PLT Days

English 11

Ralph has been a leader by example on the island. He's allowed himself to pause and listen to reason, and at times, allowed himself to react more impulsively. In chapter 6, Ralph and Jack reconnect, despite their differences. They continue their search through chapter 7 - to be discussed today.

We will do a little discussion and writing today - we will examine the quality of leadership on the island.

English 12

Part 2 chapter 9 is a big chapter - packed with political messaging and explanation. Our neighbours just had an election. What an amazing opportunity!

Some powerful quotes to frame the day:
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire

and...

"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into." - Jonathan Swift

And back to 1984

1. "In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of of poverty and ignorance." (p. 198)

2. "... he may be aware that the entire war is spurious and is either not happening or is being waged for purposes quite other than the declared ones; but such knowledge is easily neutralized by the technique of doublethink... with Oceania the undisputed master of the world." (p. 200-201)

3. "To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies - all this is indispensably necessary." (p. 223)

4. "World-conquest is believed in most firmly by those who know it to be impossible. This peculiar linking-together of opposites-knowledge with ignorance, cynicism with fanaticism - is one of the chief distinguishing marks of Oceanic society." (p. 225)

5. "For it is only be reconciling contradictions that power can be retained indefinitely." (p. 225)

6. "The prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity." (p. 225)

English 10

For our PLT day, we'll be writing our essay. See below for topics. Remember: Your planning can only contain your claim, 3 reasons and quotes. No additional text.