Chapter 7 study guide questions

The literary device that is used when the vet tells the narrator to get out of the fog is allusion. He is telling the narrator to keep his eyed open and to stop looking over everything that is happening around him and pay attention to how he can manipulate the situation without really saying it that way.

          When the vet tells the narrator to be his own father he means that he will have to look after his self while he I away from home all alone. He will have to make smart decisions without the advice of others. He will have to be careful about the things that he does and says and make decisions that can have a huge effect on his life and the turn of his life events.

          The author uses Biblical allusion to describe the narrator's arrival in harlem. He compares the narrators experience to an experience in the bible.

Themes of Invisible Man

Some of the themes in The Invisible Man was Racism, playing pretend and doing whatever it takes to make it.
        
         Racism was shown when The Vet said, "They? Why, the same they we always mean, the white folks, authority, the gods, fate, circumstances, the force that pulls your strings until you refuse to be pulled any more. The big man who's never there, where you think he is." He was referring to "white men or people" that thought they had complete control of every aspect of African American lives.      

         Playing pretend was shown when the Vet told narrator to "Come out of the
fog, young man. And remember you don't have to be a complete fool in order to succeed. Play the game, but don't believe in it that much you owe yourself. Even if it lands you in a strait jacket or a padded cell. Play the game, but play it your own way, part of the time at least. Play the game, but raise the ante, my boy." Saying to him that he had to play the game that the he was supposed to play in order to get the success that he wanted to have.

          The presence of doing what ever it takes to make it is visible when the narrator decided to leave the south and go up North in order get what he needed to ultimately reach a goal that he had sit for his future. 

                     Connections:
           Racism can be connected to the poem "I, Too" because the are both based on events that have taken place around the same time. When Langston Hughes says, " they send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes." Is the same as when The Narrator says that the back of the buss was reserved for "Them" as in the Black's. This in both cases are racist because they are being treated without equity.
           Playing pretend can be connected to the poem Refugee in America when it is written that, "when the words like Liberty that almost make me cry. If you had known what I knew you would know why." He is saying that unless you have what he has then you would know why having freedom and liberty are important. That the Liberty and Freedom that others have are disguised as something else for them that they don't get the same freedoms and have the same opportunities that "whites" have.
         

Geoffrey Chaucer

       While reading about Geoffrey Chaucer I learned that he was considered to have changed the English Literature with his book The Canterbury Tales. He is also commonly referred to The Father of literature. During his time he investigated the contrast between authority and experience. The theological faith versus human reaaon, the ideal versus the pragmatic, the ritual of courtly love, the action of the individual, the Christian teaching of free will versus man's sense of being fated. He is also known for the famous opening lines of The General Prologue. The implications made by Chaucers arrangment of the tales thematic groups. The way he can provide another dimension or way of thinking in his stories. I think what made him a great writer was his belief or view of the microcosm balances the dynamic and the static made. And the wide range of individual feeling and belief within unchanging human nature.

Introduction

Hi, my name is Alexzandria Fleming I am 17 years old and attending Mr.Reases AP literature and composition class. This year I will be graduating with the c/o 2018. I like cheer, cross country, and track. On my spare time I like listening to music and singing. By the end of this school year I intend on accomplishing my goal of becoming a better writter. I also hope to become a better person with the guidance of Mr. Rease.

Lesson before dying advice letter

       Hello my name is Grant Wiggins and I need some advice about a family crisis. Recently my cousin, Jefferson was but in death row for a crime my aunts are convinced he didn't commit. When me and my aunts went to visit Jefferson for the first time he didn't say much, he insisted on giving us the silent treatment. While as my aunt fell sick I had to visit him on my own. During my visit with him he kept saying how he was a big ole' hog and he wants to eat corn because as he says it's what hogs eat. I have tried telling him that he is a man, but of course he believes what lawyer says even is true. He said it's no point in anything anymore and I feel just about the same. I don't think I can convince Jefferson that he is indeed a man and keep my aunts happy. Pleas read this and take it into deep consideration and help me.

A Lesson Before Dying Ch. 3-4/ Quotation assignment

Chapter 3: Question 3

What does the back door of a Henri Pichots plantation house symbolize to Grant and his aunt? Why does having to enter the plantation house through the back door rankle Grant?
1. The back for Grant and his aunt symbolizes their past when they were working for Mr. Pichot. It also symbolizes their one way in and out the house because they were of color. It also seems to hold a reminder for Grant and his aunt that they were servers of the white man and had to as they were told as long as they were under the shadow of Mr. Pichot.

Chapter 4: Question 1

In describing Bayonne, the narrator mentions that the towns major industries include, "a slaughterhouse, mostly for hogs". How does this echo and expand on the public defenders summation in jeffersons trial in chapter 1?
1. When the narrator is describing the Bayonne and mentions one of the towns major industries which happens to be a slaughterhouse mainly for hog it echos back to the summation in jeffersons trial n chapter 1 simply because of the fact Jefferson was compared to a hog during his trial. Hogs can be very dangerous and aggressive which would lead the jury to feel as if Jefferson is a threat to there town. Jefferson was also sentenced for to death by electrocution. This can also help us come to the conclusion that Jeffersons lawyer wanted him to lose his case seeing as he compared Jefferson to a wild and aggressive animal.

Quotation Assignment 

Chapter three - #1

"Am I supposed to go in there too?" - page 17

        This quotation characterizes Grant as prideful. He hasn't been through the back door of the plantation house since his departure 10 years ago to go to a university. Grant does not want to enter through the back door because it is a reminder of his past and who he was before he went off to school.

        This quotation also relates to the theme of decision making. In today's society we always seem to ask ourselves this question, " am I supposed to go in there too?". If Jeffery would have stopped and asked himself that question before hand he probably would not have ended up in the situation he was currently in.

Chapter four - #2

"we're teachers and we have a commitment" - page 29

        This quote relates to the theme of responsibility, that even though grant didn't like his job he is still committed to it. Even though Jefferson did not commit the crime he still had to take responsibility for it.  It also reflects back to Grants aunt, who although knows that Jefferson is of age she still takes responsibility in trying to get him out of jail.

        This quote can lead to the conflict later on in the book when the rush to get Jefferson free is heightened. When Grants aunt has an even stronger urge for justice to be giving to her son. 

       

Discussion Questions

1. What was happening to Kien when he saw each man in his platoon reappearing before him in his room?

2. When Kien jumped back from the window bewildered, confused, and deeply troubled, why do you think he began to write?

3. On page 87 in the 3rd paragraph what do you think is happening to Lien after he wakes up after he loses his consciousness?

4. On page 88 in paragraph 2 what do you think the author means when he says that Kien had "sat and allowed his soul to take off on its flight to his eternal past?".

5. How would you feel if you were in Kiens situation, in the middle of war seeing people get killed and hearing them scream in agony and dying?

6. What do you think Kien and his platoon witnessed when the body turned into a yellowish ash after they opened the coffin and seeing the body glow?

7. The soldier that Kien was going to help died, but how go you think he died? Do you think he died by drowning in the crater or from his many wounds?

8. Could you live everyday knowing you saw someone die in front of you, with their belly ripped open and their body laying still and looking as if their bones in their body was smashed? Pg. 94 last paragraph

9. In the book there is a myth that tung is the forest man. Do you believe in myths like this?

10. On page 100 in the second paragraph why do you think all these flashbacks are happening to Kien all at once?