Wacky and Wonderful wisdom with Mrs. West
What is the name of Mrs. West's Daughter?
Millie!
What kind of story is focused on creating fear?
Horror Story
Where is William Faulkner from?
Oxford Mississippi
Where is Edgar Allen Poe from?
Boston Massachusetts
What Year did I graduate from Lausanne?
2015
How did Humphrey come to stay with Mrs. West?
Through friends who found him in a McDonald's Parking lot
What famous novel from the Victorian age got rewritten into a horror novel about zombies?
Pride and the Prejudice: Zombies
What time of literary device/strategy does Faulkner use in the majority of his writings?
Stream of consciousness
What type of writing was Poe most famous for?
Poetry and short stories, mystery and Romanticism
What disease am I afflicted by?
(Type 1) Diabetes
Where did Mrs. West study abroad?
Scottland
What Steven King Psychological horror novel most recently came out in theaters as a movie?
The Long walk
Give me the approximate time in which Faulkner was writing.
1920s and 1930s
Give me the approximate time that Poe Wrote?
Early to mid 1800s
I have 3 tattoos, with the obvious being the fish tattoos. What is one of my other tattoos?
Caduceus Symbol that says "Type 1 Diabetes" and
"Pura Vida"
In Addition to English, what were two of Mrs. West's 3 minors?
Spanish, Film, and music
Who wrote Frankenstein (1818)?
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly
As I lay dying, A Rose for Emily etc etc. Lots of options
Name me two works of Poe.
The Raven, Bells, etc etc. Lots of options
I recently got a new car. What type of car is it?
Subaru Crosstrek
What Collegiate extracurricular did Mrs. West take part in?
She was in a Cover band!
What is the first Literary Horror written in Western Literature?
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
His Newborn daughter, Alabama, died in her infancy.
What was Poe's last words? (There were 5)
Lord Help my poor soul
Name all 6 things I have taught and or Coached at Lausanne (Not including this class)
- Lacrosse
- MS PE
- 6th grade English
- Spanish 2
- American History
- Modern World History