Our discussion specifically focused on changes that were made in the adaptation of the story and how those affected the story. Main points from this discussion were:
- In the movie, Hazel is in the kitchen for the whole broadcast instead of on the couch with George. The class felt this made the movie better because it created more tension. George has his handicaps and everyone felt that while watching it they knew he would soon forget it because of his handicaps. If Hazel were to see Harrison on TV she would at least remember it. People felt that watching George and knowing he wouldn't remember it and that Hazel hadn't seen it made it that much harder to watch because we know all along that what is happening will be forgotten.
In class, I talked about how this is an example of dramatic irony. Here, we as the audience, can see what is going to happen and understand more about the situation than the characters in it, but are unable to change the course of events.
- In the movie, the handicaps and general, overall feel is much more sleek and technology oriented than in the short story. In the story, Harrison's handicaps are much more ridiculous (red clown nose, black teeth, no eyebrows) and everyone's handicaps are much simpler. People in the class felt the sleek feeling was intended to indicate that this was in the future.
At the end of our discussion, everyone handed in the Harrison Bergeron and 2081 Outline Comparison.
We then played a round of Language Ninja in preparation for the unit 1 review quiz. The rules for this game and extra roles (aside from that of player) are below.
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We then had the unit 1 roots and prefixes quiz which we corrected immediately after everyone had completed it.
Homework:
Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.
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