English final exam with the stories

night setting

1941-1945 World War II. Transylvanian town of Sighet to a Jewish ghetto (still in Sighet), to a cattle car, then a series of concentration camps—first, Birkenau, then Auschwitz, then Buna, and last Buchenwald.

Anne Frank character

Anne Frank- young Jewish and German girl, precocious, intelligent, charming, and funny she grows from a spoiled, somewhat naive young girl of thirteen to a self-aware young woman of fifteen, dies before she is 16, lived in annex, talkative, rebellious Dussel- elderly dentist who lived in Annex, drives Anne crazy since they share a room, small-minded dies in camp Margot Frank- Annes older sister, quiet, studious, humble, clashes with Anne, dies in camp, lived in annex Mr. Frank- Anne and Margot's dad, businessman, made arrangements for annex, Annes favorite relative, Annes savior, only survivor of camps, lived in annex Mrs. Frank- Anne and Margot's mother, not a very affectionate and accepting mom, a peacemaker, lived in annex, dies in camps Peter- Mr and Mrs. Van Daan's son, shy, awkward, lived in annex, loved Anne Mr. Van Daan- business associate of Mr. Frank, know-it-all, dies in camps, lived in annex Mrs. Van Daan- not good at speaking German, vain, not humble, lacks motherly skills, flirts with Mr. Frank, dies in camp, lived in annex Miep- dutch women who brings annex residents food, clothing, books and companionship, saves Annes diary Mr. Kraler- arranges for annex living, keeps secret, helps annex residents

Anne Frank plot

Anne's diary begins on her thirteenth birthday, June 12, 1942, and ends shortly after her fifteenth. At the start of her diary, Anne describes fairly typical girlhood experiences, writing about her friendships with other girls, her crushes on boys, and her academic performance at school. Because anti-Semitic laws forced Jews into separate schools, Anne and her older sister, Margot, attended the Jewish Lyceum in Amsterdam. Germans invaded and Franks were forced into hiding. With another family, the van Daans, and an acquaintance, Mr. Dussel, they moved into a small secret annex above Otto Frank's office where they had stockpiled food and supplies. The employees from Otto's firm helped hide the Franks and kept them supplied with food, medicine, and information about the outside world. The residents of the annex pay close attention to every development of the war by listening to the radio. Some bits of news catch Anne's attention and make their way into her diary, providing a vivid historical context for her personal thoughts. The adults make optimistic bets about when the war will end, and their mood is severely affected by Allied setbacks or German advances. Amsterdam is devastated by the war during the two years the Franks are in hiding. All of the city's residents suffer, since food becomes scarce and robberies more frequent. Anne often writes about her feelings of isolation and loneliness. She has a tumultuous relationship with the adults in the annex, particularly her mother, whom she considers lacking in love and affection. She adores her father, but she is frequently scolded and criticized by Mr. and Mrs. van Daan and Mr. Dussel. Anne thinks that her sister, Margot, is smart, pretty, and agreeable, but she does not feel close to her and does not write much about her. Anne eventually develops a close friendship with Peter van Daan, the teenage boy in the annex. Mr. Frank does not approve, however, and the intensity of Anne's infatuation begins to lessen. Anne matures considerably throughout the course of her diary entries, moving from detailed accounts of basic activities to deeper, more profound thoughts about humanity and her own personal nature. She finds it difficult to understand why the Jews are being singled out and persecuted. Anne also confronts her own identity. Though she considers herself to be German, her German citizenship has been revoked, and though she calls Holland her home, many of the Dutch have turned against the Jews. Anne feels a tremendous solidarity with her aggrieved people, and yet at the same time she wants to be seen as an individual rather than a member of a persecuted group. During the two years recorded in her diary, Anne deals with confinement and deprivation, as well as the complicated and difficult issues of growing up in the brutal circumstances of the Holocaust. Her diary describes a struggle to define herself within this climate of oppression. Anne's diary ends without comment on August 1, 1944, the end of a seemingly normal day that leaves us with the expectation of seeing another entry on the next page. However, the Frank family is betrayed to the Nazis and arrested on August 4, 1944. Anne's diary, the observations of an imaginative, friendly, sometimes petty, and rather normal teenage girl, comes to an abrupt and silent end. Otto Frank is the family's sole survivor, and he recovers Anne's diary from Miep. He decides to fulfill Anne's wishes by publishing the diary. Anne's diary becomes a condemnation of the unimaginable horror of the Holocaust, and one of the few accounts that describe it from a young person's perspective. Since Anne's diary is a true personal account of a life in hiding, it is inappropriate to analyze it as a novel or other work of fiction. Parts of the diary were intended for public view, but others clearly were not. To appreciate and interpret the diary, it is necessary to consider its horrible context, World War II and the Holocaust, before any discussion of plot development or thematic content.

