Test 3 Flashcards
What happens in the end of the story “ Barn Burning”?
Snope’s ends up getting shot by Henry
Why did Sartis call his pop “ father” in the story “ Barn Burning”?
Sartis felt he was at a point in his life where he felt he was doing the right thing and standing up to his father where he believe he was doing the right thing
How is Sarty different from the rest of the family is the story “ Barn Burning”?
Sarty is the protagonist and also he inherited his moms innocence and morality and pretty much doesn’t want to lie.
What is the main crux of the story “ Barn Burning”?
The dilemma was choosing the right thing to do or lying for his dad
What is the theme of the story “ Barn Burning”?
The human heart in conflict with its self. ( Basically saying he doesn’t know what to do about doing what his dad says or doing the right thing)
Why is Sarty imitating his fathers behavior in “ Barn Burning”?
To be like his father and get his approval so his father won’t think he’s a weak son.
What 2 events brought Sartys dilemma into a crisis point in “Barn Burning”?
- Sarty makes up his mind and is going to stick to “blood” for his father
- Sarty had a guilty conscious and went and told de spain.
Does Sarty regret his decision in “Barn Burning”?
No because he doesn’t like to have a guilty conscious
Describe Abner Snopes in “Barn Burning”?
Cold and Violent man that was in the civil war that walked with a limp. He is a very proud man that thinks he is above the law.
Why did Snopes set the barn on fire in “Barn Burning”?
Because the fire empowers him
Who is the narrator and what is the effect of it in the story “Barn Burning”?
3rd person omniscient and the narrator doesn’t tell everything that is happening
How are the women in the family in the “ Barn Burning”?
They were there to clean the house
Who wrote “ Babylon Revisited”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What situation does Charlie find himself in at the beginning of the story “ Babylon Revisited”?
Hes basically depressed because he wants his daughter back and the city gave him the fun life him and his wife wanted but it also gave him a bad ending with his wife and daughter.
Why does Charlie feel familiar but also a stranger with the place in Paris in “ Babylon Revisited”?
He partied there a lot but more importantly he doesn’t want to come back to his old ways.
Why do you think Charlie is bragging to his sister and brother in law in the story “ Babylon Revisited?”
He just telling them he’s fine and that he is capable of taking his daughter back.
How are Marion and Lincoln different in this respect in the story “Babylon Revisited”?
They are not as rich as Charlie
How did the visit from Duncan and Lorraine change in the situation in the story “Babylon Revisited”?
They represented his past which he can not escape
Why does Marion feel so badly toward Charlie in “Babylon Revisited”?
She always felt jealous of their life style
How are Marion and Lincoln different in this respect in the story “Babylon Revisited”?
They are not as rich as Charlie
Why do you think Fitzgerald waited so long to tell us about what happened to Helen in the story “ Babylon Revisited”?
We were talking about Charlie and Helen was just another factor in his recovery.
What is the purpose of the trip the two travelers are taking in the story “Hills Like White Elephants”?
The man wants the girl to have an abortion
List the evidence thats tells what kind of operation jig confrontation in the book “ Hills Like While Elephant”
The man is making a reference to the procedure of the abortion.
Why are the speakers only identified by men and girl in “Hills like White Elephants?
The men is older then her and he is more experienced and the girl is still a kid and doesn’t know what to do.
How do these designation affect your reading in the story of “ Hills like White Elephants”?
She’s basically saying she wants to get rid of something.
How are the hills symbolic in the story “ Hills like White Elephants”?
Because she wanted to trade the baby for something else for the fun life that she had.
What is the discussion about the drink orders in the story “ Hills Like White Elephants”?
She doesn’t want the kid because she is taking the beer that the guy is giving her.
How does the title relate to the story “ Hills Like White Elephants”?
She wants to get rid of the baby
Describe the differences between the 2 characters in “ Hills like White elephants”?
The man has his mind set on what to do and the girl is just following his tracks.
How do the descriptions of the landscape relate to the conversation between the two travelers in the story “ Hills Like White Elephants”?
She doesn’t want the mountains there and uses the expression “white elephants” for her pregnancy
How does the ice burg theory work on the story “ Hills Like White Elephants”?
The story doesn’t tell you whats going and you have to infer whats happening.
Are you surprised that a man wrote this story “ Hills Like White Elephants”?
No because this story has symbolism and the hills look like white elephants.
Hows the railroad station setting important to the progress, the, plot, of the story “ Hills like White Elephants?”
The railroad station is portraying the way their relationship is and that means they are together but never connect.
Are you surprised that a man wrote this story “ Hills Like White Elephants”?
No because this story has symbolism and the hills look like white elephants.
In the story “Black Boy”, Wright said he is truly at peace with the world. Do you think he truly is?
He was at peace by the only way he could be at peace. Back then he couldn’t express him self or talk to anybody about his situation.
How does Wright feel about Olin in the story “ Black Boy”?
He feels frustrated and fights for real to get rid of frustration that feels for being use.
Sense the tension between his believing Olin and Harrison, why can’t he entirely trust either of them in the Story “ Black Boy”?
Olin is insinuating both of them to fight and he’s putting ideas in there heads that one is planning on killing the other one.
Why would the white men concoct a story like this in the story “Black Boy”?
To give an idea how the perspective in life used to be back then.
