2. AGENDA
0 Essay #3 Due
0 Group Discussions: Justice and A Game of Thrones
0 Get into your teams to consider the application of Cicero
and Thoreau to A Game of Thrones
0 Class discussion: Cicero/Thoreau
0 In-class writing: Generating prompts

3. Essay #3
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4. Injustice
Get into your
teams to consider
the application of
Cicero and
Thoreau to A
Game of Thrones.
Make sure to find
textual evidence
to support your
claims.
Group Discussions: Justice and
A Game of Thrones

5. Justice and A Game of Thrones
“The Defense of Injustice”
“Civil Disobedience”

6. Generating  Using Cicero or Thoreau, and
Prompts A Game of Thrones, write one
or two good questions that you
might consider answering for
your final paper.
 Using Machiavelli or Lao-tzu,
and A Game of Thrones, write
one or two good questions that
you might consider answering
for your final paper. .

7. Brainstorming Essay
Prompts: Example
0 Is civil disobedience a practical and worthwhile response
to injustice?
0 Identify an example (or two) of Thoreauvian-style “Civil
Disobedience” in A Game of Thrones.
0 Argue for its success or failure as both a social protest and a
personal undertaking. That is, does it disrupt or change the
status quo? Do the personal risks and sacrifices outweigh the
consequences of the disobedience?
0 Finally, argue either for or against “civil disobedience” as an
approach that should be used in contemporary society?

8. Generating Prompts
1. Using Cicero or Thoreau, and A Game of
Thrones, write one or two good questions that
you might consider answering for your final
paper.
2. Using Machiavelli or Lao-tzu, and A Game of
Thrones, write one or two good questions that
you might consider answering for your final
paper. .

9. Homework
0 Post #28 How can we apply the
philosophy of Cicero and/or
Thoreau to A Game of Thrones?
0 Post #29 Generating prompts:
Using one of the four authors we
have read so far, write a potential
prompt for our final essay (see
slide 6).
0 Read A World of Ideas: Plato's
"Allegory of the Cave" (443-453)
0 Post #30 Questions (TBD) for
Critical Reading: (pages 453-54)