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Exploring Themes in "The Illustrated Man" and Online Discussions

Dive into the themes of “The Illustrated Man” and explore online discussions about the text, covering topics like identity, technology, and the future of humanity.

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Exploring Themes in "The Illustrated Man" and Online Discussions

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  1. Part 3 Close Reading 39.10.201

  2. CHECK IN • In “The Concrete Mixer,” what destroys Ettil? • Why does Braling order a “marionette”? Where does he want to go? • What does “the city” want to send back to Earth? • Why can’t Bodoni go to Mars? What does he do for his children to take them there? • What does the narrator see about his own future in the illustrated man’s tattoos?

  3. Blog Construction • Starting • Dashboard • Themes • Pages • Uploading work

  4. Online Sources • What are some of the discussions of the text online? • What did you find? • Where? • Themes discussed? Major ideas or symbols in the text? • What isn’t discussed on these sites? What are they missing?

  5. Overall Analysis • BRAINSTORM IN GROUPS OF 3: • What are other themes, ideas, images, arguments, etc. presented in the text that seem important? What texts do these themes/ideas appear in?

  6. Unit 1 Project Summary • Go online to readingnewtechnologies.wordpress.com • Unit 1

  7. Creating questions from those themes • How do the stories in Illustrated man depict “rocket men”? What is the role of rocket men in the future? What kind of picture does Bradbury paint of them? • Text selection: • What text would you chose to go along with this question? • What passage?

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