BIZ
ALL: Yes, you have to do the journal from yesterday that makes a claim about the Nietzsche excerpt. We will share these in class tomorrow, so please complete it!
HONORS: Yes, you have to write a seminar reflection. The guidelines can be found on the syllabus. Due Monday, January 20th at midnight.
Film Screening: Stranger than Fiction
Take notes on philosophical and existential themes you see in this movie. Try to capture quotes that might fit with those themes. (*Note the terms on the board)
JOURNAL 1.16: Make an interpretive claim that connects this film to existentialism. Write a TEA paragraph (or two or three!) that supports the claim with evidence from the film.
Terms/ideas to consider:
- Meaninglessness
- Existential crisis
- Existence precedes essence
- The absurd
- Absurd hero
- Angst
- Alienation
- Freedom/Free will (vs. determinism?)
- Acceptance of one’s own absurd condition
- Authenticity
Questions to consider:
- Where might this film come down on “Free Will Vs. Determinism” debate?
- Is Harold Crick an absurd hero?
- What does Ms. Eiffel represent? How might Harold becoming aware of her voice relate to existentialism?
- How does Harold’s angst impact his perspective on his own life?
- What or who might Dustin Hoffman represent? (think about his advice to Harold about pancakes AND to accept his death...)
- What might this film be saying about living an authentic life?
- HONORS: How does Stranger than Fiction relate to The Stranger? In what ways are Meursault and Harold Crick similar?