English 20 go into the dark to see the light

December 2nd, 2008 by

We’ve been asking questions about the world.

Some have read Plato’s Cave Allegory.

Our discussions have tried to be more philosophical. Kierkegaard’s leap into faith and nihilism a bit.

We seem to return always to our four postulates:

We have all watched The Truman Show.

We created and responded to each other’s surveys using Poll Daddy.

We made webs and outlines and we wrote essays.

21 Responses to “English 20 go into the dark to see the light”

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  2. [...] they are not. Second life is a dream escape! This creation of a virtual space is very similar to The Truman Show. Truman was put into a second life and although he was not experiencing this second life like I [...]

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  4. [...] The Truman Show has the potential to be a very influencial movie in society, but only if it is properly understood. The relativity of The Truman Show to our lives today should show us how strong our human spirit is, along with the power others have over our lives. The Truman Show has made me look at the world through different eyes, and it should for everyone else who has seen this film. [...]

  5. [...] truth. Honesty matters to me immensely and I plan on giving all individuals in my life the truth. Every individual deserves a chance to create the life they dream of, they deserve free will. « Focus Questions involving The Truman Show [...]

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  7. [...] of the time convinces them to change their minds. Selfish people can keep people from doing what they truly want. Either from a horrible experience or just heard that the activity can kill you or harm you. Daring [...]

  8. [...] As soon as Truman doesn’t get what he wants, freedom, he becomes angry and tries to get freedom this is good for the viewers because its so interesting but its more work for the producers and [...]

  9. [...] The Truman Show was movie that touched me deeply in a great amount of ways.  Love, sorrow, frightened and determination. It is a movie that I would recommend to anyone considering. This movie consisted of comedy, romance, action everything a good movie would have. The reason why it took Truman so long to figure out that his life was nothing but a planned episode. Was that because the director told a big lie instead of a small lie and big lies are easier to believe than small ones. [...]

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  11. [...] english we were watching the movie The Truman Show. This was a very interesting and intellectual movie, even more intellectual than i thought it would [...]

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  13. [...] is a movie that expresses many questions and thoughts of society and how they will take it. Utopia, containment, media, and other subjects [...]

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