed further and turned into talk about morals with different characters in the book. We discuss themes Mccarthy had going on since the beginning of the book, including death and good vs bad. While doing all of the above, we talked about the author’s intent on why certain events came together or fell apart.

List of Evidence: “I’m starving man. You’d have done the same.” (257) “How do I know you’re one of the good guys? You dont. You’ll have to take a shot.”(283) “You can stay here with your papa and die or you can go with me.” (283) “There was some discussion about whether to even come after you at all” (283) “The boy tried to hand him the pistol but he wouldn’t rake it.” (285)

Not Your Big Brothers Podcast Elliot, Matalai, Nicco, Sohpia and Amadou

How 1984 Ended

In our third and final episode we explore the ending of 1984 (by George Orwell) with our thoughts while trying to understand the author’s intent.

A list of the the references to evidence used (with page numbers) for listeners to locate as desired

“‘They took me a long time ago. … Don’t deceive yourself. … You have always known it.’” pg. 238-239 Winston’s Reintegration - “How many times had he been beaten, how long the beatings had continued, he could not remember.” (247), bottom half of pg. 257 “ ‘There are three stages in your reintegration,’ said O’Brien. ‘There is learning, there is understanding, and there is acceptance.’ ” (269) “The German Nazis and Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives.” (272) “There will be no loyalty, except loyalty for Big Brother. There will be no love, except love of Big Brother.” (276) “He knew now that for seven years the Thought Police had watched him like a beetle under a magnifying glass.” (286)

Tale of Two Tribes: The Podcast “Episode Two”

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

In Episode Two of “Tale of Two Tribes”, Jakob, Ami, Londyn, Justine, and Maysa discuss their second reading of the novel Homegoing by Ghanian-American author Yaa Gyasi. This time, the five cohosts talk literary lenses (Marxist, Feminist, and New Historical) and what they mean to the overall understanding and plot of the story.

Run Time:

Text to Text Connection:

-4:10: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985, later adapted into tv series of the same namesake in 2017), is a book that takes place in the Republic of Gilead where main character Offred serves as a handmaid whose only job is to bear a child for the Commander and his wife. (To read more, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale)

Book References:

-4:48: Chapter James, pg 101

-5:11: Chapter H, pg 157-158

-7:26: Chapter Kojo, pg 120

-12:25: Chapter Kojo, pg 131

-13:47: Chapter H, pg 167

-18:25: Chapter Kojo, pg 124

By Antonia, Elena, and Lily

In this episode, we looked at The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov through the Marxist, feminist, and new historicist lenses. We discussed how even though the people of the book were under a communist structure, their greed is highlighted in the story. This podcast also touches on the ways witches connected to empowerment and liberation from societal restrictions. Lastly, we examined how the context of the author’s life and the critique of Stalinist Russia were reflected in sections of the novel.

List of Evidence: Marxist lens (297), feminist lens (230, 229, 291), new historicist lens (287, 292) “Manuscripts don’t burn” (287)

Not Your Big Brother’s Podcast. Co-Hosts: Elliot, Matalai, Nicco, Sophia, and Amadou Episode: Looking at 1984 (not 1948) through Literary Lenses

In our second episode, we explore the themes and plot of 1984 (by George Orwell) while looking through the Feminist, New Historicist, and Marxist lens.

List of Evidence: Winston disliking most women (10) About the Proles (74) Women working at the Pornosec (131) Fear of the Party and vanishing (169) Subtle sexism from O’Brien (175) Goldstein on Class in Oceania (207)

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)