11th English 3H - Werth Assignments
- Instructor
- Mr. Justin Werth
- Term
- Spring 2016
- Department
- English
- Description
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Essay prompt: Describe the death of the American dream as seen through the story The Great Gatsby
Intro: Please make sure to describe what the American Dream is, (use 563-565)
Bodies: What it is for the characters, how it died, theme that is revealed
Conclusion: How it relates to the modernist’s idea, (565-569)
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- Mark Twain said of Huck Finn : “it is a novel where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers defeat. The conscience – that unerring monitor—can be trained to any wild thing you want it to approve.”
In light of these comments, trace Huck’s moral development throughout the novel. Your essay could examine Huck’s lies, Huck’s decisions regarding Jim, Huck’s refusal to be “sivilized,” Huck’s relationship with Jim, or the differences between individual and society.
2. What is Mark Twain’s message about morality and religion? How does Twain use both the geography and characters in the novel to support that message?
3. Use the quotation “it is on shore that Huck encounters the worst excesses of which ‘the damned human race’ is capable, but with each return to the raft comes a renewal of spiritual home and idealism” (Magill 13). Examine the difference between society’s dictates as embodied by Huck and Jim’s encounters on the shore and the relative freedom they experience on the river.
Your essay could: examine the irony that what is thought to be civilized is in fact not; compare and contrast encounters on the shore with descriptions of life on the river.
4. Examine the significance of Jim and Huck’s relationship. Is Jim a father figure to Huck? Consider:
Huck’s relationship with Pap, Power structure between Huck and Jim, Huck’s treatment of Jim (tricks), Evolution of Huck’s perception of Jim, Huck and Jim’s relationship on the shore/on the raft.
5. Examine the novel’s portrayal of racism. Is the novel racist or is it merely holding a mirror to a racist society?
Essay could examine: Huck’s relationship with Jim, Pap’s views of African Americans, Twain’s portrayal of Jim, Use of the “n” word.
6. Compare and contrast Huck and transcendentalism.What techniques does Mark Twain use to create sympathy for his characters? Are these techniques effective?
7. Essay could examine the transcendentalist ideas in the book and argue whether or not Huck is a transcendentalist.
8. Morality plays a big role in Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Where do ideas of morality come from? Does Twain value some sources of morality more than others?
9. The Mississippi River is a symbol of freedom as well as for the growing up of Huck. How do you see the river symbolizing one of these things? How does the river contrast with the society that surrounds it?
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The Awakening Essay
For this essay, you will need to write an analytical response to one of the prompts you see below. In addition, you must use 30 words from your vocabulary list and, while not MLA format, please underline them. 100 points. Make sure that it has been uploaded to turnitin.com by 11:59 tonight!
- In Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899), protagonist Edna Pontellier is said to possess "That outward existence which conforms, the inward life that questions.". Based on this assumption, write an essay in which you analyze how this tension between outward conformity and inward questioning contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid mere plot summary.
- One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in The Awakening struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seeks to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in your essay how the author uses this power struggle to enhance the meaning of the work.
- Works of literature often depict acts of betrayal. Friends and even family may betray a protagonist; main characters may likewise be guilty of treachery or may betray their own values. In a well-written essay, analyze the nature of the betrayal and show how it contributes to the meaning of The Awakening as a whole.
- In a literary work, a minor character, often known as a foil, possesses traits that emphasize, by contrast or comparison, the distinctive characteristics and qualities of the main character. For example, the ideas or behavior of a minor character might be used to highlight the weaknesses or strengths of the main character. Using The Awakening as your source, write an essay in which you analyze how the relation between the minor character and the major character illuminates the meaning of the work.
- Morally ambiguous characters -- characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good -- are at the heart of many works of literature. Using The Awakening as your source, write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary
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16 Class Discussion on the symbols of Music and the Sea.
HW: Chapters 13 and 14
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17 Class Discussion
HW Chapters 15-17
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18 Class Discussion
HW Chapters 18-20
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19 Class Discussion
HW Chapters 21-26
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8 Realism Intro |
9 Bring your Poetry Books Whitman 23, 24, 25 Dickinson 29, 32, 32
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10 The Awakening Anticipation Guide and Background
HW. 1-3 and questions |
11 Go over 1-3 and begin questions HW. 4-12 and questions
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12 No School |