American Dreams
In this famous poem, Walt Whitman praises the sounds of the various workers who all contribute to building America.
What is "I Hear America Singing"?
The dark and creepy setting in which to conjure the devil (or to have moments of privacy away from the prying eyes of Boston)
What is the forest?
“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Who is Daisy?
This symbol reflects the narrator's feeling of confinement and her hope for freedom and equality.
What is a caged bird?
A flower with a yellow center and white petals
Who is Daisy?
A genre that looked to nature for inspiration, in addition to valuing imagination, individualism, and idealism (and sometimes even romanticized death).
What is romanticism?
In this character's railing against the "Guv'ment," he once again reveals his racist thoughts and hypocritical beliefs.
Who is Pap?
"If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat."
Who is Maya Angelou?
This represents the freedom and lack of constraints that Huck and Jim were seeking on their journey.
What is a raft?
Named after a British novelist, this steamboat sinking on the Mississippi symbolized the end of romanticism and the beginning of realism.
What is the Walter Scott?
By moving into a tiny house on the shores of this pond, Thoreau hoped to live his version of the American Dream.
What is Walden?
Through this noticeable accessory, Meyer Wolfsheim represents the underbelly of American society during the Roaring 20's.
What are human molar cufflinks?
"People of New England! Ye, that have loved me! - ye, that have deemed me holy! - behold me here, the one sinner of the world!"
Who is Reverend Dimmesdale?
It begins as a mark of shame, but grows to represent its bearer's dignity and ability to transcend her society's oppression.
What is the scarlet letter?
His name evokes the lack of love, warmth, and empathy in his heart
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
He originally imagines the American Dream as being actualized on the East Coast, but soon learns that his Midwestern upbringing wasn't so bad after all
Who is Nick Carraway?
By setting his sights nightly on this elusive object rather than seeking the spirituality and solitude of nature, Gatsby corrupts the early transcendental definition of the American Dream.
What is the green light?
"O, let my land be a land where Liberty/ Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,/ But opportunity is real, and life is free,/ Equality is in the air we breathe."
Who is Langston Hughes?
She symbolizes the false stereotype of the benevolent slave owner
Who is Miss Watson?
This word, a homonym for Jay's family name, is a slang word for guns.
What is a gats?
For this character, the American Dream might simply be owning his destiny and being reunited with his family
Who is Jim?
This expatriate's poem "The Waste Land" conjures up a dystopian future with no place for religion, tradition, or security
Who is T.S. Eliot?
"We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft."
Who is Huck Finn?
This symbol looms over the novel suggesting the Godlessness of the 1920s.
What are the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg?
Like her name alludes to, she helps Maya grow after her trauma by cultivating a love of reading in her.
Who is Mrs. Flowers?