"Love" Assignment due 2/14
English Assignment for Week of February 12-16 "Love"
"Sanskrit has ninety-six words for love; ancient Persian has eighty; Greek three; and English simply one." -probably from Robert Johnson. This sounds cool, but it is not really true.
In English we have many words for kinds of love: lust, desire, affection, adore, longing, family, respect, admiration. We will say, "I adore him," or "I am hot for her," or "I totally respect you," or "I am fond of you," or "You are like family to me." Yeow! No wonder we are confused about love.
Think about all the kinds of love you have known. This quote is all over the web, and I haven't sourced it yet. It's not quite true, though.
From Swamp Donkey, a blog: All you need is love? Friday October 07th 2005, 11:18 pm Filed under: thoughtful inklings, Philosophy
Assignment
The writing assignment is to research the term “love” and respond in a 500 word essay (2 typed pages), 2/14.
Look at the three types of love: agape, eros and philia. Which do you think is the most valuable?
Do you think love is the most effective weapon against hate?
Is there a role for romantic love in the world, or is this a western concept which is highly overrated?
Are greeting card businesses and the candy stores a means to exploit the insecurities of the public?
Am I being too cynical?What’s wrong with flowers and candy on Valentine’s Day? What would the world be like without Cupid, Hallmark, KKSF, candlelight and special delivery?
After reading about the different expressions of love, and the three linguistic interpretations of the word “love,” choose one aspect of the word to support or deny its virtues.
Remember, after you determine your angle on the topic, complete the essay planning sheet, and perhaps develop an outline (Hacker, Ch. 1). Be certain to use a variety of support for your claim or thesis: examples, analogies, definitions, expert opinion, statistics, anecdotes, etc. Be prepared to present your argument to class on Wednesday, Feb. 14.
Extra: Bring in something concrete that illustrates your concept of love, if such "thing" exists.
English Assignment for Week of February 12-16 "Love"
"Sanskrit has ninety-six words for love; ancient Persian has eighty; Greek three; and English simply one." -probably from Robert Johnson. This sounds cool, but it is not really true.
In English we have many words for kinds of love: lust, desire, affection, adore, longing, family, respect, admiration. We will say, "I adore him," or "I am hot for her," or "I totally respect you," or "I am fond of you," or "You are like family to me." Yeow! No wonder we are confused about love.
Think about all the kinds of love you have known. This quote is all over the web, and I haven't sourced it yet. It's not quite true, though.
From Swamp Donkey, a blog: All you need is love? Friday October 07th 2005, 11:18 pm Filed under: thoughtful inklings, Philosophy
Assignment
The writing assignment is to research the term “love” and respond in a 500 word essay (2 typed pages), 2/14.
Look at the three types of love: agape, eros and philia. Which do you think is the most valuable?
Do you think love is the most effective weapon against hate?
Is there a role for romantic love in the world, or is this a western concept which is highly overrated?
Are greeting card businesses and the candy stores a means to exploit the insecurities of the public?
Am I being too cynical?What’s wrong with flowers and candy on Valentine’s Day? What would the world be like without Cupid, Hallmark, KKSF, candlelight and special delivery?
After reading about the different expressions of love, and the three linguistic interpretations of the word “love,” choose one aspect of the word to support or deny its virtues.
Remember, after you determine your angle on the topic, complete the essay planning sheet, and perhaps develop an outline (Hacker, Ch. 1). Be certain to use a variety of support for your claim or thesis: examples, analogies, definitions, expert opinion, statistics, anecdotes, etc. Be prepared to present your argument to class on Wednesday, Feb. 14.
Extra: Bring in something concrete that illustrates your concept of love, if such "thing" exists.
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 12:35 PM
13 Comments:
Hi Professor Wanda, I haven't been able to come to class as much due to family and work obligations but I still will be keeping up with class and assignments. I will discuss this with you further more another time but I will be returning to class. Thanks again and I will talk to you sometime early this week.
-Marlena Vee
I know that "LOVE" is not for everyone and that many people do not believe in it. According to the online dictionay www.dictionary.com love is 1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
3. sexual passion or desire.
I think that love is a very personal thing to many people and that a lot of people think that this word is used to common such as the word "the" or "that"--Its to common. So that its losing there value.
While sitting in class today and listening to the different point of views about love, It was interesting. I learned my classmates different perspectives about the three different types of love.But I still believe that Agape loves is the one thats most valuable. Because its a kind of universal love that you can express to anyone, not to any specific person.
~Anisa Hassan~
love, it has different meanting by value different thing. In reality that we should understanding that love that we should tolerate and cherish it.
yanli
Jennie Vannavong
English 1A
M-TR 8-9am
LOve is such a broad topic. It can also be defined in so many ways. Out of all three kinds of love (Philia, Agape, and aeros) I believe that Aeros is the one i cherish most. One reason why is because I believe that Aeros is the most significant. Some people never even get to experience Aeros, people who do are lucky.
I find eros the most amazing of all .Because it is a special bondage between humans,that would give affection and respect.Eros is more related to sexual desire and it plays a big role in continuation of human race.
Wondwosen A.
Brittany, you need to post this on the English 201 blog site.
Jade Hooker
Professor Sabir
English 1a
8-9
Love
its not that hard to describe love if one knows what love truly is. I am not saying I am an expert at love, but I Love is just like lip loss. All girls want it and cannot live without it.
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