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THEIDIOCYOFURBANLIFETHEIDIOCYOFURBANLIFEUnit10Unit10Unit10Watchthemovieclipandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatisDoug’scompliant?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationDougfeelsguiltyforhisfamilybecauseheistoooverworkedandoverscheduledtofindtimeforhiswifeandkids,letaloneforhimself.Heisbecomingresentfulabouttheheavyburden.Dr.Leedsoffersasolution:Dougobviouslyneedstobecloned.2.WhatisDr.Leeds’solutiontoDoug’sproblem?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationDoug:ThenIgetresentfulbecauseIfeellikeIshouldhave,youknowmaybealittletimeformyself.It’slikeworkisfirst,myfamilyisaclosesecondandI’madistantthird,bringinguptherear.Youknow?Isthatcrazy?Dr.Leeds:Idon’tknow.I’mnotapsychiatrist.Anyway,youdon’tneedone.Iftheproblemsonyourmindarereal,thatrequiresrealsolutions.Doug:Well,then...Whatdoyoudo?Dr.Leeds:Itoldyou.Imakemiracles.Icreatetime.Imakeclones.Doug,sitdown.I’mageneticist.FifteenyearsagoIstartedcloningviruses.Andthen,tenyearsago,Iclonedanearthworm.Doug:Godblessyou,sir.VideoScript1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationDr.Leeds:Andthen...achimp.Andlastyear...Lastyear...Man#1:Hithere.Dr.Leeds:Justintime.Man#1:Hello.Dr.Leeds:ThisisDougKinney.Heisdoingournewoffices.Man#1:Oh,sure,IknowDoug.Youknow,heandIwentovertheplansoneday.Dr.Leeds:Oh?Man#1:Youweresailing.Doug:Wait,wait,wait…Dr.Leeds:YouunderstandwhatI’msuggesting?Doug:Yeah,sure.What’snottounderstand?Youxeroxpeople.VideoScript1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationVideoScript1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationDr.Leeds:Inaway.Man#1:Sortof.Dr.Leeds:Theproceduretakesabouttwohours.Ittakesmoreorlesstwohours.Andintheend,youhaveeverythingyouneed.Whatisitthat,youknow,Ineed?Doug:Time!Dr.Leeds:Allyouneed.Foreverything.Doug:Say,I’minterested,youknow.Whatwoulda...youknow,nothingfancy,justabasic,youknow,justabasic...youknowclone-jobcost?1.Theauthor－HenryFairlieCulturalinformation1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationHenryFairlie(1924－1990)wasaBritishexpatriatejournalistandsocialcritic.Hespent36yearsasaprominentfreelancewriteronbothsidesoftheAtlantic,appearinginTheSpectator,TheNewRepublic,TheWashingtonPost,TheNewYorker,andmanyotherpapersandmagazines.Hewasalsotheauthoroffivebooks,mostnotablyTheKennedyPromise,anearlyrevisionistcritiqueoftheU.S.presidencyofJohnF.Kennedy.In2009,BitetheHandThatFeedsYou:EssaysandProvocations,waspublishedasananthologyofhiswork.Hewroteinamannerthatwasoften“tongue-in-cheek”(intendedtobehumorousandnotmeantseriously)topointtosomeoftheamusingthingsaboutcitylife.2.Thoreau’sWaldenCulturalinformation2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationModernpeoplehavelongbeentiredandboredbytheidiocyofcitylife.Sotheyseekotherpossiblewaysoflivingawayfromcitylife.Thoreau’sWaldenisaninfluentialworkofthistype,inwhichtheauthorisolateshimselffromsocietytogainamoreobjectiveunderstandingofit.Simplelivingandself-sufficiencywereThoreau’sothergoals,andthewholeprojectwasinspiredbytranscendentalistphilosophy,acentralthemeoftheAmericanRomanticPeriod.Throughthefollowingquote,wemayseehisstancebetter.Culturalinformation2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformation“IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwishedtolivedeliberately,tofrontonlytheessentialfactsoflife,andseeifIcouldnotlearnwhatithadtoteach,andnot,whenIcametodie,discoverthatIhadnotlived.Ididnotwishtolivewhatwasnotlife,livingissodear;nordidIwishtopractiseresignation,unlessitwasquitenecessary.Iwantedtolivedeepandsuckoutallthemarrowoflife,tolivesosturdilyandSpartan-likeastoputtoroutallthatwasnotlife,tocutabroadswathandshaveclose,todrivelifeintoacorner,andreduceittoitslowestterms,and,ifitprovedtobemean,whythentogetthewholeandgenuinemeannessofit,andpublishitsmeannesstotheworld;orifitweresublime,toknowitbyexperience,andbeabletogiveatrueaccountofitinmynextexcursion.”StructuralanalysisThistextfallsinthegenericcategoryofargumentation.Mostargumentationconsistsofthreeparts:thethesisoftheauthor,theevidencetosupportthethesis,andthesummaryorconclusionoftheargument.Thistextfollowsthispatterntoo.PartI(Paragraphs1—2):Theauthorpresentsthethesisofhisargument:aggressivelyindividualisticandatomizedurbanlifetodaygoesagainstboththepurposeofthecityandhumannature,andthusisfoolish.RhetoricalfeaturesStructuralanalysisPartII(Paragraphs3—9):Theauthorprovidesevidencefortheidiocyofurbanlife,suchaspeoplelivingoutsidethecityboundaries,maintainingthepointlessfrenzyoftheirworkhoursintheirhoursoff,andisolatingthemselvesfromnature.StructuralanalysisRhetoricalfeaturesStructuralanalysisPartIII(Paragraph10):Theauthorreiterateshispoint.RhetoricalFeatures1Inanyargumentation,theauthorhasathesisofhisown.Sodoestheauthorofthistext.Wecanseefromthetitleandthetextproperthathetakesanegativeattitudetowardsurbanlifebyusingalotofattitudinalwordsandexpressions.RhetoricalfeaturesStructuralanalysis•TheIdiocyofUrbanLife•Urbanlifeisaggressivelyindividualisticandatomized.•Citiesarenotsocialplaces.•lunacyofmoderncitylife•createsimulationsofit(rurallife)•apretencetoboskywoodlands•Citydwellerstaketheirfilthwiththem..