Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Saint Marie and Leopolda
Why would Marie just go along with what Leopolda told the other sisters? Why wouldn't Marie want to get back at Leopolda?
What do you think of Leopolda?
What do you think of her? What do you think made her act that way toward Marie? What do you think set her off?
"Saint Marie" from Love Medicine
Why came over Marie the possessed her to push Sister Leopolda into the furnance, and after doing so why did she have mixed feelings?
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Saint Marie
were both marie and sister leopolda partially possesed by the dark one? if leopolda was not then what drove her to abuse marie and lie about the stigmata?
"Saint Marie"
Why doesn't Marie run away from the convent after she is physically harmed by Leopolda?
"Saint Marie" from Love Medicine
On page 82, what does Marie mean when she says "evil was a common thing I trusted"?
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Seeing Beyond...
In writing about the Native American perception of time and space, N. Scott Momaday says that he "sees into the immediate landscape, he perceives a now and future dimension that is altogether remote, yet nonetheless real and inherent within it, a quality of evanescence and evolution, a state at once of being and of becoming....nothing of the scene is lost upon him. In the integrity of his vision he is wholly in possession of himself and of the world around him: he is quintessentially alive."
He continues to critique the modern (and western) vision of the world: "Our eyes, it may be, have been trained too long upon the superficial, and artificial, aspects of our environment: we do not see beyond the buildings and billboards that seem at times to be the monuments of our civilization, and consequently we fail to see into the nature and meaning of our own humanity."
Have you ever experienced a "seeing" experience like the one he describes above? Do you agree or disagree with his assessment of our current state of "seeing"?
He continues to critique the modern (and western) vision of the world: "Our eyes, it may be, have been trained too long upon the superficial, and artificial, aspects of our environment: we do not see beyond the buildings and billboards that seem at times to be the monuments of our civilization, and consequently we fail to see into the nature and meaning of our own humanity."
Have you ever experienced a "seeing" experience like the one he describes above? Do you agree or disagree with his assessment of our current state of "seeing"?
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