Test 4 Flashcards
(42 cards)
What is the story memory about?
The narrator remembers herself as a young teenager lying beside a lake after her usual morning swim. She was looking back at the memory of her first love and intentionally touch him on the stair case.
Why is the story “Memory” ironic?
Because she never spoke about her love and she didn’t know to much about him but she’s old now and can make the memory blossom at will for protection of the world.
In the story “ Memory”, what did she see at the beach that made her memory unpleasant?
She saw an ugly family who had ugly bodies
What was the story “ Memory” really about?
She uses the same perspective to describe the people with landscape.
In the story “ Memory” why did she have the habit of framing?
Because she thought everything had a meaning it moved
Why did the man in the story “ The Swimmer” start swimming?
He wanted to act like a young person and does’nt want to see how everything has changed.
What is an example of alienation in the story “ The Swimmer”?
Neddy is alienating himself from everybody because he doesn’t want to face reality and grow up.
In the story “ The Swimmer” what did neddy name the stream after his wife?
Lucinda
In the story “ The Swimmer”, why did neddy start swimming the pools?
Because he sees the stream of pools and he’s eager to get home to his family and say hello to his friends along the way.
What is the story Invisible man about?
A black individual searching for his identity or place in society.
_________ wrote the story “memory”
Eudora welty
_____________ won the Pultizer Prize for The Optimists Daughter.
Eudora Welty
In the story “ Memory” why does Welty refer to herself as a observer and dreamer?
She’s good at perceiving her surroundings and is able to recall what happened to past things very vividly
In the story “ memory” who hates the site of blood?
the lady
Who wrote the story “ The Swimmer”?
John Cheever
In the story “the swimmer” ,how is the swimmer a form a alienation?
Neddy is overlooking his reality and doesnt want too face it
How does the story “ The swimmer” transcend to the end of the story?
In the beginning he starts off with his pain of the inside and forward the end his pain is mostly on the outside and can be seen through him.
In the story “ The Swimmer”, what does Neddy find?
An empty bare home
In the story “ The Swimmer” how does alcohol take place in the story?
His body kept getting cold so he used it to warm himself up but really thats an excuse to be able to drink more of it.
Who wrote the story “ Invisible man”?
Ralph Waldo Ellison
In the story “Invisible man” what are some of his other works by Ralph Waldo Ellison?
The shadowing act and Going to the Territory
In the story “Invisible man” what did the naked lady represent?
The freedom they couldnt have
In the story “ Invisible man”, what did the grandfather say
The grandfather passed on a curse so he can keep being a role model to the black community
In the story “ Invisible man” how does it effect socially in the United States?
The young black man didn’t know there place so the author took it on to his plate to be a role model.