Literaturespeaking topic
Sylvia Plath's heroine imagines a fig tree where every fig is a possible life, and because she cannot choose one, they all rot and fall. Is endless possibility freedom, or paralysis?
— Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, the fig tree image
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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