Meg Cappabianca

catch us taking the ap test online

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@michael_cappa this hit too hard pls stop

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@emanneotation Wallace definitely pin points the connection between empathy and awareness. When we live life on auto pilot, we’re blind to the people that need our empathy most. And I think most people would agree that our best days are the ones where we’re fully present and aware #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@krempaskym I might be remembering this incorrectly but I think we even listened to the speech last year in Lang but it didn’t resonate the same. It’s only when you’re days away from graduation that we realize how close we are to regular adult life #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@joey_meditz Lew programs the euphio to go off during the presentation to the FCC, so he must have some plan. Maybe he doesn’t want money, but power. If he can control everyone, money won’t even matter if society is slave to the euphio #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@layswaythebae In some ways, euphio is even more dangerous. A death from potassium cyanide is tragic but probably accidental. It’s not addictive like euphio is. Addictiveness can be abused and cause so much more harm than accidental death by exposure to a chemical #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@GengHenry Maybe this is some “lesser of two evils” approach. He chooses to portray the white communist as having sympathy, while the Asian guerrilla dictator is ruthless. As if we’re better off ruled by Soviet communism than Asian communism #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@youareasaucyboy @litwithlayton And in restoring his humanity, the poem reminds us that his legacy remains. Garner’s plants, like a grass roots movement, will grow and spread. His legacy is something that can’t be taken away because it’s part of the earth #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

The inclusion of the Kennedy family and their role in the society is interesting. JFK is famously the only catholic president, but he was more interested in widening birth control research than others. What is Vonnegut saying about the Kennedy legacy? #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

“The few people who had seen him... were women—and they disagreed fantastically as to his height, his hair color, his voice, his weight, the color of his skin.” Author chose to say that women were the ones making inconsistent ID’s, what do you take away from that? #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@EshaSinha4 This is so true. But, everyone still has their “balance point” so to speak, where their desires come to outweigh other people’s expectations. Catharine’s is at the very end. She knew she would come if he called. “She would have no choice” #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

Was anyone else reminded of Hemingway’s style in this piece? Vonnegut mostly uses short, back and forth dialogue, and when he does narrate, the sentences are very clipped. I think the story exemplifies the iceberg theory in that the real meaning is inbetween the lines #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@joey_meditz I think the whole idea of the handicapper general is absurd. She, just like everyone else, is completely normal. But, she also has a position of power. If she’s average, then how can she run the entire country? And wouldn’t people question her authority? #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@litwithlayton I think the consequences of equality Vonnegut chooses are interesting. In the Cold War, the USA & USSR competed in the space race and the olympics. We felt like we had to assert American excellence to stave off communism. That superiority is stripped away in the story #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

Jack is in no place to judge Fiona for kissing someone. Someone who’s an adult. I wouldn’t be able to bite my tongue if my partner said they kissed an 18 year old. Fiona doesn’t even explain that it was an accident, it’s just mentioned and jack has no question #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@litwithlayton J was brutally honest to F, but she bottled things up and it nearly cost their marriage. A has honest intentions but F keeps her emotions to herself. F doesn’t confide in anyone until the very end. Emotional unavailability will destroy the things and people around you #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

Pg179, Fiona describes the car being packed up in an odd way. Normally Fiona and her job are inseparable entities. But, it doesn’t say ‘with Fiona in front’; instead it’s “the judge installed in front” Here, it sounds like her job is just another item to bring with her #laylit20

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I still can’t believe that Fiona hid Adam’s poem in the drawer of her bedside table. She was so paranoid about the kiss being misconstrued, but she decides to store it away in her bedroom, an intimate place. In turn, it makes it seem like it’s some intimate secret #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@litwithlayton @EschbachJackie McEwan makes a strong argument against religion, but he doesn’t don’t consider the importance of things in moderation. Adam goes from extremely devout to abandoning his religion entirely. There are religious lifestyles between these extremes that McEwan doesn’t explore #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@litwithlayton Whether it be religion or something else, growing up with faith in something can be grounding in a lot of ways. Undoubtedly, an unwavering belief in anything can be blinding, but at a young age it can help build a strong moral foundation #laylit20

[Meg Cappabianca @CappabiancaMeg]

@sarahliucifer I got this impression too, and I was really taken aback. It may be Adam’s charm coming through. Also, while Fiona doesn’t see him romantically in that context, she definitely romanticizes raising children, as we saw on pg141 when the nieces visit #laylit20