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11R Homework January 21-24, 2014
Monday: Review the novels you’ve read to prepare for the Regents exam: make the chart, as discussed in class: due next Tuesday.
Tuesday: STUDY FOR THE REGENTS EXAM!!
Wed.: STUDY FOR THE REGENTS EXAM!!
Thurs.: STUDY FOR THE REGENTS EXAM!!
Fri.: STUDY FOR THE REGENTS EXAM!!
Regents ReviewNovels
9th grade-11th grade
How do I write a critical lens essay? Interpret or explain what you think the quote means.
Then, pick TWO books (underline titles) that support what you said the quote means. [Don’t forget the authors!!!].
Agree or disagree with your interpretation of the quote.
Choose supporting examples that are literary terms and elements (themes, conflicts, POV, setting, etc.) that best help you prove your opinion of the quote.
Use your examples to prove your interpretation of the quote. YOU MUST HAVE TWO EXAMPLES PER BOOK!!!
BE SPECIFIC WITH SPECIFIC DETAILS FROM THE NOVEL, PLAY, OR MEMOIR!!!
REMEMBER: SPECIFIC DETAILS….SPECIFIC DETAILS…SPECIFIC DETAILS from each work.
Critical Lens Quotes “Courage is grace under pressure.” - Hemingway
“Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.” - Aristophanes
“Do What you can with what you have.” - T. Roosevelt
“Difficulties are things that show what men are.” - Epicetus
“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” - Conrad
“Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn.” - Burns
“If everyone were clothed in integrity, if every, heart were just … the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.” - Moliere
“All conflict in literature is, in its simplest form, a struggle between good and evil.” - Author Unknown
Of Mice and Men, John SteinbeckSetting Characters Conflicts Themes Symbols
Ranch
California
1930s
Lennie
George
Curley
Curley’s Wife
Candy (& dog)
Crooks
Slim
Carlson
Red dressed girl
Aunt Clara
M v. M
Curley picks fight w/ Len and Len crushes his hand
M v. Soc:
After Len killed CW, he was going to be killed by the ranch hands
M v. Nature:
Lennie trying not to kill the puppy
People are lonely even if surrounded by a crowd. (C’s Wife: no one talks to her)
People don’t realize what they have until it is gone (G tells L how his life will be better if he’s gone. It is not better.
Rabbits: Lennie’s dream/ his simplicity
Ranch G/L want to own: symbolizes freedom/ American Dream
Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
Setting
Verona,
Italy
Mantua
Characters:
Romeo
Lord/Lady Montague
Benvolio
Juliet
Nurse
L/L Capulet
Tybalt
Mercutio
The Prince
Count Paris
Friar Laurence
Conflicts
M v. Man
Romeo killed Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin and was banished
M v. society:
R & J’s families hate each other so being together is a problem.
M. v. Self
Juliet thinks the Friar might be trying to kill her w/ the potion that will make her seem dead. She decides to drink it anyway.
Themes
Love is blind. R & J are supposed to hate each other b/c they come from enemy families. They, instead, fall in love.
Feuds/lies do not solve problems, they create them. R/J don’t tell their parents they are married. This causes banishment, “death” of Juliet and death of Romeo.
The Odyssey, HomerSetting
Greece / surrounding area
Characters:
Odysseus
Cyclops
Circe
Sirens
Charybdis
Scylla
Penelope
Telemachus
Conflicts
M v M:
O. Battles the Cyclops and outsmarts him.
M v. Self:
Wants to hear Siren song; his men plug ears; he is strapped to mast of ship.
Themes
Don’t let excessive pride take over.
Use your mind/ intelligence to help you out of a tight spot.
Don’t lose hope.
Symbols
The bow of Odysseus
Ithaca (home)
Penelope’s tapestry
Night, Elie WieselSetting Point of View Characters Conflicts Themes
WWII
Sighet, Transylvania
Auschwitz, Poland [concentration/extermination camp]
Buna [sub-camp of A.]
Gleiwitz, Poland [sub-camp of A.]
Buchenwald, Poland [concentration camp]
First person
Controlled language allows events to speak for themselves and is in sharp contrast to the reality about which it speaks.