Diction

a writer's choice of words or manner of expression

FFA Charlies relationship with Miss Kinnian (before operation, with tripled intelligence and when intelligence is gone)

Before charlie admires her, and thinks she is old, superior to him and wise. Miss Kinnian thinks charlie is her best student and believe in him With tripled intelligence she is proud of Charlie and worried about him when he goes a little bit mad. Miss Kinnian knows he is smarter than her, Charlie is in love with her and knows he is older than her, charlie doesnt want to leave her behind and she doesnt want him to either When intelligence is gone Miss Kinnian is sad because he will probably die she is also sad since he is no longer in her class, charlie still loves her and charlie misses having her as a teacher, miss Kinnian feels bad for him but he doesnt want her to

FFA Charlies relationship with Dr Strauss (before operation, with tripled intelligence and when intelligence is gone)

Before the operation Dr. Strauss finds charlie and Dr. Strauss wants to use him for the operation When his intelligence is tripled Dr. Strauss is happy for Charlie and happy it worked. Charlie thinks he is smarter than Dr. Strauss. Dr. Strauss lets Charlie do research on the operation When his intelligence is gone Dr. Strauss feels bad that it wasn't permanent and Charlie looks up to Dr. Strauss

FFA Charlies relation ship with Joe Carp and Frank Riley (before operation, with tripled intelligence and when intelligence is gone)

Before the operation Joe and Frank make fun of Charlie and Charlie laughs with them since he doesn't know, Charlie thinks they are BFFS When Charlie's intelligence is tripled Joe and Frank are scared of him and Charlie knows they bullied him When his intelligence is gone Joe and Frank feel sympathy towards him and they stand up for him, charlie is glad they are his real BFFS now but wishes they didnt need to stand up for him

Call of the Wild Bucks ties to humanity and visions

Buck has many different masters when he is a sled dog. He soon has a master named John Thornton whom he grows to love. Buck hears sounding calls of the wild. He does not fully respond to these calls although he does venture into the wild many times. Although, each night Buck returns to camp and his master John Thornton. One day Buck returns to camp from the wild and finds his beloved master dead. Now Bucks last tie to humanity is broken. He had returned to that camp each day out of his love for John Thornton but now he was dead. Buck soon joined a wolf pack and became the leader of the pack. However even after Buck had become part of a wolf pack he still returned to the humans camp to mourn the loss of John Thornton. As Buck adjusts to his life in the Klondike he has visions. One night he is laying down looking into the campfire when he sees a glimpse of the past, a memory from one of his elders. He sees a man who is covered in hair. This man is a caveman. Buck has many of these visions. They suggest that Bucks ancestors, whom were wolves, also had relationships with man all those years ago. These visions can relate to the title of the novel, The Call of the Wild. These visions call Buck into the wild, to where his ancestors had lived years ago.

