Monday, October 21, 2013

Activity 15: Making Predictions and Asking Questions

1. What topics related to the issue of how society values life do you think Ebert might have talked about in his interview?

   The values of life in Eberts interview about how he had to make some difficult decision I his life for instance. Doctors could have gave Eberts a surgery to let him talk again but he made the decision to not talk. The text reminded me of Hamlets to be or not to be text, because he had to make the decision to kill someone to become super wealthy but living with the regret of killing someone or not killing someone that would make his life terrible. 

2. Do you think Elbert's claim about the value of life will agree with hamlet's or not?

   I feel like Elbert's claim would not be as drastic as hamlet's because hamlet had to choose whether he wanted a wealthy life or a poor life, to kill a man or not to kill a man. Where Elbert's was to basically make decisions that would influence his life in many different ways. Like for him to talk again or for him to get surgery to life for one more week. But he wouldn't live with the dread of killing someone to get where he was.  

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