NCOM
This character relentlessly pursues Moss to recover stolen money
Chigurh
Who wrote Fences?
August Wilson
Who wrote Beloved?
Toni Morrison
In No Country for Old Men, what is the significance of the cattle gun?
Many potential reasons
What is a symbol from Fences? What does the symbol represent?
Um...a fence, garden, baseball, etc.
Either from your own reading or from the list below, choose a work of fiction in which a character delays or avoids making a decision. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how the impact of this indecision contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
the possibilities are endless
Who wrote No Country for Old Men?
Cormac McCarthy
What is the last name of the central family?
Maxson
Name 2 things Beloved represents?
Slavery, racism, the past, trauma...the list goes on
In Fences, what does Troy's affair with Alberta reveal about his character?
Many answers
What is a symbol from Beloved? What does the symbol represent?
Sethe's scar, tobacco tin, colors (specifically red), water, etc.
Choose a work of fiction in which a character intentionally creates a new identity. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how the character’s reinvention contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole.
IDENTITYYYY
The seemingly random method Chigurh uses to determine the fate of some of his victims.
Flipping a coin.
How long have Troy and Rose been married?
18 years.
What is the name of the plantation Sethe escaped from?
Sweethome
What is the difference in how Fences uses the n-word versus how Beloved uses the word?
Fences = AAVE, a taking back of the word's harmful use, n-word = man, buddy, etc.
Beloved = n-word is typical harmful use
What is one impactful instance of imagery from No Country for Old Men?
So many
Choose a novel or play that seems intended both “to teach and delight” and then write a well-organized essay in which you show how the author pursues the dual purposes of instructing and pleasing the reader in the work as a whole.
What is the main reason for Sheriff Bell's disillusionment/feeling of not being good enough?
Evolving nature of crime; not being able to adapt/keep up; feeling outmatched by the violence/evil that is Chigurh
What decade does the play take place?
1950s
What is rememory?
Sethe's word for the intrusive reliving of events from the traumatic past - a "rememory" haunts the present
Discuss the role of violence in two texts.
lots of possibilities
What is a thematic topic that applies to ALL three texts?
hm...loss, violence, identity, etc.
A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel, recounts the psychological or moral development of its protagonist from youth to maturity, when this character recognizes his or her place in the world. Select a single pivotal moment in the psychological or moral development of the protagonist of a bildungsroman. Then write a well-organized essay that analyzes how that single moment shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.
Oh, tough one.
What animal is seen in connection with Moss, Bell, and Chigurh?
Bird. caw caw
What is the purpose of Troy's storytelling?
Could be lots of things...
Give 2 examples of the use of the color red.
Red light at Sethe's house
Stamp's red ribbon
Paul D's red heart
Amy's red velvet
Blood
Discuss the an instances of moral ambiguity in two of the texts.
lots of answers
Common in McCarthy's style, what is it called when an author uses an abundance of coordinating conjunctions?
Polysyndeton
A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole.
so broad which makes it tricky!