ENG 266 Exam 2
Summary: The town is arguing about whether or not a black man (Will Mayes) attacked and raped a white woman (Minnie Cooper, about 40 years old and not married) Henry Hawkshaw (Barber) does not believe Willy Mayes did it Apparently there was a man watching her undress about a year ago McLendon (commanded troops) questions why the barber would take the world of a black man above the word of a white woman Minnie is 38 or 39 and feels older than most girls. She had never had a caller steadily besides the fact that everyone called her "Aunt Minnie". She started driving around with the cashier in the bank (40, widowed, high-colored, owned the first car in town- red runabout) Minnie had the first motor bonnet the town had seen. Everyone would say "Poor Minnie" The cashier had gone to a Memphis bank eight years ago only coming back on Christmas She drank whiskey and youth would buy it for her She would only go out with girls now. She would go to town where the boys would hang out with the girls, but the men didn't even look at her when she passed by. The barber went to see where the other men were and saw they were not going through with whatever they had planned and were just going to talk to him. They went to Willy's place and the Barber said that if he was there, that basically meant he did not do it bc he would have run away if he had. They found him and were gonna kill him but McLendon said to get him in the car. They handcuffed him. Willy keeps asking what he had done and saying he had done nothing. Everyone began to hit him, even Henry. Willy ended up in the car between the barber and the soldier. As they drive, McLendon says that Willy stinks. The barber asks to get out of the car and McLendon says he should jump if he wants to get out. Soon Henry Hawkshaw jump outs into the street and hides in the ditch to not be a part of the gang. When the gang drives by again, Henry see that only 4 people are in the car and knows that Willy Mayes must have been murdered. Minnie's friends ask if she feels strong enough to go out. She goes out and gets acknowledged by men. She did not feel well and her friends took her home and tried to make her comfortable while they sent for the doctor. It was 12am when McLendon made it to his new green and white home. His wife was up waiting for him and he got mad at her for doing this. He said he has told her not to do this in the past and flung her across the chair. And then he went to bed. "The dark world seemed to lie stricken beneath the cold moon and the lidless stars."
"Dry September" by William Faulkner
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: Part of Prufrock's insecurity comes from aging. What do each of these phrases have to do with growing old? "I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled." (121) "Shall I part my hair behind?" (122) "Do I dare to eat a peach?" (122)
"I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled." (121) -he shrinks as he gets old/his back bone compresses "Shall I part my hair behind?" (122) -comb over because he is balding "Do I dare to eat a peach?" (122) -have a hard time with digestion/teeth, "seize life/youth"
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, what is Hemingway's belief about bullfighters? And why?
"Nobody ever lives their life all the way except bullfighters" Every time you go out there, you are risking your life-admirable. WWI veterans have done the same thing and admire them because of that. They are not afraid to stare death in the face.
Takes place in Florida Delia Jones is a wash woman Sykes (Delia's husband) scares Delia with his whip and she thinks it is a snake. He laughs at this and she is mad. He calls her an "aggravating n-ger woman" He says that she is a hypocrit for going to church and working on a Sunday He threatens to kick the clean clothes outside He stomps on a white pile and she screams They have been married for 15 years and he says that all she does is work and sweat. But she responds with saying that she has made more money for the couple than he has. She grabbed a skillet to defend herself, but sykes decided not to "strike her like he normally would". He then goes on to say that she shouldn't go that far and he hates skinny women. He was in awe at this new, brave Delia and left. He didn't say where he was going, but she knew he wouldn't be back until day break. She goes to bed and reflects on her past. Two months after the wedding was the first time he beat her. He would go to Orlando with all of his money and leave them penniless. She thought of herself as young and soft then, but now she was knotty and muscled limbs. It was too late now to hope for love. If it weren't Bertha, it would be someone else. (He is cheating on her) She thinks he will eventually have to live up to the consequences of what he has done. Others are aware of Sykes not helping out financially and that he has beaten her. They say they should kill him. Sykes and Bertha arrived while the men were talking. Sykes intentionally went all out buying stuff at the store for Bertha while Delia was driving by, so that she would see it. Sykes was paying Bertha's room rent since she's been in town (3 months). Delia tried to stop going out in public to avoid seeing Bertha and Sykes, but Bertha would even come to the house seeking Sykes. Delia and Sykes fought all the time and ate in silence. One day, she came to the house and Sykes was already there, and he had a rattlesnake in a box to scare her. She asked him to kill it but he said no. Others heard about the 6 foot snake and came to kill it. One night at dinner, Delia says that she hates Sykes as much and she used to love him and he is surprised. He says that he's glad she hates him. He says that she looks like a devil doll baby and he has hated her for years. She said she was not going to leave her house. He threatened her, but he left. Later, while she is doing laundry, she finds the snake in her basket and runs outside to hide. While she falls asleep outside, she wakes up to Sykes inside. She waits to see what happens with the snake. He eventually gets bitten and screams for her help, but she does nothing. She just waits.
"Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston
Billy Buck (ranch-hand) was raking together some hay. Jody (a destructive little boy) wanted to hunt the mice that were living in the hay. Carl Tiflin (Jody's dad/owner of the ranch) Doubletree Mutt (black dog) The family receives a letter that Mrs. Tiflin's father is coming to visit. Carl is unhappy and says all the man talks about is indians. The grandfather seems to obsess about this. Jody goes up to the road to meet his grandfather and invites him on his mouse hunt. Billy shaved because he really respected grandfather and grandfather felt the same way about him, except that he saw him as a boy instead of a man. Billy's father packed mules. Grandfather begins talking about a time that he had to protect his group's oxen bc everyone was starving, but Carl cuts him off and Mrs. Tiflin gets mad. This happens again after dinner but Jody wants to hear the indian stories. Carl tells Jody to go to bed. On the way, Jody asks if he can kill all the mice tomorrow and his father says yes. The next morning he gets ready to kill the mice. Jody gets up early, excited to kill the mice with his grandfather. At breakfast, while grandfather is getting ready, Carl starts yelling about how he doesn't want to listen to grandfather talk about the indians anymore. Grandfather walks in while this is happening and Carl apologizes, saying he wasn't feeling well. Grandfather is obviously upset by this and no longer wants to kill the mice. He just wants to sit on the porch. Jody doesn't want to do it without grandfather and goes back to him asking for more indian stories. His grandfather talks about how there are no more places to go. Westers have already gone everywhere. There's the ocean to stop everyone. There's a lone of men along the shore hating the ocean because it stopped them. His grandfather was the leader of his group. Jody thinks one day he will explore and be the leader. Jody makes himself and his grandfather lemonade.
"The Leader of the People" by John Steinbeck
After a hard day at work, seventeen-year-old Dave heads across the fields for home, still thinking about a conflict he'd had with some other field hands that day. He vows to someday own a gun and get the respect he deserves, and he wants to prove to the others that he is no longer a child. He decides to head to the local store to examine the guns offered in a mail-order catalog, hoping that his mother will let him buy a pistol with the money he earns working in Mr. Hawkins's fields. Entering the store, Dave feels his confidence drain from him when he sees Joe, the shopkeeper, but he manages to convince Joe to lend him the catalog overnight. Joe is surprised that Dave is thinking of buying a gun, especially because he knows that Dave's mother saves all his summer earnings. He nevertheless offers to sell Dave an old pistol he has on hand for $2. His interest piqued, Dave says he will come back for it later. At home, Mrs. Saunders chides Dave for being late, and Dave tells her he was visiting his friends. On his way out to wash his hands, Mrs. Saunders notices the catalog and seizes it, giving it back when Dave explains he has to return it the next day. During supper, Dave is too engrossed in the catalog to eat or notice the arrival of his father and younger brother. Admiring the revolvers, he chokes down his dinner, knowing that he should ask his mother for the money instead of his father. Dave finally works up enough courage after dinner to broach the subject, first asking his mother whether Mr. Hawkins has paid her for his time working in the fields. Mrs. Saunders responds that the money is solely for his school clothes and immediately dismisses the idea of buying a gun. Dave pleads his case, arguing that the family needs a gun and that he'll give it to Mr. Saunders. Still not fully convinced, Mrs. Saunders finally gives Dave the $2 on the condition that he bring the gun directly to her after buying it. After buying the pistol, Dave walks around the fields with it, admiring the gun but too scared and unsure of how to fire it. He waits until it's dark and he's sure everyone has already fallen asleep before going home, and he puts the gun underneath his pillow instead of giving it to his mother as he'd promised. Mrs. Saunders approaches him in the middle of the night and quietly asks for the gun, but Dave tells her that he stashed it outside and will give it to her in the morning. When he wakes up, Dave removes the gun and holds it in his hands, realizing that he now has the power to kill someone. He quietly gets out of bed and ties the pistol to his leg with an old strip of flannel. He then heads out to the fields where he works, and he accidentally runs into his boss, Mr. Hawkins. Surprised but not wanting to give away his secret, Dave tells Mr. Hawkins that he just wanted to get a head start on the day's work. He hitches the plow to a mule named Jenny and heads to the field farthest away so that he can fire the pistol without anyone noticing. After holding and admiring the gun, Dave finally works up the courage to actually pull the trigger. He doesn't take proper aim, however, and accidentally shoots Jenny. Dave panics and desperately tries to stop