Rainy Days and Mondays Alwaaaaaays Get me Down....

Humanitarians,

Do you know this song by the Carpenters? NO?! Well, you must listen...

I always kind of thought young my mom looked like Karen Carpenter....

Anyway, today in Humanities, we did a little more with the epic Epic of Gilgamesh. You should be able to answer the following questions based on your reading and our discussion today. 

1. Based on what we know of Gilgamesh from this excerpt, what is his flaw?  How does this flaw hinder his quest?  Be sure to justify it with evidence from the text.
2. It is often said that the Epic Hero always achieves his goal.  Is this true in the Gilgamesh excerpt?  Why or Why not?
3. Gilgamesh was ⅔ god and ⅓ man. What conflict might derive from such a combination?

4. Many students mentioned that an Epic has a message or moral.  What central message do you see in this excerpt?  
5. Do you think most people today share the feelings Gilgamesh has regarding death?  What evidence do you see in people’s behavior to support your answer?
6. Is immortality possible? Is it desirable?

Still feel like you can't?! SEE YOUR TEACHER! We will wrap up our conversation about good old Gilgy tomorrow!

You have some homeworks coming up...starting to feel a little more like Humanities up in here.

• CE (with two questions) tomorrow
• WHAP pg. 128-29 is due Wednesday
• Words for Nerds is due 10/6 (this is a week from Thursday and the day after Stanton's birthday)
• Epic project is due 10/13 (this is two weeks from Thursday - closer than it sounds)

This day in history? Let's. 

• 1789: Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State.



TJ, and also Me in my Saturday training on Islamic Art. 



tenuously related at best, but made me LOL

• 1820: Frontiersman, Daniel Boone, died in Missouri. Well, Missouri/Misery whatever. 



this feels Texan to me...



having lived there for 12 days....accurate 

• 1950: The UN recaptured Seoul, the capital of South Korea, from the North Koreans. 
• 1960: Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy took part in the first televised presidential debate. And now, 56 years later, the first debate of this election airs! How exciting!

• 1986: William H. Rehnquist was sworn in as the 16th chief justice of the Supreme Court. Our current chief justice is Justice John Roberts and is only #17. 
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For this week's social media to check out...I take us back to tumblr. Check out http://roricomics.tumblr.com/ - she is doing comic illustrations of 100 historically important women in 100 days and honestly, it's pretty awesome. And some are people we will definitely cover in this course!
 

Finally, in case you need some here are some humanities experience ideas:

• GO TO THE SISTINE CHAPEL! At the Fair! So your fair ticket was free, and tickets to the Sistine Chapel exhibit are only $8. Totally worth it. Remember, fair alone, while awesome, doesn't count. 
• Rent the Musical is here through this weekend!
• Speaking of theatre Constellations is still going on and I've heard great things about the Cara Mia's production of Crystal City 1969. 
• Finally, coming up is one of the few movies we take! It's Hitchcocktober! There are options every Thursday in October + Psycho  on Halloween !

Have a good Monday!

- cbg

i see you, walking home. and i'm sad for you from inside of my car

lol. stanton this is for you