The Great Gatsby Summer Reading Assignment Chapter 1: 1) A) Nick Carraway is both a good and bad narrator for the story. We can personally witness the events in the story as if we are actually part of the novel‚ but at the same time‚ he cannot display an accurate interpretation of what happened between Gatsby and Daisy before he met them. To fill in the blanks of information that Nick does not know about‚ he turns to other characters in the story (Joran Baker and Gatsby). He is too deeply
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Summer Reading Assignment in English III A. Timeline 1. Childhood Dreams Randy Pausch was a kid who loved to dream big dreams. And it was important to him to have specific dreams. When he was in grade school‚ a lot of kids wanted to become astronauts‚ but Randy just wanted the floating and to experience getting in zero gravity. When he was eight years old‚ their family went on a trip to see Disneyland. And to him it was the happiest place on earth. He wanted to become one
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I never did like driving in the winter. I was almost always running late‚ time just tended to escape me. In the winter‚ everything required a sluggish attentiveness that I didn’t have the tolerance for. Driving had always been a tranquil and lulling thing for me‚ up until I hit solid black ice. I never expected to spin out of control like that and I was so sure that the only way this could end was with my car upside down in the middle of the road. My knuckles were white from gripping the bitter
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Isaiah Bradley’s character in "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" serves as a symbol of the historical and ongoing racial injustices faced by African Americans‚ particularly those who served in the American military during the world war. His experiences as an African American super soldier show us the systemic racism and marginalization that black soldiers have endured both during and after their service‚ with no recognition‚ respect‚ or rights. Bradley’s experience shows the harsh reality of America’s
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Those Winter Sundays In the poem‚ “Those Winter Sundays‚” by Robert Hayden‚ he tells a familiar story about the relationship between a parent and a child. The story is that more times than not‚ the child is oblivious to the sacrifices. He talks about the father still getting up on Sundays after a long work week‚ and how he would build a fire to warm up the house before his kids would get out of bed. He would also polish his child’s shoes. He would do all this and no one would ever thank him. “When
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“It is not so simple as that either. As so frequently would be the case in the future‚ Dexter was unconsciously dictated to by his winter dreams.” This quote is from the last paragraph in section one of “Winter Dreams”‚ the small little phrase goes on to set the whole theme of the short story‚ and very early on gives us a look at Dexters desire for wealth‚ beautiful women‚ and a good time. All of which are major components of the American dream as we know it today. Although‚ Dexter seems to contradict
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down her book momentarily as she regained her composure. I asked her what was she reading that had her laughing so hard. She told me it was a book by an author named Sister Soulja called “The Coldest Winter Ever.” With a scrunched up face and through squinted eyes I asked “you’re reading about winter?” With a soft chuckle she replied “No‚ that is the name of the main character.” That intrigued my interest because I never heard of anyone being named after a season before. So I asked her to tell
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Winter Dreaming of a Socratic Seminar The Socratic Seminar was an educational and enlightening experience. Before the day of the seminar I was a bit apprehensive and was not sure whether the class‚ or I for that matter‚ would participate much or learn much. After the class I felt great about the experience and learned a lot‚ it was good to have a conversation with my fellow classmates about the story in a relaxed atmosphere. I was confused on several aspects of the story and wanted to discuss several
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The poems “Daystar” by Rita Dove and “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden share many similar themes. The main theme that these two poems share is being unappreciated. Both narrators used specific language and imagery to support this theme. In the poem “Those Winter Sundays” the father is described to wake up every morning even on Sundays also‚ to warm the house up for his child. He worked all week doing labor and “No one ever thanked him” is a hint that people around him were very unappreciative
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English 111: 9 th Grade Advanced Summer Reading Guide (2015) Blessed Trinity Catholic High School Please print this packet and write the answers to the questions on this first page directly on the paper. Type the answers to the study questions. Bring the completed packet on the first day of class for a homework grade. After receiving instructions in class‚ you will also submit your answers to these questions to Turn It In. What is your name? Marisa Whitfield How many books did you read in the
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