Novel Overview

Here are the notes I took on certain books we discussed. Feel free to attach more notes about these books or about the plethora of others

The Glass Menagerie Tennesssee Williams 1945

*Amanda- Mom, lives in past

*Laura- symbolism of glass/unicorn

*Tom- Narrator- worked in lackluster warehouse, poet.

*Jim- “The Gentlemen Caller”

Idea of escape, Picture of Father who fell in love with long distances,

Native Son Richard Wright 1930s; Southside Chicago; Winter; White Black Motif

Bigger Thomas

Mary Dalton

The Daltons

Bessie

Buddy

Jan

Max

Vera

Titles of Books- Fear, Flight, Fate

Idea of society, racism

Are we helping produce this type of atmosphere?

Native Son, he’s a native of society

Siddhartha Herman Hesse 1951

Gutama Budha- The One

Siddhartha

Govinda

Kamala

Young Siddhartha

Vesudeva

River, Experiencing, Truth from within, “The Golden Mean”, The Brahmin- growing out of one’s environment, Caged Bird, One, Went from one extreme to another

Novel Overview

Here are the notes I took on certain books we discussed. Feel free to attach more notes about these books or about the plethora of others

The Glass Menagerie Tennesssee Williams 1945

*Amanda- Mom, lives in past

*Laura- symbolism of glass/unicorn

*Tom- Narrator- worked in lackluster warehouse, poet.

*Jim- “The Gentlemen Caller”

Idea of escape, Picture of Father who fell in love with long distances,

Native Son Richard Wright 1930s; Southside Chicago; Winter; White Black Motif

Bigger Thomas

Mary Dalton

The Daltons

Bessie

Buddy

Jan

Max

Vera

Titles of Books- Fear, Flight, Fate

Idea of society, racism

Are we helping produce this type of atmosphere?

Native Son, he’s a native of society

Siddhartha Herman Hesse 1951

Gutama Budha- The One

Siddhartha

Govinda

Kamala

Young Siddhartha

Vesudeva

River, Experiencing, Truth from within, “The Golden Mean”, The Brahmin- growing out of one’s environment, Caged Bird, One, Went from one extreme to another

April 28th

Today, April 28th, is National Poetry Reading Day. In honor of this underappreciated holiday, I suggest that we celebrate by recommending our favorite poet or poets. Happy National Poetry Reading Day!!!

My favorite poets are:
Edgar Allan Poe, T. S. Eliot, Lord Byron, E. E. Cummings, and a whole lot more! bUT PERHAPS MY FAVORITE modern author is this guy:

http://anonymouspoet3.blogspot.com/

Everyone has that one work of literature that they have read which has profoundly impacted them. It could be a book we have read in class together, a book you read perhaps even in the 8th grade, regardless I want to know about a book that you have read which impacted your mind, body, and soul. This book might have stimulated your mind, sent chills down your spine, and perhaps altered the way you felt about life in general. What did you perceive that had previously been imperceptible and how did this book help?

Our Collection

Alright guys, it is getting down to the wire! The AP English Literature Exam is in two weeks and its crunch time now! Throughout our high school careers we have read a plethora of novels and plays, individually and collectively as a class, that have helped us prepare for the big test. I have compiled a list, taken directly from Ms. Hill's archives, of the books read thus far, solely in our English classes, to help those whom have simply forgotten or need to review our collection.

They are listed chronologically of when we read them, beginning with Freshman year.

--> Anthem

--> Romeo and Juliet

-->West Side Story

--> Of Mice and Men

-->Fahrenheit 451

--> To Kill A Mockingbird

--> The Grape's of Wrath

--> The Scarlet Letter

-->The Crucible

-->A Light In August

-->The Glass Menagerie

--> Wuthering Heights

--> A Tale of Two Cities

--> Native Son

--> Hamlet

--> Macbeth

--> Frankenstein

--> The Kite Runner

--> Siddhartha

--> Brave New World

-Esteban.

STUDY TIPS

Miss. Hill said that from now on we should be focused on the AP Lit. test.

Which means we must study!This post ( and comments provided) will be dedicated to study tips, guides, or preparation advice. Thus I will begin with a list of words that may be used to describe the tone within a piece of prose or poetry, here it is:

[UPDATED LINK]

http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:5tNnFEYhypYJ:www.ecisd.us/211820827115824760/lib/211820827115824760/_files/Vocabulary_Words_that_Describe_TONE.doc+words+to+describe+tone+in+literature&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

A bit long but it is a google word document.

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month, Forum. I figured that, considering the fact that we are working on poetry in class, that it would be appropriate to discuss poems. So, for the sake of National Poetry Month, why don't you either share your favorite poem or discuss a poem you feel is really significant in some way. Thanks for listening, Forum.

