Remember to read "Out of Sight" for Thursday's class; we'll have another quiz based on some of the questions below. These questions will also guide our discussion and give you ideas that will relate to our 'conversation' and the paper assignments to follow.
* Knighton writes that "a safari, by cliche and assumption, is overwhelmingly driven by photography" (181). How might photographs and the act of taking pictures get in the way of having an authentic experience with the environment?
* Why does the author learn that taste, as much as sight, is crucial to understanding the animals in a given environment? What can taste allow you to 'see' on a safari?
* The author talks of wanting to collect "audio postcards" in the essay. What is this, and why might it be as valuable as a photo--or even more so?
* What is the limitation to "simply point[ing] to a distant scene and label[ing] it with names and facts like captions" (184)? Why doesn't this really capture the beauty and danger of the wild?
* How might this essay relate to the world outside of the safari? Do we read the world too much with our eyes? What could we 'see' if we chose to listen--or taste--as much as look?
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