the bleeding by plugging the wound with dirt, but Jenny soon dies. Sickened and frightened, he buries the gun at the base of tree and heads across the field, trying to concoct a believable story to explain Jenny's death to Mr. Hawkins. Someone eventually finds Jenny, and a small group gathers around her body. When pressed, Dave lies and says that Jenny had been startled and fell on the point of the plow. Unconvinced, Mrs. Saunders urges him to tell the truth and then quietly asks about the gun when no one else is listening. Meanwhile, someone comments that Jenny's wound looks like a bullet hole. Crying and realizing that he has to tell the truth, Dave confesses. Mr. Saunders is shocked to hear about the pistol and Mrs. Saunders's complicity. Mr. Hawkins tells Dave that he'll have to pay $50 for the mule even though her death had been an accident. He then tells Mr. Saunders that he'll take $2 out of Dave's pay each month until the debt has been paid. When Mr. Saunders asks Dave where he put the gun, however, Dave lies again and says that he threw it into the creek. His father tells him to retrieve it, get his $2 back from Joe, and give them to Mr. Hawkins as his first payment. Unable to sleep that night, Dave skulks out to retrieve the gun. Cleaning it off, he forces himself to shoot it without closing his eyes and turning his head away as he'd done before. He fires the gun four times until there are no more bullets left. Putting the gun in his pocket, he heads across the field until he comes to Mr. Hawkins's large white house. If he had one more bullet, he muses, he would fire at the house to let Mr. Hawkins know that he is really a man. Dave then hears the sound of a train in the distance. Gun in hand, he heads for the tracks and hops into a moving boxcar as the train continues on into the night.
"The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright
The Harlem Renaissance is also known as:
"The New Negro Movement"
Summary: The Sun Also Rises opens with the narrator, Jake Barnes, delivering a brief biographical sketch of his friend, Robert Cohn. Jake is a veteran of World War I who now works as a journalist in Paris. Cohn is also an American expatriate, although not a war veteran. He is a rich Jewish writer who lives in Paris with his forceful and controlling girlfriend, Frances Clyne. Cohn has become restless of late, and he comes to Jake's office one afternoon to try to convince Jake to go with him to South America. Jake refuses, and he takes pains to get rid of Cohn. That night at a dance club, Jake runs into Lady Brett Ashley, a divorced socialite and the love of Jake's life. Brett is a free-spirited and independent woman, but she can be very selfish at times. She and Jake met in England during World War I, when Brett treated Jake for a war wound. During Jake and Brett's conversation, it is subtly implied that Jake's injury rendered him impotent. Although Brett loves Jake, she hints that she is unwilling to give up sex, and that for this reason she will not commit to a relationship with him. The next morning, Jake and Cohn have lunch. Cohn is quite taken with Brett, and he gets angry when Jake tells him that Brett plans to marry Mike Campbell, a heavy-drinking Scottish war veteran. That afternoon, Brett stands Jake up. That night, however, she arrives unexpectedly at his apartment with Count Mippipopolous, a rich Greek expatriate. After sending the count out for champagne, Brett tells Jake that she is leaving for San Sebastian, in Spain, saying it will be easier on both of them to be apart. Several weeks later, while Brett and Cohn are both traveling outside of Paris, one of Jake's friends, a fellow American war veteran named Bill Gorton, arrives in Paris. Bill and Jake make plans to leave for Spain to do some fishing and later attend the fiesta at Pamplona. Jake makes plans to meet Cohn on the way to Pamplona. Jake runs into Brett, who has returned from San Sebastian; with her is Mike, her fiancé. They ask if they may join Jake in Spain, and he politely responds that they may. When Mike leaves for a moment, Brett reveals to Jake that she and Cohn were in San Sebastian together. Bill and Jake take a train from Paris to Bayonne, in the south of France, where they meet Cohn. The three men travel together into Spain, to Pamplona. They plan on meeting Brett and Mike that night, but the couple does not show up. Bill and Jake decide to leave for a small town called Burguete to fish, but Cohn chooses to stay and wait for Brett. Bill and Jake travel to the Spanish countryside and check into a small, rural inn. They spend five pleasant days fishing, drinking, and playing cards. Eventually, Jake receives a letter from Mike. He writes that he and Brett will be arriving in Pamplona shortly. Jake and Bill leave on a bus that afternoon to meet the couple. After arriving in Pamplona, Jake and Bill check into a hotel owned by Montoya, a Spanish bullfighting expert who likes Jake for his earnest interest in the sport. Jake and Bill meet up with Brett, Mike, and Cohn, and the whole group goes to watch the bulls being unloaded in preparation for the bullfights during the fiesta. Mike mocks Cohn harshly for following Brett around when he is not wanted. cont...