Wiesel waited 10 years before writing Night.
Eliezer Wiesel: narrator, 14
Chlomo Wiesel: his dad, well respected in Jewish community
Eliezer’s mother
Tzipora: E’s sister
Moche the Beadle: Elie’s religious teacher
Martha: servant of Wiesels
Mdme Schaechter: prophet = screams about fire.
Man v. Man: Rabbi El.’s son leaves him to ensure his own survival
Bread thrown on the train pits each man vs. the other
Man v. Self: Elie losing his faith in God
Man v. Society: Mosche warns them that they are in mortal danger. They ignore him, and face the conditions in the camps.
Faith is important in times of desolation.
Extreme hatred, if unchecked, can result in horror.
If good people stand by and do nothing, evils will abound.
Others?
Characters, continued
Dr. Mengele: Nazi, decides who lives and who dies at their camp.Stein of Antwerp: wife Reisal is related to Mrs. WeiselJuliek: plays the violinFranek: another prisonerYossi and Tibi: brothersIdek: Jewish man in charge of their block/ whips Elie for seeing him doing something he shouldn’t have been doing.Akiba Drumer: prisonerZalman: prisonerRabbi Eliahou: very religious / well loved / son abandons him during the run to Gleiwitz.Meir Katz:
Night: Symbols
Fire: Madame Sch. screams that she sees flames and death. It symbolizes their fate once they arrive in the concentration camp. They must work in order to avoid the flames of death.
Night = darkness. This novel is a period of darkness, not only for Elie but also for all the Jews.
Nazis: symbolize the hatred of one group of people toward another.
Moshe the Beadle symbolizes unused knowledge.
Mr. Wiesel: symbolizes Ellie’s will to live. When he dies, Ellie’s will is broken.
Themes, more
Maintaining faith in a benevolent God is difficult to do in times of continued tragedy.
People turn on each other when they, themselves, are abused.
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Setting Characters Conflicts Symbols Themes
WWII
Deserted, idyllic island
In the Pacific Ocean
Point of View
Third Person, omniscient narrator
Foreshadowing
Simon’s convo w/ pig’s head = his death
Rocks & Roger
Ralph
Piggy
Simon
Sam ’N Eric
Percival
Henry
Jack
Roger
Bill
Robert
Maurice
The Little ’uns
Birthmark Boy
Naval officer
Parachutist
Man v. Man
Man v. Self
Man v. Society
Man v. Nature
Piggy’s glasses: intelligence
The conch: order /power / civilization
The island: Eden / perfect place
Face Paint: hides faces to allow for savagery
The Beast: fear / themselves
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely:
Jack gains power, then steals fire & P’s glasses, beats a kid randomly, and sets fire to the island to hunt down & kill Ralph.
At his heart, man is a beast.
The boys have everything they need to survive and have fun. Yet they still have the same problems the adults have. Others?
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William ShakespeareSetting Characters Conflicts Symbols ThemesRome
44BC
Point of View
It’s a play; there isn’t one
Characters:
Soothsayer: warns JC of death on 3/15/44
Artemidorus: teacher/ writes warning letter.
Caesar: wants to be emperor.
Antony: loyal friend of JC/ turns crowd vs. B and starts a war.
Calpurnia: JC’s wife/ has dream of JCs death
Brutus: becomes leader of conspirators/ wants to kill JC b/c he fears JC will become a dictator.
Portia: B’s wife/ to prove her worth, stabs self in leg/ kill self by swallowing hot coals.
Cassius: despises JC/ leader of the conspiracy, convinces Brutus to join.
Casca: stabs JC 1st
Man v. Man
Conspirators kill Caesar before he gains too much power.
Man v. Self: Brutus: should I kill Caesar or not?
Man v. Society
weather
Portents and omens
Eagles replaced by crows before battles at end
The will: deception used by Antony to sway the crowd away from Brutus.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely:
Antony, Octavius & Lepidus create a hit list of 300 Romans
Language/Words have the power to manipulate and/or inspire.
Antony’s funeral oration
Don’t be mindless sheep. Think about what leaders are saying and why they are saying it.
