The Captain Is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship

Please remark before we return from spring break on which of Bukowski's observations on writers and writing resonante most with you and why. If you wish, you can also comment on his writing style, which has been widely admired and imitated.

A Hanging

George Orwell's journalistic essays have been described as having a "you-are-there" documentary feel. Identify at least one technique or characteristic of his writing in "A Hanging" that, in your own opinion, contributes to this effect. See Orwell link below for further insight.

Art & Fear

Is there a particular statement in Art & Fear that especially speaks to you? Which one? Why?