The medium is the message

TOK essay rubric

In the Skin, In depth analysis

You will have been assigned one to read and present:

feel free to read as many as you like ;)

The Use and Abuse of Myth in Michael Ondaatje’s In The Skin of A Lion

Marginalization of immigrants 

The Struggle of Postmodernism and Postcolonialism in Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion

Setting and the Communication of Ideas: Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion

In the Skin of a Lion reviews

The first sentence of every novel should be: “Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.”


Read/listen/watch these

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/104013333

http://movies2.nytimes.com/books/98/06/28/specials/ondaatje-lion.html

https://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/06/book-life-skin-lion-writer

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/sep/15/featuresreviews.guardianreview31

The Menu

Remember that the Medium is the Message; Each text type in and of itself has an internal message to its very form.
(speak to that as you analyse it, and criticise if the content clashes with the means of delivery/medium)

What is the text type?
How is the piece presented overall?
How is it divided up? (if at all)


How do the visuals speak to/inform the text (and vice-versa)?


How do the visuals work?

Right to left?
Rule of three?
Hierarchy?
Eye-line?
implied movement?
hard or soft edges? (remember the video in the office)
Colour?
graphics?
and where are the visuals in proximity to the written text, to each other (if more than one)





What rhetorical devices are employed to focus the reader and why?

contrast/ juxtaposition
listing (rule of three)
repetition (anaphora, alliteration, consonance, assonance, rhyme)
hyperbole
understatement
use of 'facts'
jargon
naming
attempts to engender empathy
attempts to engender sympathy
appeal to desire
appeal to fear
appeal to authority  (and what kind in each instance)
syllogisms
analogies

propaganda techniques
straw man
bandwagon
what about 'ism
transference




diction

syntax

tone

mood (if it describes a setting)


What poetic devices are used?

Imagery

figurative language

• metaphors
• personification
• similes
• onomatopoeia

Who is/are the audience and why?

TOK Presentation order

Anja and Megi      1 Wed 2nd

Hana and Brisila 2 Thurs 1st

David 3 Thurs 4th

Margarita 4 Thurs 2nd

Stiven 5 Thurs 6th

Elen 6 Thurs 2nd

Amina 7 Thurs 3rd

Zhaklin and Dea 8 Thurs 1st

Bjorn 9 Monday 1st

Alex 10 Thurs 3rd

Flavia 11 friday 2nd

Luna 12 Thurs 5th

Yusuf 13 fri 1st

Bora 14  wed 1st

Kejsi 15 mon 2nd

More TOK ideas

Possible TOK Presentation Topics for Students

Keep in mind that a TOK presentation contributes roughly 33% of the final course grade, so watch out! You cannot earn more than 10 points for such an assignment, so do your best to get the maximum grade as it will be easier for you to survive the rest of the examination stages. Look at the topics for TOK presentation to ease the process!

Art

1. Imagination and will of art.
2. The Coherence Theory.
3. Simple Mimesis and relation to reality.
4. Avante Garde to Chance culture.
5. Gangnam style.
6. Obesity and the world of marketing.
7. Body language.
8. Westernization in art.
9. Cultural imperialism.
10. Correlation between evolution & art.

Ethics

1. The purpose of life.
2. Utilitarianism & Categorical Imperative.
3. Different types of ethical dilemmas.
4. Self-interest theory.
5. Living a life without knowing its meaning.
6. Moral relativism.
7. Duty ethics & Evolution-Creation theories.
8. Punishment according to ethical standards.
9. Defining what is right & what is wrong from an ethical perspective.
10. Different schools of thoughts.

Dance

1. Using dance as a language.
2. Common problems in dancing.
3. A separate genre of art/sports.
4. An Indian love story in the context of dance.
5. Communicating through various dancing movements.
6. Krumping - a different style of dance.
7. Dancing by Lacey and Kameron.
8. Dancing and the art of theatre.
9. Dancing in the modern cinematography.
10. The vital role of dance in indigenous communities.

Music

1. The evolution of the primary purpose of music throughout time.
2. The form of art to entertain.
3. History of rock music.
4. The role of classical music in students' lives.
5. The impact of different music on human emotions.
6. Cases of alleged music plagiarism.
7. The role of music in overall literacy.
8. The extent to which music conveys knowledge & insight.
9. Music in the '80s and its role in the modern world.
10. The Theory of Knowledge & music.

History

1. The consequences of removing monuments.
2. The way modern people erase history.
3. The fate of The Foot Soldier of Birmingham.
4. The good and the bad in US history.
5. Seeing the American Revolution from various perspectives.
6. The significance of the US Confederate Monuments.
7. Things that Georgetown owes the descendants.
8. Praising Trump and his actions.
9. The unfair fate of Mahatma Gandhi.
10. Reasons why the President needs the so-called Council of Historians.

Psychology

1. Human Sciences.
2. How approaches to natural sciences are related to human sciences.
3. Ways of quantifying data in human sciences.
4. The credibility of the findings in psychological sciences.
5. What role ethics plays in psychology.
6. Empathy & feeling as the way of knowing your neighbor in psychology.
7. Ethical responsibilities from a psychological point of view.
8. Human behaviors that are beyond the scope of psychology.
9. Various psychological approaches applied across different historical periods.
10. The effectiveness of psychological research.

Maths

1. Radioactive decay.
2. A look from the math perspective at Fibonacci numbers in nature.
3. The constants of nature.
4. Analysis of the compounding chess squares legend.
5. The speed of light & time dilation.
6. The invention of logs.
7. Different log scales in real life.
8. Lottery math: the ways to win.
9. Game theory & expected value.
10. Scientific induction & deduction.

Emotion

1. People who base their understanding of the world on feelings.
2. Evaluating facts vs. feelings.
3. Mapping human emotions.
4. The primary purpose of language.
5. Communicating emotions through language.
6. The contribution of mentions to reasoning.
7. Factors that influence emotions: culture, gender, personality traits, etc.
8. To what extent are human emotions reliable?
9. Should we rely on our emotions in the decision-making process?
10. The consequence of having reason and no emotions.

Beauty

1. Different perceptions of beauty.
2. The main concepts of beauty in developed countries.
3. Comparing beauty standards of the Ancient times with modern days.
4. The central idea of beauty.
5. Theory of Knowledge and beauty.
6. The way social media represents beauty.
7. Factors that affect the perception of beauty.
8. The role of culture in understanding what is beautiful.
9. Internal & external beauty.
10. Plastic surgery.

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