The final chapter of the book sums up most of what we’ve been trying to understand: how we use our houses to increase our sense of psychological and social well-being. Spend some time with the illustration at the beginning of this chapter. We’ll spend some time discussing it in some detail. Note: This is a dormitory room. If you happen to live on campus, does this room look more comfy or less comfy than yours?
Read, in Rybczynski,
Chapter 10, "Comfort and Well-Being" pp. 217 - 232
For Friday, April 15
We will hold our first general discussion of the BOOK, House. by Tracy Kidder. I will be looking for your general impressions of the book, and what your impressions of the various characters in the book are. This structure means something different to each of the persons represented in the book. We'll be looking at a lot of issues, gender differences, class differences, and more. You will probably be a bit surprised by the career paths of the members of the Apple Corps company. You may already be surprised, if you've read that far in the book.
The House involved. How many very similar houses have you seen in Bristol or Warren? You might try taking some pictures of some of them. We'd enjoy making the comparisons. (The Bristol houses are well over 100 years older).
The numbers on the buttons right above take you to archived copies of the Ladies' Home Journalfor those years. That magazine was very popular in its day, and I'd like have you browse at least a couple of the journals, more if you have time. Find some things of interest to you and include links to them in your resource folders. You'll find a bit of everything if you look hard enough. Of course, there will be lots and lots of advertising.
