Welcome...and initial guidelines...

This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

Weekly plans and other materials will always be posted in Vista, not this blog. So go to Bb Vista to get the discussion prompts and other instructions.

I intend this blog to manage our discussions and track our collective investigation.

You should have received an email from me inviting you to become a contributor to this blog. The email was sent Monday afternoon to your official Drexel email address.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Bartleby and Iraq

Most of the people that posted to the blog were not directly involved or affected by the war. In Bartleby the lawyer was not directely affected in kicking Bartleby out of the office. The lawyer wanted to do everything he could to help Bartleby be on his own and no longer be homeless. He even offered him money and eventually a place to stay. This is similar in the way we are helping Iraq set up a new government so they can thrive on their own. Unfortunately, Bartleby dies in the story so you could forshadow that Iraq will fail. I do not think this will be the case though, we have come this far and we will not stop until we win.

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