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Thematic Contents.
Preface.
Reading Analytically: Identifying with the Text.
1. Identity.
Myths and Misconceptions: Interview with Naomi Wolf, Andy Steiner.
I Was a Member of the Kung Fu Crew, Henry Han Xi Lau.
Proliferation of Campus Clubs: Too Much of a Good Thing, Leo Reisberg.
Black Men and Public Space, Brent Staples.
Two Ways to Belong in America, Bharati Mukherjee.
What is an American?, Edward L. Hudgins.
Comparing the Selections.
2. Relationships.
My Mother, Amy Tan.
Silk Parachute, John McPhee.
The Mysteries of Tortellini, Kristina Streeter.
Drama King Wants His Queen Back, Carolyn Hax.
That Charlie, Daniel Pinkwater.
Lawless Friendships, Mary Cantwell.
Comparing the Selections.
3. Scenes and Places.
The Phony Farm, Laura Cunningham.
El Hoyo, Mario Suarez.
Key West, Joy Williams.
A Love That Transcends Sadness, Willie Morris.
MIT Begins to Rebuild Hope, David Eisen.
Island, Gretel Ehrlich.
Comparing the Selections.
4. Work.
Legal Aide, Lorrie Moore.
Ka-Ching, Margaret Atwood.
The Puritan Work Ethic, Brian Dean.
The Work Ethic, Redefined, Virginia Postrel.
Why Serve and Learn in Mexico?, The International Partnership for Service Learning.
The Volunteers, Peter Matthiessen.
5. Popular Culture.
A Black Fan of Country Music Tells All, Lena Williams.
George Harrison, Dave Laing and Penny Valentine.
Chicken Riddle, Jane and Michael Stern.
Cheerio Seinfeld, Joyce Millman.
Where Woman Was, There Gal Shall Be, Natalie Angier.
Why Don't We Like the Human Body, Barbara Ehrenreich.
Comparing the Selections.
6. The Media.
My Sister's Dead Body Is No Longer News, Jim Heid.
The School Shootings: Why Context Counts, LynNell Hancock.
Just a Little Honest, Maureen Dowd.
Staring Back, Francine Prose.
The Difficulty of Detachment, Mary Carmichael.
Mike's On: Radio's Obscure Comic Genius, Scott Shuger.
Comparing the Selections.
7. Education.
Academia's Overheated Competition, Andrew Delbanco.
California Makes College an Entitlement, Abigail Thernstrom.
Responses to Thernstrom, Salvatore J. Catania, Anthony Q. Fletcher, John Mockler.
Grade Inflation Not Only About Harvard, Rosemary Roberts.
Angels on a Pin, Alexander Calandra.
A Student Is Not an Imput, Michele Tolela Myers.
EssayEdge.com, Web Page.
Comparing the Selections.
8. Language.
In All Ways a Woman, Maya Angelou.
The Handicap of Definition, William Raspberry.
Immigrants Need to Learn Language that Says Success, Richard Estrada.
Jargon, Bryan A. Garner.
In Search of the Appropriate Euphemism, Jonathan Yardley.
Two Languages in Mind, but Just One in the Heart, Louise Erdrich.
Comparing the Selections.
9. Ecology.
The Road to Hell is Paved, Chet Raymo.
Environmental Ed. 101, William H. Schlesinger.
A Fight to Protect Home on the Range, Rene Sanchez.
The Unknown Risks, Jeremy Rifkin.
2001: The Year of the Ocean, Robert Kunzig.
The Litany and the Heretic, The Economist.
Comparing the Selections.
10. The Internet and Technology.
Internet Opens Up Whole New World for Local Hypochondriac, The Onion.
One Internet, Two Nations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Upping the Ante, Jason Franchuk.
A Flat-Earther's Lament, Phil Leckman.
Going Mobile, Jim Coates.
Your Bionic Future, Glenn Zorpette and Carol Ezzell.
Credits.
Index of Authors, Selections, and Terms.
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Austin Powers
reviewed Point Taken: A Brief Thematic Reader on January 05, 2016 Point Taken
6.0 stars. Confession...this book gave me an earth-shattering Janeaustegasm and I am feeling a bit spent and vulnerable at the moment, so please bear with me. You see, I decided I wanted to get more literated by reading the "classicals" in between my steady flow of science fiction, mystery and horror. The question was where to begin.
After sherlocking through my Easton Press collection, I started by pulling out my Dickens and reading A Tale of Two Cities which I thought was jaw-dropping AMAZO and left me feeling warm, satisfied and content. It also made me made retrospectively pleased that I named my youngest daughter Sydney.
After Two City "Tale"ing, I decided to give this book a whirl as I kept seeing it on GR lists of "goodest books ever." However, I must admit I was hesitant going in to this for two big reasons. One, I thought it might be a bit too romantical for me. The second, and much more distressing, reason was that Twilight was on many of the same lists as this book. Austen fans should pull a nutty over that one.
So needless to say I went into this thinking I might hate it. Well, for the 999,987th time in my life (at least according to my wife's records)...I was wrong!!! I absolutely loved this book and had a mammoth, raging heart-on for it from the opening scene at the breakfast table when Father Witty (Mr. Bennet) is giving sly sarcasm to Mrs. Mommie Put Upon. I literaphorically could not get enough of this story. I was instantly captivated by the characters and Elizabeth Bennet, the main protagonist, immediately became one of my all time favorite characters. Mr. Darcy joined that party as soon as he showed up in the narrative as I thought he was terrific as well.
Overall, the writing could not have been better. It was descriptive, lush and brilliant. The story could not have been more engaging or intelligent and the characters could not have been more magnificentastic. Elizabeth and Fitz are both smart, witty, self-confident and good. Austen could not have written them better. Oh, and I am sorry if this is a bit of a minor spoiler but I need to add that George Wickham is a cock-blocking braggadouche of startling proportions. I needed to say that and now I feel better.
This one has made it onto my list of All Time Favorite novels and is truly one of the classics that lives up to its billing. A FINAL WORD TO THE GUYS: ...Guys, do not fear the Austen...embrace the Austen...HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION!!!
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