All The Stories We Read Flashcards
A model of Christian charity
Written by John winthrope
Talks about the people, the work, the end, and the means
A motivational speech on how to be a “city upon a hill”
The way to wealth
Written by Benjamin Franklin.
Lists several ways to achieve wealth… Tons of quotes that are relates to success.
An autobiography of the accounts of my life
Written by Ben Franklin
This was pretty much a summary of how Ben became rich and successful.
He wanted to become theoretically perfect. He has a schedule in here.
The age of reason
Written by Thomas Paine
It talked about religion. He says that he believes in God and religion, but greatly distrusted the church.
Dislikes polytheism
Letters from an American farmer
Written by crèvecœur
- detailed what an American is
- works hard, and works for himself
The interesting narratives of life
Written by Olaudah Equiano
Detailed the life of a slave in narrative fashion
To a waterfowl
A poem written by William Cullen’s Bryant
about a man who sees a bird and relates it to god guiding us through life
Thanatopsis
A poem written by William Cullent Bryant
Talks about death and how nature can help
Don’t be afraid of death was the theme
Young goodman brown
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Was pretty much about a man who meets the devil in the Forrest and watches everyone he know become a satanic occult member 👹👻
He can no longer looks at people without seeing them as evil.
Pretty much a really messed up story. It could’ve been a dream
The tell-tale heart
Written by Edgar Allan Poe
About a man who kills his neighbor and stuffs him under the floorboards.
He then failed to keep his secret when talking to the police
The raven
Written by Edgar Allan Poe
About a man who goes crazy when a raven reminds him about his recently deceased wife named Lenore.
The masque of red death.
Written by Edgar Allan Poe about a man trying to escape death in his oddly shaped house. The house had seven colors which symbolized the stages of life
Walden
A collection of tasks about finding yourself in nature and everything
Thoreau
Self reliance
Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Talks about being happy. Like everything is a positive quote about life. Used in graduations. Etc.
Of Plymouth plantation
Written by William Bradford
Detailed the lives of the people of Plymouth.
Talk about starvation and death
Talks about the first thanksgiving
