Jonathan Ferguson's Breaking News Report

Hello viewers, this is Jonathan Ferguson and I have a breaking news report. A fire is currently ravaging the Famous Fictional Apartment Tower on 7th street. This complex is home to some of the most notable fictional characters of the last two centuries. Distinguished residents include Stephen Dedalous, from James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Constancia Agüero, from Christina Garcia’s The Agüero Sisters, Dr. Jason Posner, from Margaret Edson’s W;t, Lily Briscoe, from Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, and the landlord, Leslie Marmon Silko, author of Storyteller. The tenants have been notified of the situation and have been informed that they have only one minute before they must be out of the building. Thankfully, some of the computer scientists in the news studio have been able to hack into the complex’s security feed so we can see the situation unfold in real-time. …show more content…
He appears aware that he can only save one personal item in addition to the necessities he must bring. He eventually whittles his choices down to his replica of the original “Green Harp” flag of Ireland, the Dedalous’s family Bible, in which is detailed each of the family’s births, deaths, and marriages from the past two centuries, and a copy of his favorite literary work, John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding. The pressure he feels to choose each of these items clouds his mind such that he cannot think rationally. Did he really think highly of these possessions, or is this pressure derived from societal and familial sources? Eventually, Stephen chooses to save a humble, empty notebook and pen. With this, he can detail his thoughts, emotions, and opinions. By discarding the other possessions, he frees himself from the forces of nationalism, religion, ancestry, and the thoughts of others, that he believes serve to constrain his personal

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