Class assignment
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Keep in mind this dictionary definition.
sentimental
adjective
dealing with feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way : a sentimental ballad.
A and B are having a friendly argument.
A: Of course Our Town is sentimental. It says life is wonderful. We just don’t realize it. What nonsense.
B: Our Town is not sentimental. It says most of us can’t see what’s special about life. That’s pretty tough-minded.
A: No, it’s sentimental. Do you think if we could slow down time, like Emily wants to do, that life would be wonderful? It would be a prolonged crisis. Or at least most of it would be accompanied by a low-level hum of anxiety.
B: But Our Town also says that life doesn’t count for much in the vastness of time and space. That’s not sentimental.
A: But telling us that life is fragile and precious because it’s lost in the vastness of time and space is very sentimental.
B: No, because it’s true.
A: I guess we have to agree to disagree.
B: Why don’t we ask the students whether they think Our Town is sentimental?
A: Right here in this blog.
B: And ask them to respond to each other’s comments in a well-mannered running argument.
A: And remind them to sign their comments.
B: And every so often to plunge back in to respond to their responders.
A: And to consider the production as well as the script.
B: Consider them asked.
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