Lit Presentation about how lititure is all political

This talks about all lititure being political in some manner

1. By: Anoushka Popuri and Ethan Haarbrink It’s all Politcal

2. Bad political writing Overtly political writing It’s like a cliche story - the moral and theme of the story - it’s all obvious and irking Criteria: Primary intent to convey something political P rogrammatic: Overtly pushing a topic that doesn’t age well Ex: Erza Pound, a poet in fascist Italy and famous for his anti - semitist poems Usually, it’s bad writing and only useful as cultural anthropology.

3. The Story of Us Documentary by the History channel The Story of Us is a documentary detailing the history of America and is often seen as an engaging way to teach history. However, it is an example of bad political writing becase: It’s overtly political agenda make the documentary less focused on factual information and more focused on opinions. Storytelling elements are ruined with political agenda’s It’s attempt to show America in a positive light instead of a nuetral one ruin the storytelling elements.

4. Good political writing Ever so subtle It’s a good story, not cliche and not boring. When you think about the story, you can figure out what it’s implying. Criteria: The reader can relate to the main character It’s a good story The political themes are prevalent no matter the era Writer are observers and storytellers of the world. They subtly weave their observations into their story, including political ones.

5. Dry By Jarrod Shusterman and Neal Shusterman Dry follows a teen and her family as they face life or death descisions during a California drought. This is an example of good political writing because: The story telling elements of the novel make you feel immersed in novel The author subtly weaves political themes in the book and uses storytelling elements to make the reader feel the affects of the political situations in the novel One of the main themes in the novel is Individual vs. Collective Action: the narrative contrasts self - interest with collective corporation, demonstrating the debate between individual freedoms and societal obligations.

6. It’s all political It can all tie back to politics We first need to define politics: Politics means the activities of the government or people who try to influence the way a country is governed. When people think of a standard political writing, they often think of: Political Comics Posters Writing pushing a specific agenda However, we can redefine the typical definition of what is considered “Political” to be this: “ Politics means the activities of people who try to influence the way a SOCIETY operates .

7. It’s all political It can all tie back to politics With this new definition, we can unlock a whole new world of what political means. We can look at works from artist and writers all across history and specifically imagine how society operated in that time period. From that we can look at how a certain piece or art has the goal to influence the writers society in that time period. This ultimately gives us a much broader understanding of literature as a whole and allow us to reflect and see society from a different perspective. Read from book pages 118 and 119 clips.

8. The Hunger Games Reading Firstly the book “The Hunger Games”,2008, has many societal reflections such as: Inequality of class Suffering as entertainment Appearance importance Fight Club Modern Day Entertainment (movie) Moreover, we can see this principle enacted in modern day entertainment systems such as movies. The movie fight club, 1999, reflects society in ways of: Consumerism “Copy of a copy”/ “never had a original thought” Application

9. Quiz!!

10. Question 1: What makes political writing bad?

11. Answer: It’s overtly political and it’s primary intent is to be political.

12. Question 2: What makes political writing good?

13. Answer: It subtly implies its political theme and is a good story.

14. Question 3: What’s the definition of politics?

15. Answer: Politics means the activities of the government or people who try to influence the way a country is governed.

16. Question 4: Give a example of good political writing and why.

17. Answer: Answers may vary

18. Question 5: Give a example of bad political writing and why.

19. Answer: Answers may vary

20. Question 6: Why is all writing political?

21. Answer: Writing can give us a view into the world of the writer. Since writers are observers of the world, they will often weave political themes into their stories.