Era Of Pessimism Flashcards
According to Freud, conscience is a result of what?
Social conditioning
What is the book and and author of the book, that has has the most significant lasting effects on the modern debasement of man?
“Origin of species” by Charles Darwin
The modern debasement of man has resulted in what beliefs of man?
That man has no responsibility to a power higher than himself and the denial of life after death
The two contrasting and erroneous views of man that have affected American thought since world war 1 are what?
That man is merely a animal, and that man is his own god
What is the substitute religion that defies man, rejects God, and advocates a one-world system?
Humanism
What religion attempts to reconcile two entities: traditional Christianity and modern world view?
Liberalism
Literature of the 1930’s like John Steinbeck’s “the grapes of wraith” emphasizes what kind of issues?
Social issues
Who was actively writing by age 14 and had stories that often featured surprise endings?
Shirley Jackson
The primary conflict in the story “Charles” is between what?
Laurie and authority
What kind of conflict is the main conflict in the story “Charles”?
Man vs. higher power/society
What is the tone of the story “Charles”?
Mixed or neutral
What year did the story “Charles” first appear?
1948
What is the central idea of the story “The Dangerous Game”?
The antagonism between the old and new morality
What type of conflict is in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
Man vs. man
What is the tone of “the most dangerous game”?
Sympathetic
Who did not graduate from college but became a newspaper reporter and then a free lance writer; his main characters are often baffled by life?
James Thurber
What type of conflict is the main conflict of “the CatbirdSeat”?
Man vs man
What is the tone of “ The CatbirdSeat”?
Sympathetic
In the story “the catbird seat” the conflicts present were between what two people?
Mr. Martin and Mrs. Barrows
Who was appointed poet laureate of his native state by its governor and had a long teaching career?
Archibald Rutledge
What type of conflict is the main conflict of the story “the tomb of raven McCloud”?
Man vs. man
What is the tone of the story “the tomb of raven McCloud”?
Sympathetic
What is the significance of the name Isaac?
A biblical name that associated with God’s providential care
What is the significance of the name dandy?
It’s a nickname that is associated with artificiality
What are the significant elements in the story “ the tomb of raven McCloud”?
Has a mysterious yet tranquil atmosphere, self-destructiveness of evil, and tradition verses modern superficiality
Who’s short stories have regularly appeared in national magazines?
Eudora Welty
This women won the Pulitzer Prize for a novel and won many other awards. However, she chose not to move from her home region, what is her name?
Eudora Welty
Who’s works were mostly based on her home region and emphasized local tradition and culture?
Eudora Welty
Who works present a range of both admirable and un-admirable characters?
Eudora Welty
Most of Eudora Welty’s fiction is set where?
Mississippi Delta Country
What type conflict is the main conflict in the story “A Worn Path”?
Man vs. higher power (society)
What is the tone of the story “A worn path”?
Sympathetic
In the story “ A worn path” what does ode this lines refer to in the story “ seem like there is chain ps about my feet, time I get this far…something always take a hold of me on this hill pleads a should stay”?
These lines refer to the way she uses figurative terms to talk about how the way gets harder as she starts up he hill, perhaps as a means of rationalizing why her progress is so slow, or to acknowledge her age
In the story “ a worn path” after the success with “the trial” what did Phoenix do?
Phoenix sat down to rest, and spread her skirt on the bank around her
Who does Phoenix need the medicine for in the story “a worn path”?
For her grandson’s throat
Who was one of the most controversial and highly publicized writers of modern times?
Ernest Hemingway
Who once declared that a writer should attempt something new or not previously accomplished each time he writes?
Ernest Hemingway
Who uses an economical, streamlined writing style?
Ernest Hemingway
Who’s characters reject traditional values?
Ernest Heminway
Who’s heroes characteristically strive to find meaning in a meaningless world?
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Heminway’s definition of morality is not with what?
Scriptural principles
What does the story “big two-hearted river” focus on?
Rituals
Who is the semi autobiographical hero of “big two hearted river”?
Nick Adams
What is the type of conflict of the main conflict in “big two hearted river”?
Man vs. himself
What is the tone of the story “big two hearted river”?
Neutral or mixed
While in high school he founded and edited a small, informal literary publication called futura Fantasia , who is this author?
Ray Bradbury
Before setting on a writing career, he briefly explored acting, who is this?
Ray Bradbury
What are the three types of rains mentioned in the story “August 2026: there will come soft rains”.
Fire
Jungle
Sprinkler
What is the major theme of the story “August 2026: there will come soft rains”?
Mankind will wait too long to take action to stop its own destruction
In the story “August 2026: there will come soft rains” who are the gods that are mentioned?
They are former residents of the house, who are obediently served by the mechanical conveniences
Who left teaching because he felt he could not make enough money to support himself and his family?
Jesse Stuart
Who was a firm believer in the potential for education?
Jesse Stuart
What does the story “the thread that runs so true” reflect?
Traditional moral values, the spirit of the mountain people and the value of a committed enthusiastic teacher
What is the main argument in the story “ the thread that runs so true”?
If teachers will inspire students to accomplish great things, the students will accomplish great things
Who was ,just like Stuart, a firm believer in the potential for education, in which both Stuart and this person believed this was the key to man’s improvement?
James Saxon childer
Who taught English at Birmingham southern college?
James Saxon childer
Who was born a slave, separated from his mother at a very young age and never knew his father?
Carver
Who won the Pulitzer Prize for “a stillness at Appomattox”?
Bruce cotton
The story “the great American game” was both what?
A history of baseball and a study of American society
The writing strategy of the story “the great American game” used is primarily what?
Augmentation
What is the theme/thesis of the story “the great American game”?
That baseball an truly be called the “great American game”
Who said “there is no such thing as brainwashing”?
James B. Stockdale
Who was a POW in Vietnam?
James B. Stockdale
According to the essay “freedom: our most precious National treasure” Stockdale believes that most people view freedom as a what?
Abstraction
Why is Stockdale amazed at other countries?
He is amazed at the passivity or blind acceptance, of the people who live in countries without freedom
How is stockdale’s love of freedom best explained as?
An understanding that stems from knowledge of its rarity
What is the thesis of the essay “freedom: our most precious national treasure”?
That freedom is more than abstraction
According to Stockdale the primary reason we are able to enjoy freedom in America is because many have what?
Paid dearly for it
