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nature and solitude (LR)
Peaceful, healing, spiritual place, a friend, Need to be alone in nature
childhood
We should use our imaginations, Be creative / playful, We should be more childlike
human nature (LR)
people are naturally good
The Common People (LR)
Not interested in wealthy / famous
imagination
We should use our imaginations, Be creative / playful, We should be more childlike
The individual LR
Take care of urself, listing to ones inner self
Emotions LR
<3 over mind, Have a life of contemplation, Discover / feel and express emotion
why Thoreau went to the woods
To live deliberately — live a life of purpose
Thoreau’s thoughts on the “details” of our lives
The “details” of our life are unnecessary & causes our life to disappear / be wasted. He believes our lives should be simple
Why Thoreau left the woods
He left because there was nothing else to learn from Walden Pond — He was living a routine life
Thoreau’s tone in the text
Aggressive / stern ?
Thoreau’s thoughts on “time”
“time is but a stream” quote - Time is short. our lives are a blip in a map / just a small moment in existence
Thoreau’s thoughts on poverty/living a “poor” life
He believes living a poor life is the best way to live because the poor don’t focus on material possessions and are able to see essential things in life.
Thoreau’s message
His message is to live a life of more purpose / simplicity.
Emerson thoughts on being “misunderstood”
To be great is to be misunderstood. Many great people were misunderstood. If yr misunderstood than yr practicing self reliance
Emerson “ joint stock company” metaphor
At a point you have to sacrifice who you are to fit in to society
Emerson’s message
In order to fully live your life you have to have self reliance, put yr heart and soul into everything you do, and be yourself
Nature and solitude DR
Nature is threatening
human nature, intuition DR
People are inherently bad and will chose bad
Imagination DR
menacing / depressing
Emotions DR
Emotions are disturbing / negative
What the narrator says about he and Annabel’s love
It is the greatest love of all time, and it is all consuming
How Annabel dies (who kills her, what kills her)
She died from a wind chill, angles killed her.
How the narrator reacts to Annabel’s her death
He mourns her death with incredible sadness / obsessiveness. At the end of the Poem the narrator mourn Annabelle and sleeps next to her corpse
The shift in mood in Annabel Lee
Start — Uplifting / cheerful
End — Gloomy / sad / disturbing
how is the House of Usher is described as the narrator approaches it
The narrator feels depressed, and anxious (has a physical effect on him) The closer he gets the more gloom he feels
The House of Usher’s physical description
The fissure - barly visible, extends throughout the entire house
The tarn — black, deep, heavy fog
fungi — covering the exterior
Masonry - decayed
windows — sharp, long, eyelike
Walls - bleak
Usher’s physical appearance
skin - is extremely pale, corpse like
eyes - glossed, large, look delirious or generally unaware
hair - stringy / web like
lips - thin and pale
nose - Curved / Hebrew nose
chin - Finley shaped / sharp
Usher’s symptoms/what he is suffering from
He is suffering from an intense mental illness, acuteness of the sesnes
Food needs to be flavorless
Can only wear certain textures
Can only handle certain smells
Sensitivity to light — Light gives migraines
Can only handle light sounds (stringed instruments)
Usher’s death, Madeline’s involvement, what actually killed him
Usher thought that his fear would kill him.
Usher died once he saw Madeline covered in blood in the door.
He died from fear.
Why was Lady Madeline buried alive?
