Class Notes

- Lucas needs to leave behind three things before he can see the bear
1. Rifle
2. Compass
3. Watch
What is the connection...they are all made out of metal. They are mechanical. The idea then is that you need to remove the "trappings" of the society before you are able to see clearly.

a change or style is a change of subject

incantation is a way to describe Faulkner's writing. It means that it is not instructional.

Faulkner is trapping the reader in the moment

TAT TVAM ASI - thou art that

NETI NETI - not this or that

Two Types of Imagination...Wallace Stevens
1. Creative Imagination
-making connections and digging deeper
2. Decreative Imagination
-taking it as it is, not reading into it
-Both of these are important..you shouldn't look past either of them

The class got into a discussion on looking into things, whether it is done to much or whether it is important to do. At first I think that in class some things get way over analyzed and connections get made that I find completely over done...but on the other hand I now think being able to make connections shows intelligence. If a person is able to make connections between things that most people can't, it may just mean that the person has spent a lot more time with the subject and thought about it on all the levels. That said though..just as it says above both the creative and decreative imagination is important.

*Interesting side note that came up in class I thought was worth sharing...What is most often song stuck in ones head...
"If I only had a brain"