American Literature Summer Reading List Summer 2014 Belmont High School English Department The following list was complied from the recommendations of the Belmont High School English department and contains some of the best-known works of American literature. Each book addresses the American Dream and/or American identities. All entering 11th graders must read at least one book from the list below over the summer. Students entering English 11 Honors must read at least one contemporary AND one classic
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1. Describe the demographics of the Red River community in 1869. There were about 4500 metis French and 4500 English speaking (country born) people and 45000 of Scottish immigrants. 1/3 of each‚ a divided population. Families probably had 12-15 kids‚ lots of young kids and middle age people (didn’t live to a very old age). 2. What was the reaction of the people of the Red River settlement to the government’s plans to annex their territory? Explain what their objections were to their treatment
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On February 28‚ 1888‚ a year after the publication of Noli Me Tangere‚ and six months after his arrival in the Philippines‚ José Rizal sailed from Manila again‚ by "advice" of the government. The letters he wrote back home show how his heart ached at going‚ yet his judgment told him that it was best for him to go. The phenomenal effect of Noli Me Tangere made it clear that Rizal could wield a mighty influence through his pen‚ but to write the truth he would have to go to some country where he would
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fight the demons at the forest‚ Dasarata was terribly shocked. But still‚ he agreed to part with Rama‚ to honor his promise. Later in time‚ when his third wife Kaikeyi wanted the throne of Ayodhya for her own son Bharata and wanted Rama to be sent in exile to the forest‚ it was nothing short of a deathly blow to Dasarata. But still‚ he could never use his kingly authority to veto her request‚ because of the promise he had made long ago to Kaikeyi‚ to grant her two boons whenever she chose to ask.
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Working Paper No. 18 Struggle to Acculturate in the Namesake: A Comment on Jhumpa Lahiri ’s Work as Diaspora Literature! Mahesh Bharatkumar Bhatt GJ!jarat Arts &Science College‚ Ellisbridge‚ Ahmedabad Abstract The aim of the paper is to bringforth the wqy in which Jhllmpa Lahiri‚ a Plllitzer prize winner novelist explores the dilemma of name and immigrant ’s sense of identity and belongingness in the novel The Namesake. The paper discllsses the term ’diaspora: and their role in the present
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Witches‚ Good‚ and Evil “Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” The worth-thinking question is one piece of lyrics of No One Mourns the Wicked in Wicked. It queries a universal value that a dichotomy between “good and evil” is always used by human being. In our collective consciousness‚ saturated as it’s by exposure to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and its adapted 1939 film‚ The Wizard of Oz‚ Glinda‚ the Good Witch of the North‚ and Elphaba‚ the Wicked
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CRITICAL THINKING ANSWER KEY Phantom phalluses Published: Monday | January 17‚ 2011 Garth A. Rattray‚ Contributor I. Background information to help your readers understand the nature of the work A. Information about the work ( 4 marks) 1. Title 2. Author 3. Publication information 4. Author’s topic and purpose: TOPIC becomes obvious from the second paragraph - “Our society (especially in the lower-income bracket) is filled with phantom phalluses that only give the illusion of
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classmate for our “book of choice” project. I got through all 1400 some pages‚ but looking back‚ as a 7th grader‚ I don’t think I understood all of the finer points. High School Title Grade Read Level of Difficulty Additional Notes/Comments Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri) 9 Medium This was the book we read in my old high school before I transferred. I believe we were set to read The Odyssey after that. Oedipus Rex 9 Easy A Midsummer Night’s Dream 9 Easy Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe) 9
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Women feared pregnancy and birth during the Antebellum era‚ contrary to the belief women hold in the twenty-first century. The physicians in the Antebellum South knew little regarding female reproductive health‚ and their ignorance resulted in many complications: puerperal fever‚ inability to breastfeed‚ and prolapse uterus. The fear was not only caused by after birth plights; slaveowners disregarded pregnancy and birth‚ heightening the previous fear. Owners forced slaves to work while pregnant and
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the temple audience of priests and people. Oracle I‚ Hananiah: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Within two years time I will bring back to this place all the temple vessels brought to Babylon. (vs 2-3) Oracle II‚ Hananiah: Jeconiah and exiles of Judah who come to Babylon‚ I will bring back to this place…for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. (vs 4). Part 2‚ the narrator reports Jeremiah’s reply; also Hananiah oracle response. (Vs 5-11) Oracle III‚ Hananiah: Even so I will break
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