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Anti-Civilisation
Anti-Civilisation under consideration of the ideas of John Zerzan and Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber
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Homework
pp. 210 - 211: What does Morris feel about Rummidge and university life there?
In Morris' opinion Rummidge, although he used to dislike the city for its drabness, is changing in a positive way. Being touched by the view of rising "tower blocks", he feels slightly reminded of the well known American style. Regarding himself as an American colonist in "the most unexpected place", the University is nevertheless(?) still not to be compared to any American standard. Despite the chaotic British university-life, he is somehow keen of its "whacky, yet somehow endearing" inefficiency.
Introduce a novel as possibly read in class this semester
"Fight Club" - Chuck Palahniuk
Thanks to David Fincher the novel Fight Club has already been filmed and that's why we will first of all take a look at the trailer of this movie!
Fight Club was originally a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, published in 1996.
The story of this book is told by its main protagonist who's Product Recall Specialist suffering from insomnia and who realizes that his identity is only defined by his job and possession. Taking his doctors advice he joins a testicular cancer support group to "see what real suffering is". He recognizes that hearing problems of others and crying with them cures his insomnia, so joins even more support groups. But then he gets to know Marla Singer, a "tourist" like him ...
Click here for a detailed plot summary
And I'm really quite convinced that, though it might be irritating to some of you, we should rather read thät book, for its funny, exciting and philosophical.
Two main Characters: Personality, Family, Career
Morris Zapp
- 40 years old
- smoker
- he never left america so far
- long gorilla-like arms
- professor of English
- cannot swimm
- light-headed
- veteran of long distance flying
- he exaggerates
- he's got a wife
- he's catholic
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Philipp Swallow
- afraid of flying
- 40 years old
- unaccustomed to traveling
- unconfident
- infinitely suggestable
- observes other people
- conservative/traditional
- married too
- good imagination
- professor of English
- excited about flying/travelling
- Marriage and Honeymoon in America, Euphoria
- three children with his wife Hillary
- lives in England
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University Life and Academical System
Euphoric State University
- "Leaning Tower of Pisa"-like, but double-sized, building on the university area
- it is situated on the Western seaboard of America, between Northern and Southern California
- Pays the exchange teachers extreme high salary
- entitles them to "visitor professors"
- beautiful landscape and nature around
- one of America's major universities
- extremly well organized, "wealth" concerning laboratories, libraries, research grants
- nobody really likes to participate in an exchange to England
- everone in Rummidge wants to get to Euphoria
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Rummidge
- "Leaning Tower of Pisa"-like building, built of red brick
- It's an old university (new ones are more favoured)
- losing prestige because the values changed from old to new
- Exchange teachers are paid according to the rank and seniority on the scale of the host university
- no American professor could live with the money that is monthly paid by this university for more than a few days
- terrible surrounding (industry)
- middle size university
- mood is disgruntled and discouraged
- students are formed and tested four times (eleven-plus, sixteen-plus, eighteen-plus and twenty-plus)
- afterwards nothing really happenes and everybody is disappointed and lonely, even unmotivated for the competition is just missing
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Life in the USA vs. Life in Britain
USA
- Abortion is not allowed (that's why many women fly to England, for abortion is possible there)
- "It's not too difficult to obtain a bachelor`s degree."
- The student is left very much to his own devices, he accumulates the necessary credits at his leisure, cheating is easy, and there is not much suspense or anxiety about the eventual outcome."
- "[...]free to give full attention to the normal interests of late adolescence - sport, alcohol, entertainment and the opposite sex."
- "[...]scholar-teacher[...]is free to sell his services to the highest bidder." (p.15)
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Britain
- Abortion is legal
- There is nearly no competition in becoming a teacher in the British education-system
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K12
Einträge des Schuljahres 09/10
