Agenda: Week 3 (9/13)

Reading Plato and Working with Writing Strategies

To Do Before Class:

• Read “Allegory of the Cave” (Book VII) from The Republic, by Plato.

Note: I suggest focusing on “Book VII” which begins on p. 6. Please read carefully, annotating as you go. You should bring 2 questions and 2 comments about the text to class. These can be large or small, about a single sentence or about the ideas / arguments of the whole reading.

• Watch “The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato’s Allegory in Clay.” 
• Watch “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave” by Alex Gendler.

In-Class Writing:

• What do you consider the “Good Life”? How is it defined?
• What 3 things do you feel are necessary for living it? Why?
• Do you think others will agree with, or will their necessities be different? Why or why not?

To Do After Class:

• Read “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lourde.
• Read “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott.
• Review “Narrative Basic Features” Power Point by Laura Westengard.