{"id":157,"date":"2023-02-09T16:54:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T16:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/?p=157"},"modified":"2023-02-09T16:54:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T16:54:19","slug":"for-thursday-2-9-and-tuesday-2-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/2023\/02\/09\/for-thursday-2-9-and-tuesday-2-14\/","title":{"rendered":"For Thursday (2\/9) [and Tuesday (2\/14)]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LAST MAN ON EARTH with Vincent Price (1964) 720p Full length movie\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZuPgXDWMB-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For Thursday, take some time to answer the following questions in your google doc.\u00a0 (Use your existing google doc and insert a new header &#8211; &#8211; &#8220;Thursday, Feb. 9: Last Man on Earth,&#8221; copy the questions into the doc and enter your answers.)\u00a0 You&#8217;ll probably want to write at least 150 words for each question (and probably no more than 250). Try to complete the writing event by Saturday (2\/11) morning.\u00a0 Here are the questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Setting<\/strong>: what details help to define the setting as \u201cpost-apocalyptic\u201d? (Be very specific here and try to quote from the text itself.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Protagonist<\/strong>: what are Robert Neville\u2019s main character traits (physical, social, psychological)? What are his goals? (Character traits are usually adjectives that describe aspects of a character&#8217;s personality: greedy, happy, self-interested, etc.\u00a0 Use examples to illustrate and support your traits.)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Antagonist<\/strong>: how are Neville\u2019s enemies defined?\u00a0 What makes them \u201cdifferent\u201d? How are they delineated in terms of appearance, traits, and goals?\u00a0 What are the most threatening\/dangerous things about them? Are there any similarities between Neville and his enemies?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>The social contract.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What kind of \u201csociety\/societies\u201d or social organization\/s emerge\/s in the post-apocalyptic world?\u00a0 In what significant way is this \u201csociety\u201d different from our conventional\/pre-apocalyptic world? How is it similar?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For Tuesday, take a look at the 1964 film version of Matheson&#8217;s novella &#8211; &#8211; the Italian production of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Last Man on Earth<\/span>, starring Vincent Price.\u00a0 As you watch the film, you might think about where it differs from\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I Am Legend<\/span> and where it seems more faithful to Matheson&#8217;s book.\u00a0 You can watch the flick <a href=\"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/last-man-on-earth-1964\/\">here<\/a> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZuPgXDWMB-Q\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Thursday, take some time to answer the following questions in your google doc.\u00a0 (Use your existing google doc and insert a new header &#8211; &#8211; &#8220;Thursday, Feb. 9: Last Man on Earth,&#8221; copy the questions into the doc and enter your answers.)\u00a0 You&#8217;ll probably want to write at least 150 words for each question &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/2023\/02\/09\/for-thursday-2-9-and-tuesday-2-14\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;For Thursday (2\/9) [and Tuesday (2\/14)]&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}