“the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
Happy birthday, Jack Kerouac
THINGS TO KNOW FOR THE TEST:
A ) Make sure you can discuss the symbolism in "Hills Like White Elephants" and "The Yellow Wallpaper" - reread the texts if you need to.
B) Make sure you can discuss what in going on in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" - who the main character is and the main theme of the poem.
C) Be able to discuss the following: "Poetry" by Marianne Moore, "Helen" by H.D., "Harlem" by Langston Hughes, "Station in the Metro" by Erza Pound, "Anyone Live in a Pretty How Town" by e.e. cumming, "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams.
D) Be able to discuss the differences between Modernism and Realism or the main beliefs (themes) of Modernism
The Great Gatsby
Things to KNOW
1)
List four sub-plots and be able to outline them
according to the six elements
2)
Outline the main plot
3)
List all the rumors
4)
MOTIFS – explain the following and how it works
in the overall meaning of the text: TIME, Car Crashes, Weather
5)
SYMBOLS- explain the following and how they work
in the overall meaning of the novel: Eyes of Eckleburg, Green Light, Settings,
Biloxi, Daisy’s voice, songs
6)
Characters: Nick, Jordan, Tom, Daisy, Gatsby,
Klipspringer, Wilson, Owl Eyes, Myrtle, Mr. and Mrs. Sloan, Mr. Gatz, Dan Cody,
Mr. and Mrs. McKee
7)
Quotes
8)
List all the dreams/illusions of the characters
in Gatsby
9)
Allusions – KNOW AT LEAST FIVE ALLUSIONS and be
able to discuss their importance
10)
Classes – discuss the different classes and there
representatives in Gatsby
11)
THEMES: The Death of the American Dream; The
Roaring Twenties; Time – The Meaning of Time; Social Classes and Social
Structure in America
12)
Meaning
of characters names.
1)
List three symbols from the novel and briefly in
a few sentences discuss what they mean in relation to one of the major themes.
2)
Who is the dynamic character and how does he
change?
3)
List for settings in the novel (be exact) and
discuss the purpose of each setting.
4)
Exactly when does the novel begin and when does
it end?
5)
List the importance of the following
characters. Why are they important to
the novel?
DAISY:
GEORGE WILSON:
TOM:
MYRTLE:
OWL EYES:
JORDAN:
6)
Outline the main plot (give at least 3 events in
the rising action)
7)
What are some ways (at least five) that Jay Gatz
reinvented himself as Jay Gatsby?
8)
List and discuss one major theme from the novel
and give examples of scenes that reinforce the idea.
9)
Who is the protagonist of the novel? And make an argument using examples to back
this idea up.
FOR THE FOLLOWING QUOTATIONS NAME
THE SPEAKER:
10)
“Nowadays people begin by sneering at family
life and family institutions and next they’ll throw everything overboard and
have intermarriage between black and white”
_____________________
11)
If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home
across the bay. You always have a green
light that burns all night at the end of the dock.”
______________________
12)
“It’s really his wife that’s keeping them
apart. She’s a catholic and they don’t
believe in divorce.”
______________________
13)
“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man
when he is alive and not after he is dead.”
______________________
14)
“What’ll we plan? What do people plan?”
______________________
15)
“I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I
thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.”
_______________________
16)
“You said a bad driver was only safe until she
met another bad driver? Well, I met
another bad driver didn’t I?”
______________________
Possible Short Answer Questions
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Many plays and novels use contrasting places (for example, two countries, two
cities or towns, two houses, or the land and the sea) to represent opposed forces or
ideas that are central to the meaning of the work.
Choose a novel or a play that contrasts two such places. Explaining how the places differ, what each place represents, and how their
contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.
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In a novel or play, a confidant (male) or a confidante (female) is a character, often
a friend or relative of the hero or heroine, whose role is to be present when the
hero or heroine needs a sympathetic listener to confide in. Frequently the result is,
as Henry James remarked, that the confidant or confidante can be as much “the
reader’s friend as the protagonist’s.” However, the author sometimes uses this
character for other purposes as well.
Choose a confidant or confidante discuss the various ways this character functions
in the work.
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Novels and plays often include scenes of weddings, funerals, parties, and other
social occasions. Such scenes may reveal the values of the characters and the
society in which they live. Select a novel or play that includes such a scene and discuss the contribution the scene makes to the meaning of the
work as a whole.
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