Graphic Novel Choice

I'd prefer to read Maus I.

MLA Citations, Works Cited

Look at this link.

1. Take two quotes from your rough draft and use the correct format for in-text citations.

As A. W. Zelomek reported,

“Two out of five women with husbands and school-age children worked outside the home.

However, working women had yet to attain many positions...” (“A Changing America” (1959))

According to A. J. Goodpaster,

"The President said he had asked Dr. Bronk to come in to read the statement he (the President)

was proposing to give out at his press conference on the ninth [Oct. 9, '57]. His intent was not to

belittle the Russian accomplishment. He would like, however, to allay histeria [sic] and alarm,

and to bring out that the Russian action is simply proof of a thrust mechanism of a certain power[,]

accuracy and reliability." A. J. Goodpaster

2. Start your Works Cited page by giving me two sources in the correct format.

Bradley, Becky. "American History - 1950-1959." kclibrary.lonestar.edu. Twentieth Century Decades, 1998. Web. July 2009.

Ury, B. Allen. "1950s Pop Culture." fantastic-plastic.com. Plastic Models, 2005. 2010.

The Hazy Line Between Fact and Fiction

Listen to this excerpt or read it. Where should a writer draw the line between fact and fiction in a memoir? Does Tobias Wolff lie about who he really was? Does it matter?

A writer should try to hold as much to the truth as possible, but it is understandable that the writer would forget some things or decide to exaggerate the truth. I don't think it really matters too much if Tobias Wolff lied about who he was. After all, the book was kind of him finding out who he really was through different images he cooked up for himself.

This Boy's Life Crossword

ACROSS

2) treacle

4) timbre

6) strident

9) implacable

12) acclamation

13) docile

15) furtive

16) novice

18) bellicose

19) nuance

DOWN

1) grovel

3) conjure

5) curtly

6) scabrous

7) abjection

8) sepulchral

10) pretentious

11) ludicrous

14) reverie

17) coy

This Boy's Life Vocab Poem

Write a poem using three of the vocabulary words.

Here. Have a terrible haiku:

The timbre sound shook

the bellicose warrior

from his reverie.

Slowly, he turned to

see what nuance had caused him

to break his bloody

reverie. What he

found was a docile maiden,

the yin to his yang.

The ending displeases me. I'll might add more to this later.

This Boy's Life

Look at the two quotes that open the memoir. Do you agree with the quotes? How do people assume poses in high school? Why is corruption a part of life?

I agree with the second quote more than the first. People assume poses by filling in the roles given to them by society. Essentially filling in stereotypes or pretending to be something you're not. Corruption is a part of life because, well, you can't really escape it. What I mean is that there will always be corruption. It's like... part of the world order or something.

Great Gatsby Packet

Effects of Wealth

a) The person would spend like crazy, not really caring too much, whereas the person born into it knows better.

Pursuit of Goals

-graduate high school

Chapter 1

Do we find out more about Gatsby's past?

Yes we do, although some is still a bit mysterious.

Chapter 2

a) Who's going to care for the dog?

b) Gives a more in depth look to the wealthy lifestyle

Answers to Questions

a) Tom's character has gotten a bit more strange to me. I still don't like him though.

Interpretation of a Passage

Seems to reflect how the city is different at night than when in the day.

Chapter 3

Tom's crowd is more reserved and old while Gatsby's is fresh, young, and wild.

Legends

a) -killed a man

-german spy

- Oxford man

- bootlegger

- in the army

b) He keeps to himself

c) very mysterious

A Revealing Passage

Describes how Nick sees the beauty of New York

Chapter 4

- born and raised in middle west america

-family dies, gains inheritance

-luxurious living in Europe

- war begins

- looses most of his money in the panic

- accepts commission as a lieutenant

-promoted to major

-meets Daisy

-sent overseas

-daisy marries tom

-goes to oxford

-leaves oxford

-dabbles in jobs

-dealing with wolfsheim

-buys house by daisy

Insightful Quotations

• “ I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford, because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition.”

• ‘He hurried the phrase “educated at Oxford,” or swallowed it, or choked on it, as though it had bothered him before.’ (Nick becomes doubtful of the truthfulness of Gatsby’s story)

*Perceptions

a) - Mr. Wolfsheim

• Daisy
• Jordan Baker

b) The term “an Oxford man” implies that he is an intellectual and honorable person.

*Appealing Passages

“It was strange to reach the marble steps and find no stir of bright dresses in and out of the door, and hear no sound but bird voices in the trees (pg. 92).”

Symbolism

The green light on Daisy’s dock represents Gatsby’s ultimate goal: to be with her again.

*Unusual Behavior

1. Gatsby’s behavior can be considered unusual because he wished to pretend that their reunion was a casual, coincidental thing.

Tom or Gatsby?

a) Daisy is appalled by their carefree lifestyle and the attitude that people gain only when they have suddenly found themselves in an abundance of wealth and happiness.

a) She'll stay with Tom. As much as I'd prefer her to go with Gatsby, Tom has too much control over her and she's just not that type of person

*Characters Characteristics

-Gatsby

- Romantic, idealist

• Daisy

- Repressed, frustrated, acts sweet

- Tom

- Controlling, superior

Chapter 7

Weather as a Dramatic Agent

1. The author used rain as a dramatic agent in chapter five as a way to give the readers a sense of romantic tension and to help stir them emotionally.

Triangles

Tom - Extremely jealous and possessive

Gatsby - obsession for Daisy to admit she only ever loved him, and not Tom

Myrtle - jealousy stems from her insecurities and her frustration with her social status

Chapter 8

a) The author included a narrative of George Wilson’s last night in this chapter to round his character out a bit more and allow the readers to connect with him

b) George Wilson to me is a sad pathetic little man who can't seem to achieve anything. I pity him.

Symbolism

the eyes can be used to represent God judging the immorality of society, it is more likely the pressure of class and social status bearing down on him.

Chapter 9

Gatsby was ultimately friendless because no one knew him or cared about him.

After Gatsby’s death, Nick could no longer bring himself to justify the flaws the East.

Tom was most definetly Gatsby's murderer. He TOLD Wilson where to go and all but insinuated that Gatsby was actually both Myrtle's lover and killer

Log Assignment Benefits

Pointless in my opninion, but whatever.