Others?
Themes, continued
Power can go to one’s head: Antony takes power and abuses it with JC’s will/ also he makes a “hit list” of people to kill once the conspirators have left and he, Octavius, and Lepidus have formed the 2nd Triumvirate.
The Color of Water, James McBrideSetting Point of View Characters Conflicts Themes
New York: Brooklyn, Queens
Virginia
Kentucky (summers / James “bad” period to stay w/ his sister Jack)
Oberlin, Ohio
Wilmington, Delaware
First person (2 narrator)
Andrew Dennis McBride: 1st husband
TatehMamehSamDee Dee
Chicken Man: his death spurs James to get back on the “right track”
James McBride: main character/ narrator
Ruth McBrideJordan
Hunter Jordan: 2nd husband
Peter: her 1st boyfriend
Frances: childhood friend
Man vs. self: James struggles to identify who he is /Ruth changes who she is when she moves to NY
Man vs. Man: Ruth vs. her dad who sexually molests her.
Finding yourself through mistakes, struggles and hardships.Ex: James questions the color difference b/t himself and his mother so he doesn’t understand who he is when he is younger, but eventually he investigates his mother’s past and discovers who she is
Themes continued
When Ruth married her first husband, her family disowned her. So she had to find her own path through life with her husband and children
She also changes her religion to one that is more relevant to her and her new life.
Symbols
Color: what color is God? Is he black or white? The minister says he’s all colors / James’s brother then says he’s gray/ James’s mother says God is the color of water = water has no color.
Bicycle: her way of grieving/ escape from grief after husband dies. James is embarrassed b/c it showed she was different from others.
Names (changing them): change of identity. Rachel when in U.S. / Ruth when she moved to N.Y.
Foreshadowing
Ruth’s feelings for her father are cold, we find out it’s b/c he molested her.
Macbeth, William Shakespeare
Setting Characters Conflicts Themes Symbols
Scotland,Circa 1100 CE
MacbethLady Macbeth
DuncanMalcolmDonalbain
BanquoFleance
MacduffLady Macd.
Lennox
The WitchesHecate
Man v. Man Macbeth v. Duncan, Banquo, Macduff
Man v. Self Macb pondering whether or not to kill Duncan
Man v. society Macb not secure in his position as king
Appearances can be deceiving.
Lust for power can lead to loss of humanity.
We must accept responsibility for actions.
Our future is beyond our control.
The crown
Bloody Dagger
Blood
Witches
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
Setting Characters Conflicts Themes Symbols
Kansas, 1959
Mexico, Las Vegas, Florida
The Clutters:Herb, Bonnie Nancy, Kenyon
The killers:Richard Eugene HickcockPerry Smith
The detectives:Alvin DeweyHarold NyeClarence DuntzRoy Church
Others:Bobby RuppSusan KidwellNancy EFloyd WellsWillie JayBarbara Johnson
Man v. Man Dick/Perry vs. the Clutters
Man v. Self Perry may not have wanted to kill the Clutters
Man v. Society Dick/Perry and those who want them to get the death penalty
People do things as a result of their upbringing (nurture) rather than as a result of their nature.
The death penalty should not be a means of punishment for violent criminals.
The mattress box
The yellow bird in Perry dream
Willie Jay
“Sophisticated” vocabulary
A lot, many: a plethora, multitudinous, an abundance
A few, some: hardly any, several
Lost: was thwarted, defeated, foiled
Man v. man: external struggle / turmoil
Man v. self: internal struggle / turmoil
Important: momentous, significant, essential
Thematically, metaphorically, symbolically
grapple, condemned, spawned, cowardly, mutilated, exterminated,
vindicated, heroically, valiantly, perseverance, vapid, sangfroid, juxtaposed
malarkey, pivotal, apocryphal, counterproductive,
moreover, furthermore, consequently, culmination,
theoretically, simultaneously, vivid [ly], skillfully,
protagonist, antagonist,
fabricated, foundational, enlightened,
unruly, arduous, inane,
emancipated, liberated, proclaim, decapitated, cognizant, adversity,
propensity, enhances, fosters, engender,