"The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
What did Hemingway say about the war?
"There are no heroes in war, all the heroes in this war are dead." -Hemingway
The play kicks off with stage directions that give us the lowdown on John Wright's farmhouse. All we can see onstage is the "gloomy kitchen," which is full of signs of "incompleted work," like unwashed dishes, a random loaf of bread sitting outside of the breadbox, and a dishtowel sitting out on the counter (1). First to enter is the Sheriff, who's followed by the County Attorney and Hale. We're told that the Sheriff and the Hale are middle aged, but the County Attorney is a young buck. All three men are bundled up against the cold and go immediately to the kitchen stove to warm up. Next to enter is the Sheriff's wife, Mrs. Peters, who's described as wiry and nervous. Last to make her appearance is Mrs. Hale, who it's probably safe to assume is the wife of Hale. We're told that Mrs. Hale is larger than Mrs. Peters and that normally people would describe her as "more comfortable looking" than the other woman, but for some reason Mrs. Hale looks kind of freaked out right now (1). The County Attorney invites the ladies to join the men by the fire. Mrs. Peters takes a step towards the stove, but then decides she's not cold. (Make up your mind, already.) The County Attorney asks Hale to confirm whether anything has been moved in the house. Hale says he just had some dude named Frank come over and make a fire that morning since it dropped below freezing last night. The County Attorney chides the Sheriff, saying that somebody should've been left at the house yesterday. The Sheriff makes an excuse about some guy going crazy and being really busy. The County Attorney and asks Hale to tell him everything he saw when he entered the house the morning before. So Hale starts filling us in on the deets. He dropped by to see if John Wright wanted to go in with him on a party telephone. Hale mentions that he'd tried to get Wright to do this before. Wright had blown him off, though, saying that people talked too much and all he wanted was peace and quiet. (Seems like Wright was really not the guy to go in with on a party telephone.) Hale starts to say that he hoped Wright might budge on getting the phone if Hale brought up the subject in front of Mrs. Wright, but then he admits that Wright never really paid attention to what his wife said anyway. The County Attorney cuts off Hale, telling him they'll talk about the wife stuff later. So Hale keeps dishing out the exposition. He tells us that everything was quiet when he knocked on the door, and when he came in he found Mrs. Wright rocking in the rocking chair. Everybody looks at the rocking chair he's talking about. According to Hale, Mrs. Wright was just kind of weirdly rocking back and forth in her chair and pleating her apron. The County Attorney asks Hale how Mrs. Wright seemed to feel about Hale being there. Apparently, she was didn't seem to really care. Hale tried to point out that it was cold, but Mrs. Wright didn't seem to have noticed. When Hale asked if he could see John, Mrs. Wright kind of laughed and said no. Confused, Hale asked if John was home, and Mrs. Wright says yes. cont.....
"Trifles" by Susan Glaspell
In "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what are his winter dreams? What do they have in common?
