About this trail:
871 & 872: This trail is designed to help you understand how realistic fiction can reflect the real world. In this, you will see how The Red Bow, by George Saunders, is an allegory for how America (and Americans) changed after 9/11.
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Trail link: http://trailfire.com/danbarkan/trails/97008
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871 & 872: Refer to this page as a reference.
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871 & 872: What event in The Red Bow is most similar to the destruction of the Twin Towers? Be sure to explain your answer.
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871 & 872: Describe how the tragedy in The Red Bow brings out the best and the worst of the people in the village.
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871 & 872: Complete this sentence: "The ideas and events in this story are similar to those in The Red Bow in that _______ ."
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871 & 872: What ideas are personified by the sad cats, the angry leaves, the talking wind, and the other strange events in "The Cats of 9/11"? (If you don't know what personification is, click the link on the page.)
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871 & 872: The remaining comics in this trail are satirical: they seem to be serious, but really they are making fun of their subjects. Please keep that in mind as you read them.
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871 & 872: This cartoon is satirizing the PATRIOT Act. In other words, it is pointing out the problem with passing laws that protect the government and not the citizens. What events in The Red Bow could we also say this cartoon is satirizing?
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871 & 872: First, look up the word "dissent."
Then answer the following: What event from end of The Red Bow is most closely related to this quote from the comic: "Nor can we allow dissenters to use freedom of speech as an excuse to undermine our unity"?
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871 & 872: Revisit The Cats of 9/11 (page 4 in the trail). Copy and paste a small part of it that you think is similar to the idea expressed in this cartoon. Explain why you made your choice. ("I chose this part because ______ .")
HINT!: The title of this cartoon is "We've got to attack ... something."
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871 & 872: How is the idea of destroying the moon because it may some day hurt people similar to the idea of killing all dogs, all cats, all birds and all fish in The Red Bow?
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871 & 872: What are some of the similarities (analogies) between the events in The Red Bow and the events after 9/11 as described in the comics?
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871 & 872: What "moral lesson" do you think The Red Bow is trying to teach?
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871 & 872: This is a three part question.
First: Google ONE of the following: The House Un-American Activities Committee OR sedition laws OR cointelpro OR Japanese Internment Camps.
Second: Write a brief explanation of what the item you Googled is.
Third: Complete the sentence: "I think this comic was included in the trail because ______."
Hint!: Think of this quote from The Red Bow: "Kill every dog, every cat, she said very slowly. Kill every mouse, every bird. Kill every fish. Anyone objects, kill them too."