Call of the wild conflict

Buck's struggle against his masters and his development from a tame dog into a wild beast

Call of the Wild Plot

Buck, a powerful dog, half St. Bernard and half sheepdog, lives on Judge Miller's estate in California's Santa Clara Valley. He leads a comfortable life there, but it comes to an end when men discover gold in the Klondike region of Canada and a great demand arises for strong dogs to pull sleds. Buck is kidnapped by a gardener on the Miller estate and sold to dog traders, who teach Buck to obey by beating him with a club and, subsequently, ship him north to the Klondike. Arriving in the chilly North, Buck is amazed by the cruelty he sees around him. As soon as another dog from his ship, Curly, gets off the boat, a pack of huskies violently attacks and kills her. Watching her death, Buck vows never to let the same fate befall him. Buck becomes the property of Francois and Perrault, two mail carriers working for the Canadian government, and begins to adjust to life as a sled dog. He recovers the instincts of his wild ancestors: he learns to fight, scavenge for food, and sleep beneath the snow on winter nights. At the same time, he develops a fierce rivalry with Spitz, the lead dog in the team. One of their fights is broken up when a pack of wild dogs invades the camp, but Buck begins to undercut Spitz's authority, and eventually the two dogs become involved in a major fight. Buck kills Spitz and takes his place as the lead dog. With Buck at the head of the team, Francois and Perrault's sled makes record time. However, the men soon turn the team over to a mail carrier who forces the dogs to carry much heavier loads. In the midst of a particularly arduous trip, one of the dogs becomes ill, and eventually the driver has to shoot him. At the end of this journey, the dogs are exhausted, and the mail carrier sells them to a group of American gold hunters—Hal, Charles, and Mercedes. Buck's new masters are inexperienced and out of place in the wilderness. They overload the sled, beat the dogs, and plan poorly. Halfway through their journey, they begin to run out of food. While the humans bicker, the dogs begin to starve, and the weaker animals soon die. Of an original team of fourteen, only five are still alive when they limp into John Thornton's camp, still some distance from their destination. Thornton warns them that the ice over which they are traveling is melting and that they may fall through it. Hal dismisses these warnings and tries to get going immediately. The other dogs begin to move, but Buck refuses. When Hal begins to beat him, Thornton intervenes, knocking a knife from Hal's hand and cutting Buck loose. Hal curses Thornton and starts the sled again, but before they have gone a quarter of a mile, the ice breaks open, swallowing both the humans and the dogs. Thornton becomes Buck's master, and Buck's devotion to him is total. He saves Thornton from drowning in a river, attacks a man who tries to start a fight with Thornton in a bar, and, most remarkably, wins a $1,600 wager for his new master by pulling a sled carrying a thousand-pound load. But Buck's love for Thornton is mixed with a growing attraction to the wild, and he feels as if he is being called away from civilization and into the wilderness. This feeling grows stronger when he accompanies Thornton and his friends in search of a lost mine hidden deep in the Canadian forest. While the men search for gold, Buck ranges far afield, befriending wolves and hunting bears and moose. He always returns to Thornton in the end, until, one day, he comes back to camp to find that Yeehat Indians have attacked and killed his master. Buck attacks the Indians, killing several and scattering the rest, and then heads off into the wild, where he becomes the leader of a pack of wolves. He becomes a legendary figure, a Ghost Dog, fathering countless cubs and inspiring fear in the Yeehats—but every year he returns to the place where Thornton died, to mourn his master before returning to his life in the wild.

Call of the Wild character

Buck- A powerful dog, half St. Bernard and half sheepdog, who gradually evolves from a pampered pet into a fierce, masterful animal, able to hold his own in the cruel, kill-or-be-killed world of the North. Though he loves his final master, John Thornton, he feels the wild calling him away from civilization and longs to reconnect with the primitive roots of his species. John Thornton- Buck's final master, a gold hunter experienced in the ways of the Klondike. Thornton saves Buck from death at the hands of Hal, and Buck rewards Thornton with fierce loyalty. Thornton's relationship to Buck is the ideal man-dog relationship. The strength of their bond is enough to keep Buck from acting on the forces he feels are calling him into the wild. Spitz- Bucks rival dog, original leader of Francois's dog team Francois- A French Canadian mail driver who buys Buck and adds him to his team. Francois is an experienced man, accustomed to life in the North, has fairness and good sense. Perrault- A French Canadian who, together with Francois, turns Buck into a sled dog for the Canadian government. Both Perrault and Francois speak in heavily accented English, which London distinguishes from the rest of the novel's dialogue. Hal- Mercedes brother who has Buck as a sled dog but dies from inexperience Mercedes- awful whiny women who dies of inexperience Charles- Mercedes husband who dies of inexperience Curly- dog who is killed for being to friendly

