AP English - Gathering Examples
What phrases does Edwidge use to demonstrate that Westbury Court was home?
"Elevated castle", "blind alley", "urban yellow brick road"
What devices in "Cut" are used to create colloquial language?
"I", short sentences, contractions
How does Quindlen answer to "Is this Mrs. Krovatin?"
"No, this is Mr. Krovatin's wife."
How many examples are used in "Cut"?
5
"The Name Is Mine" Speaker
Anna Quindlen
How does "The Name Is Mine" begin, and why?
Begins with an anecdote in which the author is on the phone with the emergency room, crying, and when the nurse asks "Mrs. Krovatin?" she answers yes; this hooks the reader and introduces the idea of not answering to Mrs. Krovatin
"Cut" Speaker
Bob Greene
What other tragedies occur at Westbury Court?
Cab driver killed, father's friend died of cirrhosis, camera stolen, Nigerian immigrant shot
"Westbury Court" Speaker
Edwidge Danticat
"Cut" Subject
Getting cut from the team and its effects
How does the narrator feel about not having heard the boys' cries in the Westbury fire?
Guilty
What is Quindlen's response to her son asking why she has a different name than the rest of their family?
Her name meant something special to her, and was too painful to remove
"Cut" Tone
Informal, conversational
What is the significance of the umbrella metaphor in "The Name Is Mine"?
It protects but also confines, just as being a part of someone else's identity would do to your own
"The Name Is Mine" Subject
Keeping of last name, independence of women
"Westbury Court" Subject
Life event that shaped marrator
"The Name Is Mine" Tone
Matter-of-fact, dignified
"Westbury Court" Tone
Nostalgic, guilty, reflective
What is the structure of each new example?
Parallel structure; each begins with name and occupation of the person
How does the narrator of "Westbury Court" spend her afternoons after school?
Pick up her youngest brother from day care, then watch General Hospital and do homework during commercials
"The Name Is Mine" Occassion
Published in "Life In The 30s" of the Times
"Sometimes it is too late to say 'I shouldn't have'."
Quote from Edwidge's mother - guilt and regret
"The Name Is Mine" Audience
Readers of the Times and "Life In The 30s", women getting married and the men marrying them
How did Quindlen grow to love her name?
She hated it as a child ("ugly dog of a name") but when she saw her name on top of a good story, she grew to love it and it was hers.
Why does Quindlen's tone change in the end of "The Name Is Mine"?
She is exploring her desision; comtemplative
What does Quindlen realize to be the consequence of not "disappearing under her husband's umbrella"?
She would be the only one left outside the umbrella
What device doesn Quindlen use in "The Name Is Mine" to portray she is assertive?
Short sentences
"Cut" Audience
Sophisticated men, readers of "Esquire"
What does Greene want the audience to feel by including examples?
Sympathy
Who next moved into the apartment at Westbury Court in which the fire had occurred?
The Parent Brothers, a musical group of two blind Haitian brothers and their sister
How did the fire at Westbury start?
The two boys across the hall were playing with matches while their mother had stepped out to get groceries
Why does the first stick with the narrator more than the other tragedies that occur at Westbury Court?
The two boys killed in the fire could have just as easily been her and her brothers
What does Quindlen mean when she says "there are two me's"?
There is the one who is an individual, and one who is one of her family
What is the purpose of the direct quotes in "Cut"?
They "show" instead of tell, and lend credibility
"The Name Is Mine" Purpose
To SHARE why the author kept her maiden name
"Cut" Purpose
To show examples of a common childhood experience and its effects
"Westbury Court" Purpose
To show how life experiences shape who we are
When does the narrator of "Westbury Court" realize there is a fire?
Two firemen come to the apartment door
"Westbury Court" Audience
Universal
What does Quindlen say she used to think about women who changed their names when they got married, and how has her opinion changed?
Used to be disdainful; now she realizes that you cannot be a feminist and at the same time trash other women (if only everyone got this)
How does "Cut" begin?
With a personal example of how being cut increased ambition
"Cut" Occasion
Written for "Esquire"
