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Review of Works Studied

Review of Works Studied. Fiction, Play & Poetry. The Outsiders. Author: S.E. Hinton 1967; Tulsa, Oklahoma Ponyboy Curtis , a fourteen-year-old boy Sodapop “Soda”  and  Darryl “ Darry ,” , his brothers Johnny Cade , Dallas “Dally” Winston Keith “Two-Bit” Mathews

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Review of Works Studied

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  1. Review of Works Studied Fiction, Play & Poetry

  2. The Outsiders • Author: S.E. Hinton • 1967; Tulsa, Oklahoma • Ponyboy Curtis, a fourteen-year-old boy • Sodapop “Soda” and Darryl “Darry,”, his brothers • Johnny Cade, • Dallas “Dally” Winston • Keith “Two-Bit” Mathews • Steve Randle, the Greasers, poor kids from the East Side of town who are friends of the Curtis brothers • Bob Sheldon • Randy Anderson • Sherri “Cherry” Valance, the Socs, rich kids from the West Side of town • Themes: bridging the gap between rich and poor, honor among the lawless, and the retention of innocence

  3. Paper Clips • Middle schools students in Whitwell, Tennessee collect paper clips • Monument to Holocaust victims of Nazi Germany • 30 million paper clips collected

  4. One Survivor Remembers • 1995 documentary about GerdaWeissmann • journey of survival and remembering both before and after the war

  5. The Diary of Anne Frank • Play by Goodrich & Hackett • June 12, 1942-August 1, 1944, Amsterdam • Anne Frank, a teenage Jewish girl • Margot Frank, her older sister • Otto Frank, their father • Edith Frank-Holländer, their mother • Mr. Van Daan, Otto’s business associate • Mrs. Van Daan, Van Daan’s wife • Peter Van Daan, their son • Albert Dussel, a dentist • March, 1945; Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, near Hanover, Germany

  6. Flowers for Algernon • Daniel Keyes • Charlie Gordon, Dr. Strauss, Prof. Nemur, Algernon, Alice Kinnian, Burt, Fay, Fanny, Rose, Matt, Norma, Gimpy • Mistreatment of the mentally disabled, tension between intellect and emotion, persistence of the past in the present

  7. The Hunger Games • Suzanne Collins • KatnissEverdeen, Peeta, Gale, Prim, K’s mom, Haymitch, Cinna, President Snow, Rue, Cato, Glimmer, Effie, Foxface • Inequality b/w rich & poor, suffering as entertainment, the importance of appearance

  8. “Dust of Snow” • Robert Frost • 1923 • an uplifting moment in an otherwise bad day • Hope • The speaker happily and quickly decides that the day is saved because of a dust of snow falling on him or her. He or she no longer thinks the day is a loss, but instead has hope that the day can be salvaged. • ƒ Perspective • The speaker’s perspective is changed by a small event. Perhaps the poem implies that we can either think positively or negatively about events, depending on our perspectives and points of view. Perhaps the speaker thinks we should maintain a positive perspective on life in general.

  9. “The Chariot” • Emily Dickinson • 1890 • “Because I could not stop for Death,/ he kindly stopped for me” • Liminality; life passing you by; memories of a life lived

  10. “Grant Wood: American Gothic” • Jane Yolen • 2001 • We define too much by what people own or possess: “Do not dwell on the fork” • We should dwell not on our possessions but see what our possessions say to others about who we are. • Happiness should depend on our inner goodness, faith, & integrity, not on what we own. • *Period 8- Skip this slide

  11. “Abandoned Farmhouse” • Ted Kooser • 1980 • The characters, who are present only through their material possessions and surroundings, are revealed to the reader through a close reading of all they've left behind. •  failure, abandonment and different ways of seeing •  "money was scarce"

  12. “Mother to Son” • Langston Hughes • 1922 • Harlem Renaissance (1918-1937) • The extended metaphor compares the mother’s life to a staircase.  • The line “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair” begins and ends the poem. • Endurance in life • *Period 5 skip this slide

  13. “The Red Wheelbarrow” • William Carlos Williams • 1925 • "So much depends upon" the wheelbarrow in its service not only through the centuries, but as a form whose components are indispensable to the functioning of a highly industrialized civilization. • A contrast between the latest advances in machine technology and the continuing but overlooked importance of elementary machines.  • A preservation of nature which is destroyed by modernization and machination.

  14. “A Poison Tree” • William Blake • 1794 • Vengeful and sinister act of deceit • holding a grudge (suppressed anger left unchecked) can be fatal to the self as well as the object of wrath • When the speaker "tells" his wrath, it "ends," but when he "tells it not," his anger "grows.“ • His anger becomes a living entity that he "waters" and "suns" with "tears" and "wiles," and making it to grow 

  15. “The Lottery” • Shirley Jackson • 1948 • Tessie Hutchinson, a housewife • Bill Hutchinson, her husband, a farmer • Bill, Jr., , • Old Man Warner, an elderly villager, the embodiment of rigid tradition •  “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.”- fertility ritual; sacrifice  is necessary to ensure sufficient food for the village • Tradition & sheer inertia cause citizens to uphold illogical habits • Nazis in World War II • McCarthyism • The Salem Witch Trials

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