FFA conflict

Charlie goes to the diner and there is a mentally disabled boy working there and he drops plates. All the costumers laugh and the boy laughs to then Charlie realizes he is laughing too and gets mad at himself. He gets mad because he used to be the same as the boy. Charlie yells at everyone to leave the boy alone. It was not the boys fault he was disabled and Charlie leaves feeling ashamed not only for himself but for the boy too. This changes Charlies attitude because he understands how he "foolishly played the clown" before the operation. He now understands two sides of the world the side that plays the clown and the side that makes fun of the clowns

Anne Frank theme

Despite what people do they can still be good at heart

night character

Eliezer wiesel- The narrator, protagonist, and main character. Since he is a Jewish teenager living in Romania during Hitler's occupation and reign, he is persecuted and imprisoned. The book is really a telling of his experiences during the war. Shlomo Wiesel- Elie's father. He is a considerate and religious man and shopkeeper who is respected by the villagers. He is arrested along with his son and imprisoned in a concentration and dies.

night conflict

Eliezer's struggles with Nazi persecution, and with his own faith in God and in humanity

night theme

Faith- people lose faith in god as he lets his people die silence- the world watched silently as people were being tortured dehumanization- people in camps were treated like animals in ways not even animals should be treated

FFA plot

Flowers for Algernon is about Charlie who is a 32-year-old developmentally disabled man who has the opportunity to undergo an operation that will triple his IQ This procedure had already been performed on a mouse, Algernon, with good results. Charlie will be the first human subject. Charlie documents everything that happens to him. As Charlie's intelligence increases to a genius level, the reader not only reads about the changes from Charlie's viewpoint, but also sees the change in Charlie's writing ability. This jump in intelligence is not necessarily a good thing. Charlie is now able to recall past events that shaped his life and analyze past friendships for what they were, or weren't. He also has difficulty making new friendships and establishing new relationships due to a lack of social intelligence. And, finally, because of his increased intelligence, Charlie is able to discover the experiment's "fatal flaw" and is reduced to watching the end for both Algernon and himself, hoping to salvage something for the future from his brief bout with genius.

Anne Frank conflict

Hitler's repressive laws and the anti-Semitic society in which Anne Frank lived caused her and her family to go into hiding in the first place and suffer fear, deprivation, and near starvation

Narrative poem

a poem that tells a story

refrain

a repetition of a word or phrase throughout a poem

FFA setting

March 3rd to November 21st, 1960s, New York

Anne Frank most powerful scene and funny scene

Most powerful scene- Mr. Van Daan stealing food. everyone is asleep and he sneaks downstairs to steal food from the safe and Mrs. Frank spots him. Mr. Frank, Mrs. Frank and Dussel all yell at him. Peter and Mrs. Van Daan however do not go against him. The characters are all arguing. feelings of the characters are all expressed. Mrs. Frank is not her usual peaceful self. Mr. Frank says that they don't need the war to ruin them because they are ruining themselves. This scene is very powerful and shows different sides of the characters. Funny scene- the first night of Hanukkah. Everyone is sad and gloomy because they had been in hiding for a very long time. Anne however is not down. She has made everyone a special Hanukkah gift. She gives everyone something to hopefully lift their spirits, it works. Everyone is cheerful and happy even if it is just for a little while. Everyone realizes how lucky they are.

