As we finished talking about the grief observed, we played a little game in class that I enjoyed a lot. At first I was not sure exactly what the whole point of the game. As a group we tried to build the highest and the strongest house of cards. I never thought it was going to be that much of a struggle. After a couple of minutes we finally got the second floor. No matter how careful we were, the house of cards just crumbled. We tried building it again but it would be time consuming. Towards the end of the grief observed, He relates his life to a deck of cards. I might be wrong on this one but I think the deck of card that he talks about has different levels. What I mean by that is first, you build the foundation of the house level 1. This is keeping the whole house sturdy. This would be the highest and the toughest level. Level 2 would be the second floor of the house. You have to be a little patient with it but as long as you have level 1 you should be fine. That goes for the third or the fourth floor. I am relating this to his wife's death because him and his wife started a foundation together. They started building their relationship the first day they met. In his eye's his wife's death would be a level 1 and the bottom of the house of cards. It took away his foundation and now he has nothing. This might be a weird way of looking at it, but you will never really know his true thoughts behind those words. I really enjoyed reading this book and doing some fun activities in class. It really opened my mind so I can feel exactly how the author felt in the book.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Discussion about the Grief Observed
As we finished talking about the grief observed, we played a little game in class that I enjoyed a lot. At first I was not sure exactly what the whole point of the game. As a group we tried to build the highest and the strongest house of cards. I never thought it was going to be that much of a struggle. After a couple of minutes we finally got the second floor. No matter how careful we were, the house of cards just crumbled. We tried building it again but it would be time consuming. Towards the end of the grief observed, He relates his life to a deck of cards. I might be wrong on this one but I think the deck of card that he talks about has different levels. What I mean by that is first, you build the foundation of the house level 1. This is keeping the whole house sturdy. This would be the highest and the toughest level. Level 2 would be the second floor of the house. You have to be a little patient with it but as long as you have level 1 you should be fine. That goes for the third or the fourth floor. I am relating this to his wife's death because him and his wife started a foundation together. They started building their relationship the first day they met. In his eye's his wife's death would be a level 1 and the bottom of the house of cards. It took away his foundation and now he has nothing. This might be a weird way of looking at it, but you will never really know his true thoughts behind those words. I really enjoyed reading this book and doing some fun activities in class. It really opened my mind so I can feel exactly how the author felt in the book.
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I like how you analyzed the house of cards to C.S. Lewis and his wife's relationship. I totally agree with you.
ReplyDeleteI like the perspective on the different levels of the card house. I feel like I could add even more to my blog entry on just that alone. The base of a house is the sturdiest and building a base to anything is probably the most important part for building whatever it is we're building.
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