Today we had a small group, so the three students who were prepared met in a Literature Circle and discussed Edward P. Jones's book. They looked at characters, scenes, the plot and storyline, then identified three arguments and restated them in standard form.
We concluded the class with an excerpt from the film: Deacons of Defense.Some students wanted to write a response for extra credit. Post the response here as well.
Make sure everyone's name is on The Known World post.
Homework was a reminder to bring three fallacious visual arguments to class and be prepared to discuss them.
Where we're going notes:
Over the next three classes the lectures will consist of looking at the three types of argument forms: the type spoken of in WLTC Rogerian (87), the Classical Model or Aristotelian and the Toulmin model. We will practice these forms as we review deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning and reasonable and unreasonable or fallacious arguments.
I also found two other types of strategies of reasoning besides induction and deduction: categorization, analogy, authorization, and plea. We will connect fallacies to the type of argumentation strategies where they appear. It might help students recall them easier.
We will have a brief quiz Thursday, July 15 on critical thinking terms and on Monday, July 19 on fallacies.
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Extra Credit
ReplyDeletePeople all around the world say that violence cannot be justified at any case of circumstance. For example, Gandhi thought that violence was unjustified. So, he didn’t allow Indian people protesting with violence. I think that Deacons of defense expresses one of the ways to protect human rights as third-class people. This movie also represents the justification of violence.
Marcus, the main character of this movie, is a war veteran. He was allowed to fight and kill people when he was a soldier. Who is going to blame on Marcus fighting to protect his own daughter? In my opinion, if we don’t have any option to solve some problems or irrationalities, violence could be the one of the ways to solve the problems. So, I think that Deacons created by Marcus and other black people was justified for recovering their human rights.
As an Asian, I have also been discriminated by other people. I can understand how Marcus felt when he was beaten by police. The message from this movie makes us realize another way of defending ourselves in racism. For our offspring, we should make our society out of racism. If our society distinguishes people by color of skin, we cannot dream about pant isocracy. This movie also gives us a message that affecting ignorance of irrationalities in our society does not make you proud. If you are treated unequally from others, you should make it correct.
Extra Credit- Summary
ReplyDeleteThe film, Deacons of Defense introduced a scene of a father and son, both African American, hunting. The boy, Marcus, laughed when their hunt got away, while the father, being the serious man he was, informed his son the lack of humor in the situation that was only to be seen as means of survival. The obedient son understood the sincerity of his father. While out in the field, Marcus and his father witnessed some members of the KKK, and the lynched body of their African-American victim in a barn. Upon viewing the hanged body, Marcus’s father stated to his son, “Don’t forget,” which consequently influenced the man he was to be.
Marcus, a grown man, had somewhat of an elevated position amongst his black co-workers. By then, he was married with two children, who all lived with his old father who seemed to have been struck by stroke. They were living their lives during the civil war era when racism and discrimination was still rampant. He was subservient to his white bosses, addressing him in the most polite way, while his boss speaks to him condescendingly. While Marcus chose to have nothing to do with the civil rights activism, his daughter, Lucia on the other hand chose to be the opposite. He found it offensive and was quite enraged when he saw Lucia wearing a button on her shirt that advertised the Civil Rights.
The film, based on true historical events further portrayed racism that characterized the nation during that time. TJ, one of the black workers wrote his name on the sheet of paper for a supervisor position, which was an act of defiance to the order of social hierarchy that everyone the factory seemed to conform to. In doing so, TJ was immediately met with hostility, and was later physically beaten in the neighborhood by the factory superiors who were white.
It’s interesting to watch film such as this one, because I can’t help but compare the times then with the times now. Some people will argue that racism and discrimination still exist to this day, but perhaps most can agree on the fact that there was definitely a major progress with racism in the country.
Genghe:
ReplyDeleteYou've got the historic references wrong re: Civil War (smile). The Civil Rights Movement occurred in the 1950s-'60s. MLK Jr.'s work was in 1955-1968 when he was killed. The Vietnam War started during that period.
WS