1. Wealth and prestige 2. He would take care of rich people so he could be in their circles and to include him in their golf games
In winter, Dexter Green, son of the owner of the second-best grocery store in Black Bear, Minnesota, skis across the snowed-in golf course where he caddies in the warmer months to earn his pocket money. In April, the spring thaw begins and the first golfers brave the course. Unlike the dismal spring, the autumn and winter empower Dexter and stimulate his imagination. Dexter imagines beating the golf club's most esteemed members. At work, he crosses paths with Judy Jones, who, attended by her nurse, asks Dexter to carry her clubs. Dexter can't leave his post, and Judy throws a tantrum and tries to strike her nurse with her clubs. When the caddy-master promptly returns and Dexter is free to be Judy's caddy, he quits. Hastily ending his employment as a caddie is the first in a lifelong series of impetuous acts that would be dictated to Dexter by his so-called winter dreams, which drive him to desire material success. Dexter foregoes state school for a more esteemed eastern university, where his financial resources are stretched. He still longs for luxury, but his desires are often denied. After college, Dexter, articulate and confident, borrows $1,000 off the strength of his degree and buys a partnership in a laundry. By age twenty-seven, he owns the largest chain of laundries in the upper Midwest. He sells the business and moves to New York. We learn more about a period of time during Dexter's rise to success. At age twenty-three, Dexter is given a weekend pass to the Sherry Island Golf Club by Mr. Hart, for whom Dexter used to caddy. Dexter feels superior to the other competitors but also that he does not belong in this world. At the fifteenth green, while the group searches for a lost ball, Mr. Hedrick is struck in the stomach by Miss Jones, who wishes to play through and doesn't realize that she has struck another player. She hits her ball and continues on, as the men alternately praise or criticize her beauty and forward behavior. Later that evening, Dexter swims out to the raft in the club's lake, stretching out on the springboard and listening to a distant piano. The sound of the tune fills him with delight at his present situation. The peaceful scene is disturbed by the roar of Judy's motorboat. She has abandoned a date who believes that she is his ideal, and she asks Dexter to drive the boat so that she can water-ski. Waiting for Judy to arrive for their date the next evening, Dexter imagines all the successful men from esteemed backgrounds who had once loved her. He has acquired polish and sophistication despite his humble origins. Judy arrives in modest clothes, tells the maid that dinner can be served, and informs Dexter that her parents will not be in attendance, which is a relief for Dexter. After dinner, on the sun porch, Judy asks Dexter whether it is all right if she cries. A man she was dating has confessed he is poor. When she asks Dexter what his financial standing is, he tells her that he is most likely the richest young man in the entire region. They kiss, and Dexter's passion for her increases. Dexter continues his pursuit of Judy, but during a picnic she leaves with another man. She claims that nothing has happened between her and the other man, which Dexter doesn't believe. Judy toys with the various men who seek her affections. The summer ends, and Dexter takes up residence at a club in town, showing up at the dances when Judy is in attendance. He still desires her and dreams of taking her to New York to live. He eventually forces himself to accept the fact that he will never possess her in the way he wants. He throws himself into work and becomes engaged to Irene. One night, just before the engagement is to be announced, Irene's headache forces her to cancel her plans with Dexter. He return to the University Club, where Judy, back from her travels, approaches him. They go for a drive. Judy flirts with him, telling him he should marry her, and they discuss their former passion. She asks to be taken home and begins to cry quietly. She repeats her desire to marry him. She asks him in, and he relents. Later, he does not regret that Judy's ardor cools after a month, that Irene and her family were deeply hurt by his betrayal, or that his reputation in the city has been compromised. He loves Judy above all. Leaving for the East with the intention of selling his laundries and settling in New York, the outbreak of World War I calls him back west, where he transfers management of his business to a partner. He enters basic training, welcoming the distraction of combat. In New York seven years later, when Dexter is thirty-two, he is more successful than ever. Devlin, a business associate, informs Dexter that Judy married a friend of his, a man who cheats on her and drinks heavily while Judy stays at home with the children. She has also, according to Devlin, lost her looks. Dexter feels the loss of her beauty and spark personally, because his illusions of Judy are finally and irreparably shattered. He cries, mourning the past and his lost youth, which he will never be able to reclaim.
"Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
In "The Leader of the People" by John Steinbeck, this story is considered a:
"tale of initiation"-which is a coming of age story
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: Now, go back to line 10 and Prufrock's "overwhelming question." What could this question be for him? What is it he wants to know?
-Is love worth it? Is life worth it? What is the point? -Why me? Why can't I be on the other side of it all (attractive, young)?
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: Why does Prufrock long to hear the song of the mermaids in the last lines of the poem? What might the mermaids and their singing represent? Why does he think, then, they won't sing for him?
