Jizelle Torres Per.9 World Cultures Accelerated Persepolis Socratic Seminar Theme 2: Marji‚ the character Question 5: Considering the writer’s voice. Consider the writer’s voice. Was it appealing? Claim she is a kid so she has a different point of view although being a kid she is very educated on this topic Evidence “ I realized then that I don’t understand anything‚ I read all the books I could.” pg.32 “To enlighten me they bought books. I knew everything about the children of Palestine about
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Prescribed question: Question 5: How does the text conform to‚ or deviate from‚ the conventions of a particular genre‚ and for what purpose? Text of analysis: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Part of course: Part 4 Critical Study Key points: • Different uses of vision used by Fitzgerald • The concept of all-seeing and all-knowing characters • Narration and its use F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ published in 1925‚ is a tragic love story‚ a mystery and an insight into the roaring
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INTRODUCTION TO THE GREAT GATSBY (Advanced English 11) (S11) Considered the finest of Fitzgerald’s works‚ The Great Gatsby (1925) is a story of a man with a dream that symbolizes the corruption of the American Dream. The novel recounts a summer in New York City when Nick Carraway meets Jay Gatsby and finds himself involved with the man’s wealth and his obsessive desire to make contact with Carraway’s cousin‚ Daisy Buchanan. Through a series of flashbacks‚ the novel reveals the life of James Gatz
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Final Graded Discussion Questions for A Raisin in the Sun Wednesday‚ March 25‚ 2015 Directions: In order to get full credit in the Graded Discussion (Assessment basically your midterm exam)‚ you must complete each prompt in detail using quotes from the play as support where appropriate. Each answer must be at least three (3) bullet points. You may prepare for the discussion with a partner; identify your planning partner at the top of your discussion notes. 1. What external factors hindered
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Socratic Seminar "In Search of Good Family" Why is it typical of other countries to tend to have higher family obligations to one another when compared to most American families? America focuses much attention on independence. Independence is part of what America was made up to be. In order to feel independent people often move off from their hometown and away from their original resting place. This often causes the split in families at early ages such as the typical age of 18 when a child
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My Socratic Seminar took place about a week ago on April 24. I always enjoy talking with my other English education majors because though we have lots of classes together we don’t often have many opportunities for open discussion between us. It was even better this time because we also had other language classes and journalism represented to add to our normal group of people. I was excited to see what knowledge they could bring to the table. Having read the questions beforehand‚ I was slightly nervous
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Ted-Talk Socratic Seminar Alternate The first closed-ended question I have is: Does decision making related to psychology? The answer is definitely yes. Because in the first video David Redish said that : “Whether you are talking about neuroscience‚ psychology‚ or behavior economic‚ or robotics‚ they all come up with the same type of decision”. David Redish has studied the dynamic of brain and behavior‚ he has also published a book‚ he know this adequately. In my opinion‚ decision making is
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Nick’s neighbor is Jay Gatsby‚ the most affluent man in West Egg. 8. Who calls Tom Buchanan during the dinner party? Tom’s mistress Myrtle calls him during the dinner party which surprises Nick since he thought everything was alright. 9. What does the narrator mean by “Only Gatsby‚ the man who gives his name to this book was exempt from my reaction-- Gatsby who represented everything for which I have unaffected scorn” (p. 6)? The narrator tries to convey that although Gatsby is a man that may represents
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Pre-Reading 1. Why are we still reading a book written in the 1920’s? What gives a book its longevity? We read books that was written in the 1920’s because it shows what people were like at that time and what it was like in the world. A book gets its longevity by portraying what happened in the past. 2. How was the 1920’s a reaction to WWI? Women were giving more rights‚ people became interested in goods. 3. Some people think that having money leads to happiness. Do you agree? Why or why
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could kill blacks and get away with it. She paints us a picture of how it was back then when she says‚ “A young Negro boy had been found stomped to death in Sunflower County‚ Mississippi. There were no questions asked about who stomped him- his murderers had boasted freely- and there were no questions about the motive.” Does this sound fair? The next thing Toni Morrison does is that she kind of foreshadows what is going to happen because after hearing the news of the boy that was stomped to death
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