I stumbled across this and thought it was a funny explanation of how human perspective and memory can alter "reality".

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GROUP MEMBERS: Sandra, Rachel, and Jacky

For our proposal we wanted to go with what seemed most popular in all the individual proposals, because we felt that what mattered was that everyone would enjoy at least some books and or movies on the list.

Below is our proposal:

Most Popular

 After our class discussion on Tuesday and after reading the group suggestions, I think that our syllabus should include a variety of different genres and mediums. People in the class where interested in different mediums, like film, and different themes and ideas, like religion, science and race. I don't think we should limit ourselves to two topic themes. I think we should read whole texts as opposed to reading excerpts from chosen books because you will be better equipped to talk about the book. I really liked the idea of comparison between the texts, but it does not have to be, in my opinion, reading two books, comparing them and then choosing another two books and so on. I think that what we have been doing so far with comparing books has worked for us.

Since all of the proposals from Tuesday are held together by one central theme, the best way to choose a syllabus would be to decide as a class what theme everyone is most interested in studying- history, science, personal identity, a compare/contrast approach to the reading, etc. I think that it will be easier to choose books to read if all of them fall under the same broad idea.

Personally, I like the idea of the construction of reality that one group suggested. The idea of what is reality seems to be a major theme of the course already, and it would be interesting to keep exploring this question. Also, “What is reality?” is a broad enough question that it could definitely take us until the end of the semester to discuss.

Week One: Clash of Civilizations

9/11 Commission Report  - A Graphic Adaptation (we could also read the original text but this plays with form)

Path to Paradise: The Inner World of Suicide Bombers and Their Dispatchers  -

Week Two: Environmentalism and Capitalism

Week One: Clash of Civilizations

9/11 Commission Report  - A Graphic Adaptation (we could also read the original text but this plays with form)

Path to Paradise: The Inner World of Suicide Bombers and Their Dispatchers  -

Week Two: Environmentalism and Capitalism

When we gathered in groups today to write down a group proposal, we looked at all the books that the other people proposed and tried to find the most interesting and most suggested forms of writing. We decided that the best way to continue this semester is to choose different mediums, some of which we have explored earlier this semester such as graphic novels, and others that we have not yet studied, such as documentary and film. We considered dividing the books to a variety of categories to explore diverse forms of writing.

The books are listed in the order we thought would transition us from the books we read so far to where we could be:

1. History: Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson

2. Science: Spook by Mary Roach