-beautiful women sing to him -love, passion, flirting -he's too old/unattractive
WWI's Influences on the young generation:
1. "You are all a lost generation." -Gertrude Stein means lost in what to do with their lives. Don't know where to go from here. 2. Seize the day ("carpe diem") 3. Expatriates-people who went to Europe to avoid life in US 4. The New Woman
Describe the features of the Harlem culture:
1. Clubs 2. Cabarets 3. Bars 4. Publishing 5. Music 6. Theater
Name the characteristics of the Harlem Movement:
1. Commitment to artistic expression for African Americans 2. Focus on the African American experience 3. Strong sense of racial pride 4. Desire for social and political equality 5. Diversity of expression
WWI Background
1. Disillusionment 2. Casualties of War 8 million soldiers killed, 7 million civilians killed, 20 million wounded 3. Shell Shock (PTSD) 4. Spanish Influenza (should have been called Kansas Influenza) 500 million infected 50-100 million deaths Spread widely by soldiers in the war Every corner of the world infected Two waves
In "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, how does religion play a role in this story?
1. Genesis quote 2. Galatians quote: "you reap what you sow" -She's done the right thing and God approves of the decision she has made 3. The story is a parody of the Garden of Eden -Adam is the one who is at fault and Eve who wants to live peacefully 4. Sykes dies at the sun comes up 5. Delia comes from Delilah- she cuts off Samson's hair 6. The snake is the devil that he bring into the house
Describe the end of the Harlem era:
1. Great Depression 2. Focus shifted to economic and social issues 3. 1935 Harlem Riot 4. New young artists
In "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, why does he feel sad when he learns about what has happened to Judy?
1. He could have given her a better life 2. He lost his dream 3. She represents the "grail" that may be imaginary and impossible, maybe he never even wanted it really. 4. He feels old, disillusioned. His ideas from childhood were just made up and don't mean anything.
In "Dry September" by William Faulkner, what are the symbols?
1. Heat-Anger, weather, heat, sweat, sun, "Dry September" 2. McLendon's house as a Bird Cage-His wife is trapped
Hemingway's common themes are:
1. Love as the answer to an increasingly technologized society of the 20th century 2. Search for meaning a positive representation of humanity in pest-WWI 3. Suffering for love
Name the factors leading to the Harlem Renaissance movement:
1. New black middle class 2. Increased education 3. Employment opportunities 4. Great Migration
What are the four long-term effects of the Harlem Renaissance movement?
1. Publishers became more open to publishing African American literature 2. Inspired new generations of black artists 3. Proof that culture belongs to everyone 4. White audiences appreciated and participated in the black world.
Harlem spanned _____ square miles and contained ________ African Americans
3 175,000
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, what type of woman is Brett considered?
A New Woman. "I suppose she only wanted what she couldn't have." (page 36)
In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell, what do the women find in her patch box? And what do we learn?
A bird that was wrung to death by the husband. We learn that the wife must have strangled the husband just like he had strangled the bird.
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, what crowd does Brett come into the party with? How does Jake feel about them?
A group of gay men. He is mad that they have the ability to have sex but choose not to.
Define the Harlem Renaissance:
A literary and intellectual flowering that fostered a new black cultural identity in the 1920s and 30s. It has been described as a "spiritual coming of age" in which the black community had its first chance for group expression and self-identification.
In "Dry September" by William Faulkner, that Saturday night, Minnie goes to:
A movie
In "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, why does he quit his job?
B/c he wants her to see him as valuable and not a servant. She would never look at him the same way if he carried her clubs.
In the "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by Thomas Stearns Eliot, what is the background?
Background: Most influential and critically acclaimed poet of the 20th century 1948 won the Nobel Peace Prize Will probably be remembered as the man whose poems were used for the basis of the Broadway Musical "Cats"
In "Dry September" by William Faulkner, the man who is trying to stop the lynching is the:
Barber
In "Dry September" by William Faulkner, where do the men make their plan to lynch Will Mayes?
Barber shop
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, who in the story has Shell Shock?
Brett's husband
In "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what does Dexter do to make money as a young man?
Caddy
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, what does Hemingway consider the bull fighters?
Code heroes-someone who was not afraid, who would stare death in the face.
In "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright, what type of story is this?
Coming of Age
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: Prufrock claims there will be time "To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet" (25). What does it suggest he must do before he gets to the party? What is his state of mind?
Get into character, gain confidence, he is unsure of himself/doesn't feel like he belongs
What is the significance of the title "Dry September" by William Faulkner?
Dry-nothing has happened in the town and maybe they want something to happen. Heat-frustration, anger.