AP Vocab list blocks 1-4, 2010

Nebulous,
Nepotism,
Pragmatic,
Pragmatism,
Fabrication,
Fabricate,
Flamboyant,
Flamboyantly,
Implacable,
Inebriated,
Mendacious,
Deprecation,
Deprecate,
Discreetly,
Escalation,
Escalate,
Elicit,
Debilitate,
Decadence,
Decadent,
Decadently,
Demur,
Proliferate,
Prolific,
Temerity,
Urbane,
Nefarious,
Nuance,
Ostentatious,
Ostentatiously,
Paramount,
Enigma,
Enigmatic,
Enigmatically,
Incredulous,
Lampoon,
Conducive,
Connoisseur,
Clandestine,
Cliché,
Cognizant,
Compatibility,
Complacency,
Complacent,
Complacently,
Blasé,
Cacophony,
Callous,
Callously,
Capriciousness,
Capricious,
Capriciously,
Caustic,
Caustically,
Anomaly,
Antipathy,
Antithesis,
Augmentation,
Augment,
Benevolence,
Benevolently,
Acrimonious,
Acrimoniously,
Ambiguity,
Ambiguous,
Amicable,
Amicably,
Unscrupulous,
Retrospect,
Retrospectively,
Garrulous,
Impeccable,
Insatiable,
Morose,
Oscillating,
Propriety,
Alter ego,
Aversion,
Contrite,
Culmination,
Culminate,
Facade,
Fracas,
Equanimity,
Efficacy,
Expiation,
Ennui,
Languishing,
Malefic,
Incredulous,
Uncouth,
Reverence,
Defiantly,
Despotic,
Prostrate,
Senility,
Perfunctory,
Trifling,
Acrid,
Pungent,
Sallow,
Proverbial,
Rueful,
Furtive,
Abate,
Incessant,
Insidious,
Reticent,
Solace,
Lewd,
Surreptitious,
Parvenu,
Bereft,
Atrophy,
Heraldic,
Effusive,
Taciturn,
Munificent,
Macabre,
Sardonic,
Lugubrious,
Elegiac,
Laudatory,
Vituperative,
Facetious,
Jingoistic,
Idyllic,
Didactic,
Maudlin,
Guile,
Integration,
Subterfuge,
Segregate,
Poignant,
Called,
Evinced,
Ardor,
Paroxysm,
Intuitive,
Syndics,
Averred,
Panegyric,
Galling,
Vivacity,
Vacillate,
Gaiety,
Irksome,
Dilatoriness,
Salubrious,
Perambulations,
Ecstasy,
inextricable,
Extricate,
Allude,
incessant,
Polyandrous,
Provincial,
Malignity,
Decrepitude,
Postulate,
Prerequisite,
Metaphysical,
Metaphysics,
Anthology,
Brevity,
Calamity,
Candid,
Commendable,
Frivolity,
Infatuation,
Inquisition,
Melancholy,
Satire,
Scrutiny,
Capriciousness,
Crass,
Cumbersome,
Deceit,
Eloquence,
Emancipation,
Empathy,
Ramification,
Subsequent,
Vindictive,
Detriment,
Havoc,
Heinous,
Inhibition,
Laxity,
Livid,
Meticulous,
Perfidious,
Pugnacious,
Quandary,
Unconscionable,
Vehemently,
Monastic,
Erudition,
Reverie,
Ascendancy,
Pernicious,
Ruminating,
Paradoxical,
Idiosyncrasy,
Juxtaposed,
Sentient,
Vacillate,
Voluptuousness,
Incipient,
Ardor,
Pallid,
Countenance,
Solemnity,
Conjecture,
Arbiters,
Scion,
Vindication,Coup d' oeil,
Inauspicious,
Impediments,
Decimation,
Effusive,
Specious,
Preponderates,
Scruple,
Fastidious,
Libertine,
Intersperse,
Squalid,
Ignominy,
Unsullied,
Promontory,
Incommode,
Obdurate,
Purloin,
Verdure,
Timorous,
Prognosticate,
Ephemeral,
Negligently,
Commiserate,
Entice,
Assuager,
Disconsolate,
Allure,
Foliage,
Asylum,
Expostulate,
Disquisition,
Impotent,
Palpitate,
Pensive,
Sagacious,
Tumult,
Allegory,
Alliteration,
Anapestic,
Anecdote,
Archetype,
Asyndeton,
Ballad,
Blank verse,
Chiasmus,
Conceit,
Connotation,
Consonance,
Denouement,
Dialect,
Diction,
Extended Metaphor,
Free verse,
Iambic Pentameter,
In medias res
Irony, Situational,
Irony, Verbal,
Litote,
Lyric,
Meter,
Ode,
Omniscient point of view,
Paradox,
Refrain,
Rhetoric,
Speaker,
Narrator,
Style,
Syntax,
Allusion,
Ambivalence,
Anachronism,
Anaphora,
Antecedent,
Antithesis,
Aphorism,
Apostrophe,
Assonance,
Bildungsroman,
Cacophony,
Carpe Diem,
Catharsis.

Fordy Ford fertilizer!!

Hey guys, I just want to know if anyone has been noticing this, but has the absence of a religion or a God has made the citizens of the world state seem nihilistic towards death? I mean this really reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter-House V repetition of "so it goes." He uses this phrase to show a characters death and the world state conditions the youth to treat death as a minor problem. So what do you guys think? I want to hear if you guys found any other connections in this book, if you guys do blog it please!

Word of the Week

Sorry so late guys! This week's word is:

Aposiopesis (pronounced like it sounds with a long e): a sudden break in speaking: a sudden break in speaking, giving the impression that the speaker does not want to or cannot continue.
For example, in the sentence: “On Tuesday morning I came in just as I always do, and I saw— I can’t go on”.

The Glass Menagerie: The Play

Hey guys! So I was perusing through today's AZ Republic, and guess what I discovered!

The Glass Menageries is playing downtown at the Herberger Theatre.

Alice, Esteban, Kim Misek (class of '09), and I are planning on going. You guys should come!

An AP-E Date!

There is a showing Thursday that will hold a Post-show discussion, which I think will be awesome. We would all be able to contribute, or at least, understand the discussion!

Thursday, @ 7:pm Herberger Theater

Tickets are 30$.

We should consider going as a class!

Click the link below for more info

http://aztheatreco.org/index.html?topbar.html&0

Must Reads!

As you continue your research for your senior paper, you may find literary criticism in books, articles, blogs, etc. that you feel are worth sharing. Please post the names of these works here so that your peers can get the same enlightenment and future AP students will have some direction.