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“...we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading it for? So that it will make us happy...? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.” - Franz Kafka
"A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: What am I trying to say? What words will express it? What image or idiom will make it clearer? Is this image fresh enough to have an effect? And he will probably ask himself two more: Could I put it more shortly? Have I said anything that is avoidably ugly?"
George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language"
See Daily Calendars below:
See Daily Calendars below:
Why We Read "Speculative Fiction"
Why We Read "Speculative Fiction"
Hello Dystopias students! Here you'll find a calendar updated at least weekly so you can remain on task for class. It is expected that you make regular use of this site and check your school email regularly. And of course you can email me any time you have questions. Use the buttons below the calendar to go to the current unit we are focusing on.
Read the Course Expectations and then go to Google Classroom and mark as "done" the assignment to read the Course Expectations.
Read the Course Expectations and then go to Google Classroom and mark as "done" the assignment to read the Course Expectations.
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