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What are the elements of gothic literature?

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Disability, cultural patterns, jail or fate, tension, small towns, front porches, and worn down buildings

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What is gothic literature?

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Condescending to the group being portrayed (race, education, status, ext.)

Always outsider, freakishness, imprisonment, violence, and sense of place

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Describe Flannery O’Conner.

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She was diagnosed with Lupus at a young age and lived on a peacock farm in Georgia. She talks about peacocks in all her books,

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What was O’Conner’s religious background

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She was a Catholic in the Protestant”Bible Belt. The church was not very dramatic even though she wrote very dramatic things.

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What was O’Conner’s social background?

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Due to her lupus she did not get out as much and socialize like other kids her age. She also died young.

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What did O’Conner write?

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“Good country people” and “The life you save may be your own”

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Describe William Faulkner.

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Wrote stories that resemble his life and was popular in the south.

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Where is Faulkner from?

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He is from Oxford, Mississippi

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What kind of man was Faulkner?

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He struggled with alcoholism and adultery due to him being a ladies man. Declined a dinner to the White House. He often writes stories to represent his life.

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What did Faulkner write?

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“Rose for Emily” and short story collection “A knight’s Gambit”

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What is Characterization?

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Writer reveals the personality of a character

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What is Direct Characterization?

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Tells the audience what the personality of the character is

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What is Indirect Characterization?

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Shows things that reveal the personality of a character through speech, thought, effect on others, actions, and looks.

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What is a Protagonist?

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Heroes in the story, but they don’t always have to be good or possess only positive traits.

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What is an Antagonist?

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Against the main character, portrayed by the force of nature , animal, or else.

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What is Round?

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Characters with many different personalities and roles in the story

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What is flat?

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Characters that we know hardly anything about. Usually do not play a large role in the story.

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Dynamic

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Characters who change: (beliefs or morals) through conflict the characters face

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What is static?

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Do not change values or beliefs no matter their circumstances.

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What is Symbolism?

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Image which suggests or represents something other than itself.
Use something tangible (can be held) to represent something intangible (abstract idea).

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Example of name symbolism

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Mrs. Freedman (Good Country People) she was like a slave who cooked and cleaned for the family

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Example of Color symbolism

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“Her icy blue eyes” (Good Country People) shows her purity and goodness

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“Good Country People”

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The guy who tried to sell books when all he carried about was stealing her fake leg
Theme: Do not trust people based off of what they say

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“The Life You Save May Be Your Own”

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The man that came to the farm for work but only really wanted to steal the vehicle after he fixed it up
Theme: not everyone is looking to do the right thing

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“A Rose For Emily”
Emily kills the only person who ever truly loved her and laid him in a bed with her. She slept with him every night Theme: women are not as innocent as they seem
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What is satire?
A manner of writing that mixes a critical attitude with wit and humor
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What are some satire elements
Exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, parody, understatement, cancature, and irony
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What is situational irony
When no one knows what is going to happen in the end
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What is Dramatic irony
When reader knows something the character doesn’t
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What is verbal irony
A writer says one thing and means another
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Who is O’Henry?
From North Carolina and quite school at 15. Know as a prankster and when he was on the run left his family in Texas
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Why did O’Henry change his name?
He changed his name from William Sydney Porter to O’Henry to get away from his tarnished reputation because he robbed a bank
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What did O’Henry write
“The ransom of red chief”
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Who is Shirley Jackson
Born in San Francisco and wrote 1000 words every day. She died at 49 due to heart failure
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What did Jackson write
“The lottery”, “ The haunting of the hill house”, “Charles”, “ Come along with me” and “ a just and ordinary day”
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Describe Jackson’s controversy
When she wrote the “lottery” it was during when the holocaust was being discovered and she got a lot of hate mail for writing such a morbid short story
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Who is Mark Twain
His name was originally Langhorne Clemons and was a riverboat pilot. Avoided civil war by heading west
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What did Twain write
His famous novel was adventures of huckleberry Finn. Also wrote “ advice to youth”
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What is a mark Twain
Means two fathoms also known as a safe depth for a riverboat
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Many people confused mark Twain’s writing to be ________ but it is not intended to be
Racist
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“Ransom of Red Chief”
This guy kidnaps this boy but little did he know that he would wind up having to pay the dad to take the boy back. Theme: Doing bad things will cause bad things to happen right back
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“Charles”
Laurie makes up this person named Charles to tell his parents all the bad things he does wrong and his parents never suspect it is him Theme: parents need to stop thinking their children are angles
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“Advice to Youth”
Short story telling kids not to listen to what there parents have in graved in children’s minds like not touching unloaded guns for example Theme: parents teachings may look dump when you are older
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What is dystopian literature
Criticism about a current event Society control and illusion of a perfect society
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What are elements of dystopian literature
Apocalypse, control, Bureaucratic control, technology control, and religious control
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Who is Kurt Vonnegut
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana and his mother committed suicide when he was 22
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What kind of man was Vonnegut
He was a POW and lived in Slaughterhouse 5, awarded a Purple Heart (didn’t want), had 2 wives and 7 children (2 were adopted due to his sister dying)
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What is Vonnegut stance on religion
He was an atheist and a humanist
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What is Vonnegut stance on government
Didn’t believe in going to war and also didn’t pay tax payments as boycott. Wasn’t for democrats and was accused of being a terrorist, communist, and un-American
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What did Vonnegut write
“Harrison Bergeron”
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Who is Henry Slesar
Spent most of his time in NY and coined the term coffee break. Most known for irony and hyperbole
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What did Slesar write
“Examination day”
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Where did Slesar get his motivation from
He got it from the Great Depression and not wanting the country to turn into a communist country. He also observed totalitarianism
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“The Lottery”
The lottery has to do with people stoning whoever who to death and everyone in town including the kids has part in it Theme: following a crowd can have disastrous consequences
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“Harrison Bergeron”
The Bergeron family lost there 14 year old son because he was different and didn’t want to wear the handicaps. The government wanted everyone to be equal but when Harrison escaped he claimed to be the emperor and took all his handicaps off. He was then shot in-front of everyone on live TV but everyone forgot due to handicaps scrambling the brain Theme: things are not always as perfect as they seen
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“Examination Day”
The Jordan’s son has to take an exam when he turned 12 which determined how smart he was to the government and when he exceeded the governments standards he was then killed for it at the age of only 12. Theme: government who have full control become cruel and leads to disasters like the Holocaust

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