night plot

Night is narrated by Eliezer, a Jewish teenager who, when the memoir begins, lives in his hometown of Sighet, in Hungarian Transylvania. Eliezer studies the Torah (the first five books of the Old Testament) and the Cabbala (a doctrine of Jewish mysticism). His instruction is cut short, however, when his teacher, Moshe the Beadle, is deported. In a few months, Moshe returns, telling a horrifying tale: the Gestapo (the German secret police force) took charge of his train, led everyone into the woods, and systematically butchered them. Nobody believes Moshe, who is taken for a lunatic. In the spring of 1944, the Nazis occupy Hungary. Not long afterward, a series of increasingly repressive measures are passed, and the Jews of Eliezer's town are forced into small ghettos within Sighet. Soon they are herded onto cattle cars, and a nightmarish journey ensues. After days and nights crammed into the car, exhausted and near starvation, the passengers arrive at Birkenau, the gateway to Auschwitz. Upon his arrival in Birkenau, Eliezer and his father are separated from his mother and sisters, whom they never see again. In the first of many "selections" that Eliezer describes in the memoir, the Jews are evaluated to determine whether they should be killed immediately or put to work. Eliezer and his father seem to pass the evaluation, but before they are brought to the prisoners' barracks, they stumble upon the open-pit furnaces where the Nazis are burning babies by the truckload. The Jewish arrivals are stripped, shaved, disinfected, and treated with almost unimaginable cruelty. Eventually, their captors march them from Birkenau to the main camp, Auschwitz. They eventually arrive in Buna, a work camp, where Eliezer is put to work in an electrical-fittings factory. Under slave-labor conditions, severely malnourished and decimated by the frequent "selections," the Jews take solace in caring for each other, in religion, and in Zionism, a movement favoring the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, considered the holy land. In the camp, the Jews are subject to beatings and repeated humiliations. A vicious foreman forces Eliezer to give him his gold tooth, which is pried out of his mouth with a rusty spoon. The prisoners are forced to watch the hanging of fellow prisoners in the camp courtyard. On one occasion, the Gestapo even hang a small child who had been associated with some rebels within Buna. Because of the horrific conditions in the camps and the ever-present danger of death, many of the prisoners themselves begin to slide into cruelty, concerned only with personal survival. Sons begin to abandon and abuse their fathers. Eliezer himself begins to lose his humanity and his faith, both in God and in the people around him. After months in the camp, Eliezer undergoes an operation for a foot injury. While he is in the infirmary, however, the Nazis decide to evacuate the camp because the Russians are advancing and are on the verge of liberating Buna. In the middle of a snowstorm, the prisoners begin a death march: they are forced to run for more than fifty miles to the Gleiwitz concentration camp. Many die of exposure to the harsh weather and exhaustion. At Gleiwitz, the prisoners are herded into cattle cars once again. They begin another deadly journey: one hundred Jews board the car, but only twelve remain alive when the train reaches the concentration camp Buchenwald. Throughout the ordeal, Eliezer and his father help each other to survive by means of mutual support and concern. In Buchenwald, however, Eliezer's father dies of dysentery and physical abuse. Eliezer survives, an empty shell of a man until April 11, 1945, the day that the American army liberates the camp.

FFA theme

People rarely make fun of someone who is injured but think nothing of making fun of someone born with low intelligence. (shown when he goes to the diner) people rarely make fun of someone when they have loss of limb but often make fun of someone born with low intelligence

Paradox

a situation or statement that appears contradictory yet remains true

Tom Sawyer Setting

St. Petersburg Missouri, some time around the middle nineteenth century, lush forests, wide river, island and caves

Anne Frank setting

The Secret Annex, in German-Occupied Amsterdam, Holland During World War II. The early entries of the diary, before Anne and her family enter into hiding, take place in Amsterdam, Holland

