Period 3 Ms. Guy October 4‚ 2010 The Street In the novel The Street by Ann Petry‚ there is an antagonist relationship between the main character‚ Ludie Johnson‚ and the wind that is terrorizing the city. Petry establishes the wind as an antagonist in the novel to show how the environment is affecting the daily lives of the residents of 116th Street by use of literary devices. The conflict with the wind is a daily occurrence in which every resident of 116th Street is faced with. The wind is personified;
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main character in The Street‚ Ann Petry shows that even in the hardest of times‚ one should continue to push forward‚ even if the “wind [pushes]” them away. The wind is trying to prevent those outside‚ especially Lutie‚ from accomplishing their mission/goals. The wind blocks Lutie’s path‚ almost as if it were the difficult situation she is going through. The wind forced the Lutie to shiver as “its cold fingers…touched the back of her neck‚ explored the sides of her head”. Petry also shows that the
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AP® ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION 2009 SCORING GUIDELINES Question 2 (Ann Petry’s The Street) The score reflects the quality of the essay as a whole—its content‚ its style‚ its mechanics. Students are rewarded for what they do well. The score for an exceptionally well-written essay may be raised by 1 point above the otherwise appropriate score. In no case may a poorly written essay be scored higher than a 3. 9–8 These essays offer a persuasive analysis of Petry’s use of literary
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FRQ #2 : The Street In this excerpt from Ann Petry’s novel‚ “The Street”‚‚ Petry utilizes asyndeton‚ personification‚ imagery and selection of detail to establish Lutie Johnson’s relationship to the urban setting and their enemy and antagonist‚ “the cold November wind”. In this opening excerpt‚ the readers will discover on how aggravating and uncooperative the urban life would be during spring‚ in addition‚ decipher on how effective the wind are to Lutie Johnson and its people. Throughout this
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meaning how their adventure begins‚ a midpoint which means what happened while they are on their adventure‚ and an ending point which means their return and how they view themselves now. Luite portrays these characteristics in the book The Street by: Ann Petry‚ Luite tries to help people before she helps herself‚ she meets a new man who she thinks things will get better with‚ but after everything that Lutie had been through things don’t really get better. Over the course of the story Lutie realizes
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In the excerpt from Ann Petry’s The Street‚ Lutie Johnson’s resistance to the city and the surrounding area of 110th street is shown through explicit imagery and personification of the wind. Petry is able to establish the obstacles of understanding a new place that may seem dark and harsh. . Petry again personifies the wind“fingering its way along the curb” and trying to discourage the people walking along the street” to further show the constant chaos that exists within the Urban
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8 September 2013 Ann Petry Prose Response In the selection from The Street‚ Ann Petry most frequently employs personification to provide insight into Lutie Johnson’s disgust with the wind and how that‚ in turn‚ builds a bitter relationship between the protagonist and the city setting. To begin the passage‚ Petry sets a dark‚ desolate mood as she personifies the wind as relentless and assaulting. It is made blatantly clear that the weather “did everything it could to discourage the people
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The Street‚ by Ann Petry‚ is a novel which heavily questions value of institutions in 1940’s Harlem‚ with some characters such as Lutie Johnson believing these fundamental organizations within America to be like a stone mansion‚ while time and time again Petry shows other characters in higher positions of power who have not put stock in those same institutions‚ recognizing them to be the house of cards that they are. Three prominent institutions within the novel deserve deep examination—that of marriage
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LANGUAGE III – Extensive Reading Material STUDY GUIDE: Like a Winding Sheet by Ann Petry 1. What were Mr. Johnson’s plans before waking up? 2. What did he do instead? Why? What part of the day was it? 3. Why did Mae make fun of him? Did Mr. Johnson enjoy her laughter? 4. How many times had Mr. Johnson been late to work? Why? For how long had he worked in those conditions? 5. How did Mr. Johnson feel about working the night shift and why? 6. What made Mae want
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Pitted against tsunamis‚ earthquakes‚ and volcanic eruptions‚ nothing man made is permanent. In an excerpt taken from Ann Petry’s novel‚ The Street‚ the main character Lutie Johnson is antagonized by the tumultuous winds that inhabit the town‚ along with the frigid cold. Using such literary elements as dark imagery‚ descriptive selection to detail and appalling personification‚ Petry successfully captures Johnson’s relationship with the urban setting. Imagery plays an important role in portraying
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