For this discussion, choose one question from 1 through 4. In addition, answer Questions 5. As before, if four other students have already answered one question, choose a different question. We are getting to the point in the session when our discussions start to overlap a bit, so expect a new discussion shortly.

Were the liberated prisoners in Borowski’s “Silence” justified in their actions? Why or why not? What do you think motivated Borowski to write “Silence”? What makes you think so?

Explain what Anzaldua means by this sentence in paragraph ten, “Language is a male discourse.” Consider her later claim that some speakers in the USA suffer from ongoing “Linguistic Terrorism” in light of the saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” How does language help some people exclude or include others? Is the effect of exclusion as dramatic as Anzaldua claims, or not particularly hurtful, as implied in the saying?

Has Valenzuela done an effective job in dramatizing how the average citizen, when given the opportunity to wield power, will buy into the system? Does she convince you that power corrupts even idealistic individuals? Why or why not?

Valenzuela implies that oppressive regimes maintain their power not just by killing and jailing their opponents, but by corrupting and co-opting them as well. Do you think she overstates her case? Why or why not?

How do Brecht and Atwood write against the versions of history and human conflicts most often propagated in textbooks and documentaries? How did you respond to their approaches?
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