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TASK HELP: Winter 2025-26
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25.6 - Robin P's Task: Back to the Office
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From childhood on, my daughter Leslie's favorite books, movies, and TV shows were always humorous ones, and she took on life as a collection of funny events. So when she was suddenly diagnosed with ovarian cancer just before her 40th birthday, one of the first things she did was write a series of jokes about it. Over the next three years of chemo and other treatments, whenever she was tired or in pain, she would watch her favorite shows - Parks & Rec, Community, and especially the American version of The Office. In fact, the last conversation I had with her before she finally lost her fight was about The Office. The TV was on while she was dozing on the couch. When she awoke, I said I was watching the episode where Michael Scott (the boss) tries to prove he can survive in the wilderness. She smiled and whispered, "Can't" - that is of course Michael won't be able to handle one afternoon in some local woods, and will have to be rescued by his right-hand man Dwight. In honor of the show and my daughter Leslie, here are some options.
Choose 2 different options and read a book for each.
Required: State the options
Option 1: The seasons
The original version of this show was English, starring Ricky Gervais, and also introduced to our family by Leslie. The American version started out as a slavish copy, which wasn't effective. But once the writers began to develop their own style, it really took off. Some people feel that Season 2 was the best.
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters that matches a word in an episode title from that season. Here is the list of titles: https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/Sea...
Required: State the word and the episode title
Option 2: The characters
There was a basic cast of characters, though some weren't in every episode. Use this list of characters - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Read a book whose author shares a name part with one of the characters. The name may be in any position but must match exactly.
Note: Use only the lists of Main Characters and Starring Characters.
Required: State the character name
Option 3: The setting
An office, of course!
Read a book from this list of books set in a workplace:
Book Set in a Workplace
Required: State the page number your book is found on.
Option 4: The genre
Read a book with MPG Humor. It may be stand alone or embedded.