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This blog is designed for Mrs. Charbonnet's AP English Literature and Composition Course. Here you will find regular information related to AP English. Additionally, just below here you will see some links and other resources you might find useful. Please view Mrs. Charbonnet's CHS Website for assignment information and an up-to-date calendar.
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This blog is designed for Mrs. Charbonnet's AP English Literature and Composition Course. Here you will find regular information related to AP English. Additionally, just below here you will see some links and other resources you might find useful. Please view Mrs. Charbonnet's CHS Website for assignment information and an up-to-date calendar.
It is also important to note that all work you complete on this page and on your personal blog must adhere to the Shelby County Schools guidelines for acceptable computer use.
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5 comments:
Kurt Vonnegut is Genius! That's all I have to say.
I love how he makes fun of the consumerism boom of the 50's and 60's. It all ties in with the whole anti-WWII thing.
Vonnegut is no doubt a class act. For those of you who dug Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle is another goody. A bit cynical but nonetheless quite truthful. I am partial to Slaughter, but Cat's is another quick read that will make you think.
You know, I really liked Slapstick and Breakfast of Champions... it's been awhile since I read either, but I remember enjoying them. I just read Cat's Cradle for the first time last year and I sort of had a hard time staying interested. I have no idea why! It just took me forever to read it when usually his books go fairly quickly.
Remind me to tell you about the time I met Vonnegut.
I have fallen in love with Kurt Vonnegut. I just found my dads stash of Kurt Vonnegut books and I'm about to start Cats Cradle...I'm pretty pumped.
The book is made of win, Jesus, unicorns, and all things good in this world. Seriously amazing. I finished it in one day (bonus points to Vonnegut for avoiding the Crime and Punishment gun-in-mouthiness).
I especially liked the capture sequence, when the four men are playing hide-and-go-seek in the woods. The two scouts leaving was, in my opinion, one of his best criticisms of the war. The young wannabe had just went back for Billy, following the leave-no-man-behind concept that Americans tend to cherish, and when he returns, they leave them. It's surprisingly true. When confronted with a tough situation, you're left with a choice. You can forget family, friends, morals, honor, and any number of other things in the blink of an eye; ordinarily, something that horrible would never cross your mind until it's your life on the line. Humans are selfish creatures, and for the vast majority of humanity, morality goes out the window when you're the one on the line. I loved how he showed that so bluntly.
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