POINT OF IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION! YOUR PECHA KUCHA SOULD NOT REFER TO THE NOVEL. Rather, it is a 'close reading' of your world and the theme of the Power of One as you experience and witness it in life.
Below is my attempt to distill our discussions of the last 2 classes.
- For Monday, please do your best to review up to chapter 21.
- Give some thought to what The Power of One is. (brainstorm)
- Consider places in your own life/world that you see this idea/theme enacted.
Ms. S
Ch. 13,14,16 Power of one
Last
time we looked at the story as a wheel with PK at the hub. We saw that one
person’s actions can drive a whole host of foreseen and unforeseen consequences.
We noted that PK’s actions and identity in this setting contributes to the
development of a reciprocity/connection/P1.
We
troubled the notion of a white male, in that context, being written/portrayed
as a ‘saviour/hero’ of sorts.
This
time, we looked at the connections among all the characters with PK as part of
a matrix or a web. We noted how each individual/group is involved in a reciprocal
action and reaction. Nothing positive/negative/neutral can happen unless in
relationship somehow.
We
acknowledged that because it is his voice/version we are reading (the novel is
written in the first person), it frames the story with him at the centre. In
fact, in the novel, as in life, this is a distortion.
We next
noted, that when we draw/view the relationships/motivations/actions out this
way, PK stops being see as a driver
who is central to the action, is in
many ways, a minor player in another’s ‘hero’s journey’.
In
this way, the characters in their contexts act (even unwittingly) almost as
metaphorical ‘gears’ each one ‘turning’ the other to create ‘motion.’
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