DAY 1: Michael Chabon, From Three Minutes or Less. Identity and location. Alysse's question: As Chabon's location changes, his identity seems to change as well. How secure is one's identity in the first place? Then: What are the elements of place? What role does place have in influencing identity? HW: Journal on a place that you feel a strong connection to, a place where you feel most alive, most yourself. Read the other pieces from 3 Min. or Less.
DAY 2: Discussion of other pieces from 3 Min. or Less. Imitation of opening paragraph exercise. HW: Begin work on Location essay, read Reisner 1-23.
DAY 3: Frost's "Directive." Connections between Frost's poem and his landscape. Transcendentalists and nature. Discuss Reisner 1-23. HW: Complete, proofread draft of Location essay due at the beginning of class.
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