august 21

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Life is Life" by Noah and the Whale; "Golden Slumbers" by The Beatles]  According to author Salman Rushdie, "A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it from going to sleep."  Do you agree?  To what extent does Bukowski accomplish these goals in "The Laughing Heart"?

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/salmanrush107281.html

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. The purpose/s of language
3. Poetry-as-argument
4. Argument-as-search-for-truth
5. Why you are not entitled to your own opinion

HW:
1. Memorize and recite Bukowski
2. Finish reading/analyzing "The Right To Your Opinion"
3. Catch up on anything you're missing/ help a friend catch up

POST:
1. Anything you haven't yet.
2. A paragraph explaining to readers why no one is "entitled" to an opinion (title: YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO YOUR OPINION)