Why is Wright so angry in the story “Black Boy”?
Because he feels ashamed of being used for amusement
Why do the two men inevitably agree to fight in the story “ Black Boy”?
Harrison wanted to fight because he needed money and Wright didn’t want to fight because there was something inside him that didn’t want to fight.
What happens during the fight in the story “ Black Boy”?
They were just playing around at first but then it got serious because they were both feeling used.
Did Wright have a choice to fight Harrison in the story “ Black Boy”?
Yes
What point of view is the “ Chrysanthemums”?
Third person omniscient
What are the advantages of using this point of view in the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
Because narrator doesn’t give the details and makes the reader infer whats happening in Elisas life.
Summarize the plot in the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
Elisa is a woman that is not very open with her feminine side and the flower bed is the only place where she feels open about.
What is the conflict and the central conflict in the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
Self vs Self and She was open to the stranger bc he spoke about something she knew about and would talk about it openly where as other topics she would hardly speak.
Where is the climax of the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
When she sees the flowers by the road
To what extent is the conflict in the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
When he through the flowers out the road she felt she was a part of the flowers and her self esteem was valuable just as much as the flowers.
How fully is Henry Allen described in the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
He does just enough to get by to be a good husband
How well does Henry Allen seem to understand his wife in the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
He doesn’t seem to have a good communication with his wife and also doesn’t understand her.
What were the symbols of the setting and the time of year in Salinas Valley in the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
The setting compliments Elisas isolation as a woman and the time of year is December.
How is the physical description of Elisa symbolic in the story “ The Chrysanthemums?
We see her in mens clothes all covered symbolizing her suppressed life on the ranch.
What is the central symbol of the story the “The Chrysanthemums?”
The Chrysanthemum
What do the Chrysanthemum symbolize for Elisa in the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
It symbolized the growth of the children that she couldn’t have
What is Elisas first reaction to giving the tinker work in the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
She didn’t want him to mess with her stuff because the scissors that she uses she feels attached to them.
How does Elisa change as she speaks with the tinker in the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
They both talk about the flowers and she feels she can relate to what he is saying.
How does Elisas sense of self change during the episode in which she washes and dresses for dinner in the story “ The Chrysanthemums”?
Elisa washes to make herself pretty and sexually attractive. For this reason it is a symbolic way of causing her sexuality to emerge just as her care with her dress indicates her desire to be attractive.
Who are the characters in the story “ The Glass Menagerie”?
Tom, Laura, Jim, Amanda,
Who is Tom, Laura, Jim, and Amanda in the story “ The Glass Menagerie”?
Tom- Adventurous and takes care of family but is ready to move on with his life.
Laura- Fragile and her escape is the victrola and the glass collection.
Jim- Told by the narrator he is symbolic of the long delayed but always expected something that we live for. 1788.
Amanda- always thinking about her good times when she was younger.
What is the setting for “ The Glass Menagerie”?
A memory play.
What are the symbols in the story “ The Glass Menagerie”?
The Glass Menagerie, Blue roses, Fire escape, Glass unicorn, Jim
___________ is transparent and fragile like laura and her dreams
The Glass Menagerie
____________ is beautiful, fantasy, unique, like Laura non existent in the real world
Blue rose
_____________ one the T’s escapes at the end of play, thats how he escapes.
Fire escape
___________ symbolizes laura fragile unique also its broken as is laura at the end of the play.
Glass unicorn
What were the themes in the story “ The Glass Menagerie”?
escapism, conflict between desire and responsibility, entrapment
__________ was born Feb 27, 1902 in Salinas, Ca
John Steinbeck
___________ worked on ranches in high school to help out the family.
John Steinbeck
________ went to Stanford and began marine biology (1920-1926) and didn’t complete a degree
John Steinbeck
____________ served as a war correspondent during WWI.
John Steinbeck
__________ got married 3 times and died Dec 20 1968 in New York
John Steinbeck
_________ was born March 26, 1911 in Columbus MS with family full of tension.
Tennessee Williams
_________ family lived for several years in Clarksdale, MS before moving to St.Louis in 1918
Tennessee Williams
In 1927 his first taste of literary fame took third place in national essay contest.
Tennessee Williams
_____________ graduated from University of Iowa in 1938.
Tennessee Williams
____________ wrote The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Wiliams
_____________ wrote the Chrysanthemums.
John Steinbeck
_________ was born September 4 1908 in Roxie near Natchez MS.
Richard Wright
____________ was subjected to Jim Crow laws.
Richard Wright
__________ wrote Black Boy.
Richard Wright
__________ was born on July 1899 in Oak Park Illinois
Ernest Hemingway
___________ was the second of 6 children.
Ernest Hemingway
__________ worked as a journalist for Kansas city star.
Ernest Hemingway
__________ wrote Hills Like White Elephants.
Ernest Hemingway
___________ was born September 25 1897 in New Albany.
William Faulkner
Just before his 5th birthday his family moved to oxford MS
William Faulkner
___________ wrote Barn Burning.
William Faulkner
____________ won the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize.
William Faulkner
_____________ wrote Babylon Revisited
F. Scott Fitzgerald
_______________ was born Sept 26, 1896 in Minnesota son of a entrepreneur and salesman.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
_____________ died of a heart attack in Dec 1940.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
