Comments on: Articles http://webbmaster.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/articles/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Amanda http://webbmaster.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/articles/#comment-15 Amanda Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:02:03 +0000 http://webbmaster.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-15 Both of these articles seem to have lots of info for you to compare with the play. In discussing either of them, make sure that you address why the play presents the side of the story that it does. For example, the play glosses over a lot of Henderson and McKinney's personal history, but a lot of the media focused on their own troubled youths. You could also ask who in the play tells us about the murderers - do they get a fair shot in the play? The second article could provide a really interesting opportunity for you to compare what the homosexuals in Laramie say about the way they are treated as opposed to what some of the other residents say about it. You could talk about how the play's presentation of the reality of the town relates to what the article tells us and why the playwrights decided to present the town in the manner that they did. Both of these articles seem to have lots of info for you to compare with the play. In discussing either of them, make sure that you address why the play presents the side of the story that it does. For example, the play glosses over a lot of Henderson and McKinney’s personal history, but a lot of the media focused on their own troubled youths. You could also ask who in the play tells us about the murderers – do they get a fair shot in the play?

The second article could provide a really interesting opportunity for you to compare what the homosexuals in Laramie say about the way they are treated as opposed to what some of the other residents say about it. You could talk about how the play’s presentation of the reality of the town relates to what the article tells us and why the playwrights decided to present the town in the manner that they did.

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