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Homework

Religion

• Read Religion and politics in America!

• Write down 8 questions and formulate the 8 answers to be asked and answered from this article, that express the basics about religion an politics!

Religion and Politics: 1. What is the generell opinion most Americans have when it comes to the religious attitude that their leaders should have?

• About seventytwo percent of all American registred voters state that their president should have strong religious beliefs. The result is that often religious seeming politicians are voted into high ranks.

2. How comes that this trend is so strong?

• Most American voters are very religious Christians and therefore want their leader to have a close relationship to god to be able to fulfill his goodwilling plans.

3. What is the juridical argument on religious leaders?

• The US constitution claims a strict seperation of politics and religion (but also tolerates and respects any religious conviction, enabling mighty positions to be staffed by very religious people).

Conflicts of Politics and Church 4. There are often conflicts concerning the seperation or intertwining of politics and church. Which are the most argued elements?

• Besides the controvertial on seperation many public elemtents are again and again mentioned: Gay marriage as well as stem cell research, war, pacifism.

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pp. 210 - 211: What does Morris feel about Rummidge and university life there?

Throughout his stay in Rummidge, his attitude towards the city and university life has changed a lot. 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. But in spite of the mess in British university-life from which he used to suffer a lot, he now is somehow keen on 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

University Life and Academical System

Life in the USA vs. Life in Britain

K12

Einträge des Schuljahres 09/10