In "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright, is he a man yet?
Evidence that he is still a boy: -Doesn't give his mom the gun like he said he would (lies to his mother over and over, and to Mr. Hawkins) -Threw his mother under the bus -Lied about where the gun was buried -Runs away in the end (man would have stayed and paid his death) -Doesn't do his full job in the field -Had to ask his mom for permission for everything (begs when she said no) -Scared of the gun
In "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright, what is his definition of being a man?
Having respect and power Having a gun Being able to take someone's life Not having to answer to someone
In "The Leader of the People" by John Steinbeck, how was Jody changed from the beginning to the end?
He becomes more compassionate and empathetic sees his father more realistically gains patience, sacrifice
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, how is Jake wounded in the war?
He is impotent (unable to have sex)
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: He also says, "Do I dare / Disturb the universe?" (45-6). What does this tell us about his personality?
He is passive/not confident in himself
In "Dry September" by William Faulkner, how do the men treat the barber for standing up for Willy?
He was ostracized and a bad reputation
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, how does Hemingway describe good writing?
Hemingway says," The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof shit detector." He knows when he is know being authentic so he can pull back and try again. A good writer can see when people are acting genuinely.
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, what was Hemingway's writing style? Describe it.
Iceberg. It may seem very simple on the surface but there is actually a lot going on.
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: Line 1 refers to "you and I." Is Prufrock speaking to someone or is this an interior monologue?
Interior Monologue- saying his thoughts in his head
In "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, what importance does the title "Sweat" have?
It is a Genesis quote that God says to Adam and Eve as he kicks them out of the garden. He says that they now need to work for what they have.
In "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright, is this a successful coming of age story?
It is a failed tale of initiation (most people would think) bc he fails in his definition of manhood, but if he stayed and worked off the money for the mule, the community would never see him as a man. His reputation could not come back from that. He is already in a society in which he can't be seen as a man. He might learn this lesson in the future.
What did Hemingway say about "The Sun Also Rises"?
It is just a book about a couple drunks
In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell, what do the women also start to notice about the table?
It was only wiped down on one half.
In "Dry September" by William Faulkner, Minnie Cooper is:
Nearly 40
In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell, how is Mr. Wright characterized?
Not very social, does not value his wife's opinion
In "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright, why does he feel like a man half the time and a boy the other? Why did this happen?
People called him "boy". African males were called "boys" even when they were men. To demean them, make them feel lesser
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, what role does religion play?
People were becoming skeptical due to Modernism. They turn to sex, alcohol, and fun instead of God as a ritual. The "passion" relating to the bull fighters. The use of certain weapons and clothing. The people watching participate vicariously in these traditions.
In "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, what are the related poems?
Poem: "Harlem Dancer" by Claude McKay -she's dancing but her head is in another place Poem: "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay -we = black people -don't just sit here and wait, get up and fight Poem: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes -he (black people) are a part of all the rivers that everyone relies on -black culture has been around longer than white culture, since the beginning Poem: "I, Too" by Langston Hughes -he (black people) are American too and have the same rights Poem: "Incident" by Countee Cullen -protest poem -called him n-ger
In "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, why did Zora get a bad rep after publishing this story?
Racism in the black community (lighter skin vs. darker) Domestic abuse being kept quiet
In "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, what is the symbolism?
Religion (all above) Female/Male Whip-man, skillet-woman Racism OR purity White clothes for white people/white=purity
In "Dry September" by William Faulkner, how does the public see Minnie?
Reputation that no one will have her. She does not have an interesting life.
Describe the New Woman:
Right to vote Passive to Active Private to Public Mobility, Visibility Education, choices in career, family Unrestricted fashion Smoking, driving, dancing, drinking, promiscuity
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, why does Brett feel safe with the gay men?
She feels like they will not come on to her.
In "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what does Dexter find out about Judy in the final scene that upset him so much?
She has grown unattractive
In "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, why does he want Judy?
She has old money so the class would accept him. She would be his trophy as the most beautiful woman and rich. His children will be seen as old money.
In "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, how would you describe Delia?
She is finding herself, strong, fed-up
In "Dry September" by William Faulkner, why does Minnie make this claim?
She wants to be wanted by men. People (her friends and men) are looking at her now and paying attention to her. She wanted to make it last.
In "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, why is the story told in third person omniscient?
