Inquisition into the time period.
What times did the Harlem Renaissance and Modern Literature take place in?
What events were happening in the US during this time? What events were happening in the world during this time? What did this culture value? What did they not value? How are these values different or the same from our values? |
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Winter Dreams by F Scott Fitzgerald
F Scott Fitzgerald and his wife were considering the King and Queen of the 1920's modernist movement. The came from both old and new money; they partied; they drank; and they rode high on the entertainment.
Read Winter Dreams
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Hemingway
In Another Country
Begin by reading page 579 in the American Literature books about Ernest Hemingway. Whose writing does it seem more like? Cormac McCarty or F Scot Fitzgerald? Based on the title and Hemingway's brief biography, what do you suppose will factor into the plot and content of this short story? What is the attitude of the soldiers about the machines? How do you account for their cynicism and irony? How does the story of the major and his wife reflect the uncertainty of modern life? What is the key irony of the story? Is this story supportive of war or against war? Explain your answer? How is this story universal? How is this generality supporting modernism? |
Three Shots
After reading 3 shots you will answer the questions ---> |
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Indian Camp
What happens beneath the water in this story? Rite of Passage Fears Boyhood--> Manhood Make a chart and list the characteristics of a man and the characteristics of a boy. Try to come up with what makes a man a "man" versus a boy. You can think about boys and men treate one another, what motivates them, how they interact with other men, with women, with children and the elderly, what they do in their spare time, how do they handle money etc. |
John Steinbeck
Your final will be over this book.
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Reading Due Dates Chapter 1 and 2 finished on 12/3 Chapter 3 finished 12/8 Chapter 4 finished 12/10 Chapter 5 Finished 12/12 Chapter 6 Finished 12/16 |
Chapter 3 Activity
The first paragraph of chapter 3 pays tribute to Steinbeck’s use of figurative language, the simile in particular,
and in this section, also personification. Steinbeck’s simile, the town is compared to an animal. The town
“is a thing like a colonial animal. A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet. A town
is a thing separate from all other towns, so that there are no two towns alike. And a town has a whole
emotion. How news travels through a town is a mystery not easily to be solved.” Steinbeck carries this
characterization of Kino’s town throughout the novel, making it seem alive and with its own personality.
Characterize your town in a poem, song, or narrative. Use Steinbeck’s description as an example, but extend
your description further. You do not have an entire novel with which to show your town, only one written
activity. Begin with some form of figurative language. You may use a simile, as Steinbeck did, or a metaphor
or personification.
Start with "My town is...." and then continue to explain why you made this connection.
The first paragraph of chapter 3 pays tribute to Steinbeck’s use of figurative language, the simile in particular,
and in this section, also personification. Steinbeck’s simile, the town is compared to an animal. The town
“is a thing like a colonial animal. A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet. A town
is a thing separate from all other towns, so that there are no two towns alike. And a town has a whole
emotion. How news travels through a town is a mystery not easily to be solved.” Steinbeck carries this
characterization of Kino’s town throughout the novel, making it seem alive and with its own personality.
Characterize your town in a poem, song, or narrative. Use Steinbeck’s description as an example, but extend
your description further. You do not have an entire novel with which to show your town, only one written
activity. Begin with some form of figurative language. You may use a simile, as Steinbeck did, or a metaphor
or personification.
Start with "My town is...." and then continue to explain why you made this connection.