Tom Sawyer Plot

Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and Sid, Tom plays hooky and is made to whitewash the fence as punishment on Saturday. Tom persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work. He trades these treasures for tickets given out in Sunday school for memorizing Bible verses and uses the tickets to claim a Bible as a prize. In response to a question to show off his knowledge, he incorrectly answers that the first two disciples were David and Goliath. Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher and they get engaged Tom accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night to try out a "cure" for warts. they witness the murder. Tom, Huck, and Tom's friend Joe Harper run away to an island to become pirates. boys become aware that the community is sounding the river for their bodies. Tom sneaks back home one night to observe the commotion. Their return during their funeral is met with great rejoicing. Back in school, Tom gets himself back in Becky's favor after he nobly accepts the blame for a book that she has ripped. Soon Muff Potter's trial begins, and Tom, confesses. Tom and Huck go hunting for buried treasure in a haunted house. they see Injun Joe enter the house disguised as a deaf and mute Spaniard. he plans to bury some stolen treasure of their own. Huck begins to shadow Injun Joe every night, watching for an opportunity to nab the gold. Tom goes on a picnic to McDougal's Cave with Becky and their classmates. That same night, Huck sees Injun Joe and his partner making off with a box. He follows and overhears their plans to attack the Widow Douglas. Huck forestalls the violence and becomes an anonymous hero. Tom and Becky get lost in the cave, and tom happens upon Injun Joe, who is using the cave as a hideout. Tom and becky get and Injun Joe, trapped inside, starves to death. Tom takes Huck to the cave and they find the box of gold, the proceeds of which are invested for them. The Widow Douglas adopts Huck, and, when Huck attempts to escape civilized life, Tom promises him that if he returns to the widow, he can join Tom's robber band. Reluctantly, Huck agrees.

Tom Sawyer Character

Tom Sawyer- Young mischievous boy who hates school and hates doing work, warmhearted behaves bad Huck Finn- Young homeless mischievous boy who the villagers don't like their kids around, outcast who all the boys envy, Son of town drunk Aunt Polly- Tom Sawyers aunt who he lives with, she pressures tom but not too much Becky- Girl from Toms school who he has a major crush on Joe Harper- Runs away with Tom and Huck Sid- Toms whiny half bro who likes getting Tom in trouble Injun Joe- half breed who commits murder becomes robber Muff Potter- Drunk and Injun Joes friend, kind to Tom and Huck, accused of murder

Tom Sawyer Conflict

Tom and Huck see the three men in the graveyard and one kills another wit the third ones knife and Huck and Tom don't tell anyone because they don't want the murderer to go after them

Tom Sawyer, how does tom mature?

Tom in the start of the book is mischievous clever and immature and he slowly matures as he faces intense and dangerous situations

Tom Sawyer Theme

We learn and mature from our experiences

Metaphor

a comparison between two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"

Simile

a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

Connotation

all emotions and associations that a word or phrase arouses

Allusion

an indirect reference to something usually well known

Symbol

an object that stands for something else, usually larger than itself

Anne identity

starts as a young innocent playful immature girl ends grown up and mature and dead

Hyperbole

deliberate exaggeration used for humor or emphasis

Tom identity

starts immature and playful ends more mature and wiser

Personification

giving human characteristics to non-human things

Figurative Language

language not meant to be taken literally

Call of the Wild Setting

late 1890s. California, briefly; then Alaska and the Klondike region of Canada where it is very dangerously cold

Buck identity

starts out as a house dog and then become a sled dog and hears the call of his wild or the call of his natural instincts and becomes a wolf-like dog living in the wild among wolves

charlie identity

starts out as a very low intelligent level man and then under goes and operation and becomes a genius and then the operation wares off, he is low in intelligence and he dies.

Alliteration

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Consonance

repetition of consonant sounds at the middle or end of words

Assonance

repetition of vowel sounds

Inversion

reversal of usual word order to achieve some kind of emphasis (yoda)

Elie identity

starts with lots of faith in god ends with no faith, starts healthy ends unhealthy, dehumanized when given a number and treated like a dog

Apostrophe

speaking to someone or something absent or non-human as if expecting a response

Call of the wild theme

survival of the fittest, kill or be killed

Denotation

the literal definition of a word or words

Rhyme Scheme

the pattern of rhyming in a poem

Imagery

use of language that appeals to the five senses

Onomatopoeia

words that sound like what they mean