HighDivorce Rates in USA and the effects of seperation
“the elephant in the room” (phrase) – an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed; an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss (Wikipedia)
During this unit, we will use the fiction genre to consider the problem of omission, or rather, “the elephant in the room” – an obvious problem that no one wants to talk about because it is uncomfortable, offensive, or difficult to articulate. We will relate these elephants in the room of the story to the elephants in the nation: communication vs. “need-to-know,” sexual identity vs. the institution of marriage, race, gender, religion/faith, drug use/abuse, suicide/homicide, grief, adoption vs. biological children, failure/realization of the American Dream, personal prejudice, etc. For this unit, you will explore how the characters sidestep a serious problem, how this problem comes to light, is either solved or completely avoided, and what consequences those decisions produce. You will use the texts we study as support to explain a larger problem in our society, including outside research. Alongside this, you will create a group concept map comparing and contrasting the texts we use to better analyze, interpret, and understand how these texts relate to one another.
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