So the readers can see that it is more than just her point of view that she is a good person/this is not how everyone acts. We can now be sympathetic/objective towards her. It lends credibility to her story/establishes that Sykes is the villain.
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: Prufrock imagines the people at the party noticing things about him (41, 44). What fear is he expressing with these thoughts?
That people may think he is getting old
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, how did the rest of the people feel about Robert Cohn?
The do not like him as much as everyone else because he is Jewish. He is kind of an outsider. He had a lot of money. Jake especially hates him bc he also loves Brett.
In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell, how is this story a power struggle?
The wife got tired of having no power and did the male thing and took the power.
In "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, how does the "New Woman" affects the masculinity of these men?
They feel frustrated that cannot control her, but they still want her. The men feel emasculated because she has all the control.
In "Dry September" by William Faulkner, why do the men get so caught up in the issue of Willy raping Minnie?
They feel threatened, they want to make sure he stays down. Fear of losing their place and power It is very hot, so they are irritable when they get together like a "mob"
In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell, What do the women begin to think about the quilt that started with neat sewing and then went crazy and what do they do in response?
They think she went crazy or got mad, and they start ripping out the thread to cover for her.
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: If you have read Hamlet, can you suggest ways Prufrock is, indeed, like Hamlet?
They were both indecisive and unsure about himself, passive, scared of women
In "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, T/F-Dexter remains unmarried.
True
In "Dry September" by William Faulkner, the weather is:
Very hot
In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell, what are the symbols?
What did the husband killing the bird represent? The strangling represented him taking her voice away. By killing it, he killed what she was. Cherries/Apron: men found insignificant but actually are significant
In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell, what is the difference between how the women and men were listed?
Women are listed as men's wives, while men are listed as with their first names and their occupations
In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell, how are the men and women looking at the evidence differently?
Women take a much more emotional approach to it. They see what she used to be and why she did it. Men rely on the clear evidence.
In "Dry September" by William Faulkner, describe the background of the story:
Yoknapatawpha County, during President Jefferson, 1850s-1950s
In "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this story is considered a:
a "tale of initiation"-coming of age story
In "The Leader of the People" by John Steinbeck, Jody's grandfather wants people to feel:
a sense of pride in what he has done remember what discovering and westering meant (fulfill our destiny) all these people who had done all the battles and gone through all this hard stuff and they reach the water-lost their purpose What do we do now with that drive? Sports Technology Traveling Communication/relationships with other countries
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: Prufrock wonders if he'll have "the strength to force the moment to its crisis." What does this suggest Prufrock is planning on doing? Why does it make him afraid?
admitting he loves a woman, rejection
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: From what you know so far of Prufrock, why would being a "pair of ragged claws / Scuttling across the floors of silent seas" be a comfortable existence for him? (73-4)
being a hermit means being alone in a shell
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: In lines 15-22, Eliot personifies the fog. What kind of creature is being compared to it, and what kind of environment is it?
cat, dirty/grimey area
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: Prufrock says he has "measured out my life with coffee spoons;" (51). How does this suggest he has lived his life?
cautiously, meticulously
In "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what is Judy Jones in this story?
femme fatale ("dangerous woman")
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: He suggests he has had some encouragement in his pursuit (lines 89, 96, 101, 102), but he is mortally afraid the woman would respond with harsh words. What would this mean for him?
he has misunderstood what she meant
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: The mermaids seem to exist in a dream state for Prufrock. What happens to him when he awakes from the dream and what does it suggest about his real life?
his real life will never live up to his dreams, he drowns
In "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, once Dexter gets out of college, he makes money by:
laundries
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: Prufrock is heading to a tea party where women are "Talking of Michelangelo." What kind of affair is this and what kind of people will be there?
pretentious, talking about art and opera, well-educated
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: The evening is like an "etherised" patient (line 3). What does that image mean?
quiet, still
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: What kind of neighborhood is Prufrock wandering through in lines 4-9?
sketchy area
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: In a Shakespearean play, what part does Prufrock see himself playing? Why?
someone who assists maybe, but would probably be made the fool
In "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Judy Jones has many:
suitors
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: Paraphrase how Prufrock feels in lines 57-8. Pick several adjectives that describe him.
trapped, sacrificial, vulnerable, helpless, judged
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot: Prufrock is afraid of one particular kind of person and describes the eyes and arms in lines 55 and 65. Read the entire stanza and decide what kind of person truly frightens him.
women (white)
