From 5128e83d2e8fffc48d49eb8ab648e8daca14dcf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Youwen Wu <youwenw@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:22:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add stuff

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 notes/2024/as-am-5/week-2.md       | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 notes/2024/math-4a/week-2/main.typ |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/notes/2024/as-am-5/week-2.md b/notes/2024/as-am-5/week-2.md
index 6ceddaf..879bc4d 100644
--- a/notes/2024/as-am-5/week-2.md
+++ b/notes/2024/as-am-5/week-2.md
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
   immigrate to US -> 1946 Phillipines gains independences -> Bulosan arrives in
   between
 - Context between Bulosan's arrival in 1930 and publication of book in 1946:
-  The Great Gatsby -> Emblematic of Roaring Twenties; not a huge hit immediately
-  -> Fitzgerald explores the life of striving outsider -> critique of American
-  promise (upwards mobility, second chances)
+  The Great Gatsby -> Emblematic of Roaring Twenties; not a huge hit
+  immediately -> Fitzgerald explores the life of striving outsider -> critique
+  of American promise (upwards mobility, second chances)
 - Context 2: The Good Earth -> American born Pearl S. Buck, daughter of
   Chinese, grew up in China, Wrote her most famous novel about inhabitants of a
   Chinese village. Shaped ways in which Americans viewed Chinese in America
@@ -45,14 +45,39 @@
   Filipino reality for Western audience, split between young and older/wiser
   Bulosan
 - What is Bulosan doing besides just talking about nature? Why is he
-  concentrating on it? -> in conversation with specific type of literary style ->
-  the "pastoral"
+  concentrating on it? -> in conversation with specific type of literary style
+  -> the "pastoral"
 - The pastoral is a literary tradition -> traditionally, poems about shepherds
-  -> beauty of life, waking up early, farming, etc -> idealized lives of the poor
-  -> tension between cultivated author and low born subjects -> Bulosan
+  -> beauty of life, waking up early, farming, etc -> idealized lives of the
+  poor -> tension between cultivated author and low born subjects -> Bulosan
   deconstructs pastoral through realism
 - Social Realism -> unvarnished and unfiltered economic racial injustice ->
-  working class figure as hero -> scrutinizing ills of society -> reality without
-  illusion -> one problem: emphasis on collective vs. individual
+  working class figure as hero -> scrutinizing ills of society -> reality
+  without illusion -> one problem: emphasis on collective vs. individual
 - Do for Filipinos in America what Lange tried to do for working class -> book
   as work of pastoral social realism
+
+## Lecture 2 (10/10)
+
+- AH is a biography in the "social realist" mode -> leaves home in the
+  Phillipines after beaten down by harsh realities of life -> tries to maintain
+  optimism about American Dream as he continues through his journey
+
+## Section
+
+- Pastoral
+- Realism -> depict life as it truly is, complexities, imperfections, etc,
+  verisimilitude
+  - Social realism -> see peoples' struggles, critiques about causes/reasons,
+
+### Writing assignment
+
+Then, please write up why Carlos portrayed them in this particular manner.
+
+Each individual should write your own answer. Please write the name of the woman you are analyzing.
+
+1. Mary Strandon
+2. Marian
+3. Judith
+
+Mary Strandon was portrayed as a kindly woman who gave Bulosan work and allowed him to read
diff --git a/notes/2024/math-4a/week-2/main.typ b/notes/2024/math-4a/week-2/main.typ
index 52896a5..40cd385 100644
--- a/notes/2024/math-4a/week-2/main.typ
+++ b/notes/2024/math-4a/week-2/main.typ
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
   ),
 )
 
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+$ integral^oo_(-oo) e^(-x^2) dif x = sqrt(pi) $