Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness Autor: Styron, William Student Name: Yahaira Cabrera Barreto Course: English Foundations EN001-48 102 Instructor: Ms. Joan Zaun Due Date: April 1, 2015 Information about the author William Styron | Author (1925–2006) Novelist William Styron won a Pulitzer Prize for The Confessions of Nat Turner and wrote Sophie’s Choice, the basis of an Academy Award-winning film. William Styron was born on June 11, 1925, in Newport News, Virginia. He published his first novel, Lie Down in Darkness, in 1952. In 1968 he won a Pulitzer Prize for The Confessions of Nat Turner. In 1979 he published Sophie’s Choice, which was made into a film in 1982 and an opera in 2002.
FRANZ WILHELM FERLING – 18 ÜBUNGEN FÜR OBOE, OP. 12 (CA. 1837) ............... 17 5. ANTONINO PASCULLI – 15 CAPRICCI A GUISE DI STUDI (CA. 1890?)
Name The Odyssey Vocabulary List Book I Book II Book III Muse (1) pined (20) broach (35) plundered (1) lament (21) pillage (38) regaled (2) requite (23) harangued (39) steadfast (4) lucid (27) insidious (41) Book IV Book V Book VI lithe (53) pungent (83) oblivion (99) colonnade (62) adversity (87) supplication (103) insolence (68) torrential (89) brash (105) pensive (77) estuary (94) cantering (108) Book VII Book VIII Book IX ramparts (112) throng (125) guile (145) victuals (116) conspicuous (132) beholden (153) provender
Chesterton dedicates it to his wife, Frances. “I bring these rhymes to you/ who brought the cross to me.” 5. The two opposing views of life are modern paganism- “pride and a little scratching pen” (false doctrine) that takes joy from “the hearts of men” – and Christianity which gives hope-“a firelight” which takes on to heaven “beyond the loneliest star.” Book I, The Vision of the King: 1. The great age of the Horse is the strong impression produced: “Before the gods made the gods…age beyond age…. The White Horse knew England/ when there was none to know.” 2.
Upload Browse Library Upload P. 1Compare/Contrast: Dillard and Rodriguez Compare/Contrast: Dillard and Rodriguez Ratings: (0)|Views: 498|Likes: 0 Published by lostthorn This is a compare and contrast between the two essays:Dillard’s “An American Childhood” and Rodriquez’s “Always Running” . See more Sanchez 1John SanchezLori BrownEnglish IV 5th Period17 September 2009Compare/Contrast: Dillard and RodriguezDillard’s “An American Childhood” and Rodriquez’s “Always Running” both on theoutside seem to be autobiographies about an experience when both writers were being chased.Both writers include cultural influences on the setting to make it more clear what life was reallylike for them in their autobiographies. They also both dramatize
Poppies were also associated with sleep (opium being a poppy derivate) and McCrae, being a doctor, would have been conscious of this: the idea of sleeping under the poppies is revived in the last lines. * “We are the dead.”: the poem turns, surprisingly, to the dead, who are given voice by the poet. This is a powerful and emotive turn, a direct address of the living by the fallen. * “In the sky, the larks”: these birds, traditional poetic symbols of natural beauty and freedom, contrast strongly with the world below. As often, nature provides an idealized backdrop to the war that provides a contrast with man’s immoral
Park successfully juxtaposes these lives and opens a window to the terrible story of Sudan. Author Biographical Information: http://www.lindasuepark.com/bio/biography.html Other books by this author include: Archer's Quest (2006) The Firekeeper's Son (2004) The Kite Fighters (2000) Mung-Mung: A Foldout Book of Animal Sounds (2004) Project Mulberry (2005) Seesaw Girl (1999) A Single Shard (2001) When My Name Was Keoko (2002) Similar Books or Similar Themes: Brothers in hope : the story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams. A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk by Jan L. Coates Discussion Questions (Please include 4-6 questions) 1. How do Americans take for granted the availability of clean water to drink? How did reading this book make you feel about being careless with our water supply?
Regents-style comparative analysis of our 2006-2007 reading Book/Story Title Author Main Character(s) Ordinary People (1978) Judith Guest Conrad Jarrett; Dr. Berger; Calvin and Beth Jarrett; Buck; Jeanine Pratt One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1961) Ken Kesey Chief Bromden/Broom; R.P. McMurphy; Nurse Ratched; Harding; Cheswick “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” (1995) Sherman Alexie Victor Joseph; Thomas Builds-the-Fire; Cathy; Victor’s father Shoeless Joe W.P. Kinsella Ray, Annie & Karin Kinsella; Shoeless Joe Jackson; J.D. Salinger; Moonlight Graham; Eddie Scissons; Mark; Richard; Bluestein The Great Gatsby (1925) F. Scott Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby; Nick Carraway; Tom and Daisy Buchanan; Characterization similarities: • The main characters come to a new sense of themselves and their place in the world. 1.
However, they became embroiled in a dispute over who deserved credit and the play never saw production. Her major achievements were generally between 1931 and 1943, when she wrote scholarly works on folklore and published six major novels. In 1937, Hurston’s greatest, and probably the most notable novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, was published. Some of her fantastic writings are: Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934 First novel), Moses, Mules and Men (1935), Tell My Horse (1938), Man of the Mountain (1939), Dust Tracks on a Road (1942), and Seraph on the Suwanee (1948 and last novel). Unfortunately, her reputation got affected in 1948 when she was arrested for molesting a ten-year-old retarded boy; the charges were later
Massachusetts: Charles River Editors Mode P. (1916) The Influence of the Black Plague on the English Monasteries. Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company White, Albert Beebe, (1915). Source problems in English history. New York, London, Harper & Bros. Ziegler P. (1971) The Black Death. New York: HarperCollins