Mark Twain
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
William Dean Howells
Editha
Henry James
The Real Thing and The Pupil
Ambrose Bierce
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge and Chikamauga
Jack London
To Build a Fire
Kate Chopin
Desireeās Baby, The Story of an Hour, At the āCadian Ball and The Storm
Mary Wilkins Freeman
A New England Nun and The Revolt of āMotherā
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County theme
trickery ā trickster doesnāt win (Jim Smiley), East vs. West clash
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County theme
narrator goes to Simon Wheeler asking for Reverend Leonidas W. Smiley
Simon Wheeler tells story about Jim Smiley
Jim Smiley likes to bet; bets on horse, then dog, then frog
Stranger beats Jim Smileyās frog
Narrator leaves Simon Wheelerās house
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Irony
things donāt happen the way theyāre expected to happen
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County dog name
Andrew Jackson: Trail of Tears, Democrat (States Rights), proslavery
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County frog name
Daniel Webster: Whig Party, direct opponent of A.J.
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County horse name
15 minute nag
Setting of Notorious Jumping Frog
Angels Camp (Goldrush town), Old West
Narrative type of Notorious Jumping Frog
frame narrative
William Dean Howells commentary in Editha
criticism of rashness of youth
Editha setting
Spanish-American war
Editha main plotpoints
Editha wants George to go to war
They argue but George goes to war
George dies
Editha depressed
Editha to Mrs. Gearsonās house, gets dunked on by her
Editha depressed again but when she is getting her picture painted the painter calls Mrs. Gearson vulgar, so Editha feels justified and is free
Editha theme
ideal vs. reality
The Real Thing theme
Money, Identity, and Class
The Real Thing main plot points
Mr. and Mrs. Monarch come to main characters studio
Model for him for a while
Mrs. Churm is mad about Mr. and Mrs. Monarch
Italian Oronte becomes main model
Jack Hawley is like these guys are trash
Mr. and Mrs. Monarch are laid off
The Pupil theme
need vs. greed
The Pupil main plot points
Pemberton hired to tutor Morgan
Morgan and Pemberton become friends
Pemberton isnāt getting paid
Pemberton leaves to tutor another guy whoās going to give him money
Mrs. Moreen writes to Pemberton that Morgan is sick
Pemberton goes and stays with them while they have financial troubles
Mrs. Moreen says Morgan can go with Pemberton
Morgan dies
What condition does Morgan have in The Pupil?
heart condition
Why canāt Morgan go to school/need a tutor?
his heart condition makes him too fragile to go to school
Why is Pemberton nervous to tutor Morgan?
he hasnāt been a tutor yet
How does An Occurrence at Owl Creek begin
in media res
An Occurrence at Owl Creek theme
life vs. death, trickery, fluidity of time
An Occurrence at Owl Creek main plot points
Story opens with Farquhar being hung
Flashback to him being tricked by a Union solider pretending to be a Confederate to blow up Confederate bridge
Back to him being hung, escapes noose, goes down river, gets shot at, gets home
Dies
Which side of the army was Farquhar on (Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge)
Confederate
Sounds corresponding to emotions
watch=about to die, gun=panic
Chikamauga theme
war is not to be idealized, death comes from war
Chikamauga setting
plantation, woods, Civil War
Why doesnāt the little boy notice the gunshots and fire? Chikamauga
Heās deaf
Fire irony Chikamauga
light represents beacon to little boy but it actually is destructive
Sword symbol Chikamauga
warrior heritage, gives sense of strength, wood=weak (little boy is vulnerable)
Main plot points of Chikamauga
little boy wandering in forest
falls asleep
sees dead/injured guys and plays with them
sees light so he goes toward it
his house is on fire
goes to his mom who is dead
throws sword in fire
To Build a Fire theme
Nature Is Indifferent, survival
To Build a Fire main plot points
man goes into the woods alone with dog
fell into frozen lake
builds fire but gets really cold while doing it
fire melts snow off branch and falls on fire, puts fire out
tries to make another fire but hands are numb
tries to kill dog to live in itās corpse but canāt
dies
Desireeās Baby: What does creole mean
people born in Louisiana
Desireeās Baby: Creole class
wealthy
Desireeās Baby: Cajun meaning
āCadians/French Canadians
Desireeās Baby: Cajun class
poorer/farmers
Desireeās Baby: Louisiana before vs. after Louisiana purchase
Class mattered more than race then āone drop ruleā developed and race mattered more over class
Setting of Desireeās Baby
plantation areas of Louisiana
Desireeās Baby: Why is Armand cruel to the enslaved people on his plantation
internalized hatred (knows heās mixed)
Desireeās Baby main plot points
Desiree adopted
Desiree and Armand are growing apart because of the race of their baby
Armand confronts her and kicks her out
Desiree goes to swamp with baby
Armand burning Desireeās things but looks at letter that lets readers know he is mixed
At The Cadian Ball theme
womenās sexual desires and individuality
Desireeās Baby theme
racism/colorism
At The Cadian Ball main plot points
Alcee (Creole) goes to Cadian ball for Calixta
Bobinox and Calixta talk
Alcee and Calixta talk
Clarissa confronts Alcee about Calixta
Bobinox ends up with Calixta and Alcee ends up wth Clarissa
The Storm main plot points
Bobinot and his son Bibi stuck at store during storm
Alcee asks Calixta to stay in her house while storm passes
They have sex
Alcee leaves and Bobinot and Bibi come home
Calixta is nicer
The Storm theme
female sexuality
The Story of an Hour theme
female self-exploration/identity, unhappy marriage
The Story of an Hour main plot points
Mrs. Mallard learns her husband dies
Feels free as she looks out the window
Goes downstairs with her sister
Husband comes home
Mrs. Mallard dies of a heart attack
A New England Nun themes
duty vs. happiness
A New England nun main plot points
Joe comes home from Australia
Louisa and him are about to get married
Louisa goes on a walk at night and sits down
Joe and Lily talk about how they love eachother but wonāt get married
Louisa breaks off the engagement with Joe
A New England Nun bird symbol
Louisaās hermit way of life
A New England Nun Caesar symbol
Louisaās hermit way of life
A New England Nun birdās alarm when seeing Joe symbol
Louisaās own emotions toward Joe
The Revolt of āMotherā theme
defiance of traditional gender roles
The Revolt of āMotherā main plot points
Sarah Penn finds out new barn is being built and confronts Adoniram
Adoniram brushes her off
Sarah brings her and her childrenās things into the new barn
Adoniram comes home and is shocked
Adoniram submits to Sarah
Irony in The Revolt of āMotherā
animals are getting better living conditions than humans
Barn symbol in The Revolt of āMotherā
To Adoniram: his success and agricultural growth
To Sarah: broken promise
The Yellow Wallpaper main plot points
Narrator is on rest cure in room with yellow wallpaper
Sees things in the wallpaper
Eventually sees a woman in the wallpaper
Tries to get her out
Ends up being the woman she was trying to get out and is rubbing against the wallpaper
Why does the narrator go mad in the Yellow Wallpaper
Rubbing against wallpaper: arsenic
Not allowed to talk to people
What is the commentary in The Yellow Wallpaper
how unfairly mentally ill women were treated
Theme in The Yellow Wallpaper
mental illness, gender roles, āhysteriaā