The Power of Imagination
Have you ever felt fear, joy, wonder, or grief because of an animal? To remember incidents, create a list of family pets since you were young. To recall other animal encounters, create associations from the words circus, outdoors and camping. And don’t forget “lowly” animals like bugs and mice: any experience that raises lingering feelings or questions is a good topic.
Write a poem to another creature, -fly, cockroach, spider, moth. Imitate Burns. 8 lines
Penguin, I think it must be very nice
To stroll about upon the ice,
Night and day, day and night,
Wearing only black and white,
Always in your Sunday best
Black tailcoat and pearl, white vest.
To stroll about so pleasantly
Beside the cold and silent sea
Would really suit me to a T!
I think it must be very nice
To stroll with penguins on the ice.
Why do human beings do evil? Why do evil people sometimes prosper? Why does God allow innocent children to suffer?
If you could cry out against an evil of our day -and get people to listen-, which social problem would you choose? Why would you choose it?
In The Poison Tree, by William Blake, the speaker describes what happens when anger is left unresolved. What happens to anger that is allowed to grow and fester, anger that is nurtured with our own deceit?
Think of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. What does confession mean to you? What purpose does confession have for the teller and listener? Is a listener even necessary? Why do you think the act of confession plays such an important part in law and religion?