Usher thought she was dead. Her illness makes her look lifeless
the story of the Haunted palace represents
The story of Ushers downfall / struggle w his illness
the shift in mood from beginning to end in the Haunted Palace
Start: magical / majestic
End: ominous
Symbolization in the Story of the Haunted Palace
the windows - Ushers eyes
the banners - Ushers hair
the spirits in the windows - The functionality of Ushers mind
the door - Ushers mouth
the king of the palace - Thought
Poe’s choice of 1st person narration
Makes the reader feel as though they’re the narrator
the events of the Mad Trist
Ethel Red (MC) breaks into the hermits house : Ethel slays dragon : the shield falls
the sounds in the house during the Mad Triste
Break in - cracking, ripping (stifled and dull)
Dragon died - muffled screaming , grating
shield — terrible ringing sound
The noises in the house during the Mad Triste Symbolism
cracking / ripping — Lady Madeline trying to escape
Screaming - Madeline screaming
Grating - the door to the cellar opening
ringing - Madeline breaking down the door
Why was the prohibition enacted
To protect the sanctity of the home and marriage from alcohol
The Prohibitions outcomes
Bootlegging, Speakeasy’s, Uprise of the American gangster
Gatsby
Flashy New Money, charismatic, beautiful personality / smiles w understanding
Daisy
Nick's cousin, toxic marriage w Tom, was in love w Gatsby — the “it” girl
Tom
Old $ —. Cheats, aggressive, toxic relationship
Nick
Unreliable narrator - so absorbed in others lives — middle class , west egg , traveled to join the bonds buisness
Jordan
New woman (golfer) , Daisys best friend , has a relationship with Nick that goes nowhere
Myrtle
Toms mistress
George
Myrtles husband — hardworking but never rewarded
Owl Eyes
alcoholic who was astounded at the authenticity of Gatsby's library
Wolfsheim
Gambler, mobster that Gatsby does business w
Klipspringer
a young pianist who lives in Gatsby's home
Gatsby young life
Went to war
Went to Oxford
Past w Daisy
He dated her 5 years b4 the present
How he got to west egg
Clam digger on Lake Superior
Employed for dan Cody
Gatsby inherited Codys Money
Nick as narrator
Unreliable
Gatsby & Daisy’s relationship - Daisy loved Gatsby but uses him for his $. Gatsby is obsessed w erasing the past relationships she had
Daisy and Gatsby want to use each other, unhealthy — Gatsby uses Daisy to gain status // Daisy uses Gatsby for his $$ — Their love is conditional
The Deaths of Major Characters
Gatsby - shot by Wilson
Myrtle - Ran over by Daisy
Wilson - Shot himself after shooting Gatsby
What happened to West Egg and Gatsby (upper middle class)
Wealth but no status — he failed then died and was forgotten
Emmersons thoughts on living a life of “consistency”
If you live a life of consistency you’re unintelligent
What happened to East Egg and Tom & Daisy (upper class)
Old $, status – no consequences,, Tom and Daisy uprooted their life but kept living with no consequences
What happened to the valley of ashes -- Myrtle & Wilson (low working class)
Low working class — they worked hard and didn’t achieve excessive — died
Fitzgerald’s message about society & the American Dream
The American dream isn’t equal. Those who are hardworking may not always achieve success. And those at the top of society pay no consequences. Gatsby and Wilson worked hard and never sieved success, while Tom and Daisy did nothing and are successful
Verbatim plagiarism
when you directly copy and paste from a source w/o citing the author at all
patchwork plagiarism
When you copy and paste ideas from different sources and put them together to create a new text, w/o giving sources to the original authors
Paraphrasing plagiarism
When you use someone else’s ideas, but put the ideas in your own words, w/o citing the original thinking
Global plagiarism
When you use someone else's work entirely and use it as yr own
Self plagiarism
When you use one of yr old essays and pass it in again
Where the header goes
Top right, last name and page number
The components of a heading
Begins at top left. Name, Teacher, Class, Date (day, month, year)
How to write an basic in-text citation
“Quote” (authors last name).
How to write an alternative in-text citation
“Quote” (“Title”).
margins MLA
1 inch
Professional Style
language to avoid (1st, 2nd person pronouns)
Order of sources work cited
alphabetical
When to indent works cited
Anything beyond line one
the Green Light
Gatsbys American Dream // Daisy
the presence of Pammy
Tom and daisy's relationship
Tom giving Daisy pearls on their wedding day
The type of life / money Tom can give Daisy
West Egg
Represents new money — money that was worked for
East Egg
Represents old money — Money that was given by name
the valley of ashes
Represents the poor working class
Myrtle asking for a Dog
Represents commitment
Gatsby throwing shirts at Daisy
Represents the life Gatsby can give her — Daisy couldve had money and love ???
the Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
The eyes of God
Topic sentence
stems from thesis, further explains one of reasons
claim
after topic sentence an argument stemming from yr topic sentence
detail
and evidence to prove the claim to be true
explanation
you explaining how the detail proves the claim
What is in the conclusion paragraph
Summarize argument broadly, what does it mean, show, or prove. Discuss topic and evidence as a whole. explain y yr argument matters
What must be in an intro
hook (1-2 sentences) , bg, thesis (1 sentence)
deliberate (adj.)
done intentionally
superfluous (adj.)
unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.
conformity (n)
behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards.
cultivate (v)
prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.
ignorance (n)
lack of knowledge or information.
nourishing (adj.)
containing substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition.
perception (n)
the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.
transcendent (adj.)
above the range of normal or merely physical human experience.
conspiracy (n)
a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.
nonconformist (n)
a person whose behavior or views do not conform to prevailing ideas or practices.
integrity (n)
the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
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