Day 12 – Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020: Sign up to meet with me about your research.
Aakaash opens the class
Quiz #7 on “Mono no aware” and Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”
Check answers.
Why did Ken Liu call the story “Mono no aware”?
What does “mono no aware” mean?
How does that idea connect to the story?
Why does Liu name his main character “Hiroto”?
Who do you think is Hiroto’s father?
What difference does that make?
What do you think about the ending?
Connections to the film Passengers
Let’s write a haiku for your Metacognition Blog:
Crash Course Science and Philosophy – 2-3 minutes
Now let’s go back to the big issues of this class:
Genre for each: “Mono no aware” ______________
“Allegory of the Cave”? _______________
Your reading strategies for each one:
What strategies helped you to understand “Mono no aware”?
What is the main idea of the story?
How do you know that is the main idea?
What strategies helped you to understand “Allegory of the Cave”?
What is/ are Plato’s main idea(s)?
How do you know?
Let’s look at sample final papers to give you ideas about what your final paper should look like.
20 minutes to work on your research project. I suggest doing UCSC Library research.
Meet with Alex, Jason, and Kenta about the two business articles.