American Lit Final

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How does kindred show the brutality of slavery

Dana gets sent to the past and beaten up and sees firsthand how slavery was

Why was Kindred written

To make readers known of slavery and what it was like living in that time while also creating a good story line

Why does the author have Dana going back and forth in time

To show the effects of slavery and it is still important

How is Dana powerful

she won’t let Rufus control her and she is highly educated

How is Dana powerless

Since she is back in time her freedom has gone away since she is a black woman

Why is Dana and Rufus’s relationship so complex

The slave and slaveowner are not supposed to be friends, Dana only comes back to save Rufus’s life, Rufus doesn’t treat Dana as bad as the other slaves

How did the Author of Kindred show the lasting importance of slavery

By making Dana time travel and experience slavery while still living in modern society at times

What time period does the Great Gatsby take place

1920’s

How is the American Dream portrayed

Gatsby’s wealth, living the perfect life, supposed to win Daisy back

What is a significance of Gatsby not winning Daisy back

Not all American dreams come true

What does the green light symbolize in the Great Gatsby

Gatsby’s hopes and dreams, to move forward

What does the Valley of Ashes represent

The dark side of the American Dream

How does the weather play a part of the tone/mood of the scenes in Great Gatsby

The weather is rainy when the tone is sad but sunny when it is a happy scene

How does the Great Gatsby fit the theme of reclaiming the past

Gatsby wants to reclaim his past with Daisy but fails

How is the American Dream represented in Of Mice and Men

George and Lennie want to make enough money to buy land of their own

What happened in weed that George and Lennie are running from

Lennie grabbed a girls dress and didn’t let go

What happened with Curley’s wife and Lennie

Lennie grabbed her hair and ended up snapping her neck

What major event was happening during of mice and men

The Great Depression

How does George and Lennie’s American Dream fail

Lennie accidentally killed Curley’s wife and then George shot Lennie

Who was Crooks

A black man who lived in the stable by himself

Who was the lonely characters in Of Mice and Men

Lennie, Crooks, Candy, Curley’s wife

Who is the “protector” of Lennie

George

Why does George kill Lennie

So then Curley wouldn’t do it, George wanted to be the one to do it

What is Lennie like

He is mentally challenged but he is super strong

How is Curley’s wife’s personality

very flirty and lonely

How is Curley’s Wife an example of women back in the 1930s

Women didn’t get much power back in the 1930s and they were just there for their looks

How does the American Dream for Lennie and George become closer to reality

Candy offers some of his money to buy the place, only if Candy can come with them

What major event happened in Up from the Sea

A tsunami came and washed everything away

How did Kai show resilience

He changed his mindset and took on new beginnings

How did the community unite during the time of the Tsunami

People from neighboring towns and countries donated supplies for the soccer team to start up

Why might have the author chose to write in poem form

To show emotion

What was the Author’s purpose in Up from the Sea

To honor the Tsunami survivors and spread the message

What major event was in Drowned City

Hurricane Katrina

What desperate measures did the people who were effected by the hurricane do

They started breaking in to stores and looting them

How did the community take shelter when they hhad no home to go to after the Hurricane

They all went inside the superdome before they got bussed to somewhere safer

How was resilience shown in Drowned City

The community stuck together and some rebuilt their homes in the same area

How did the whole nation connect after Hurricane Katrina

Everyone from around the nation was talking about what had happened and sending supplies to help out people who were affected

How did the comic book in Drowned City help portray the situation better

It helped the readers understand the tone and what it actually looked like from the pictures drawn.

What was the Authors purpose in writing Drowned City

To inform readers what happened during Hurricane Katrina and how there were some flaws that had happened

What was Daisy’s reaction to all of Gatsby’s shirts

She got sad and started to cry