Does Huckleberry Finn embody the values of the American Dream?
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How do the fictional characters in Huckleberry Finn express the challenges facing America at the time?
How does Mark Twain address the issue of slavery in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? How is racist language used in the text and should it be omitted?
Using the web links for the unit, discuss one political cartoon and how it reflects the Subject, Occasion/Audience, Attitude, Purpose and Speaker (POV).
Using the links below, discuss the role that religion played in the lives of slaves.
www.slaveryinamerica.org (check out the image gallery and narratives/biographies) http://blackhistory.harpweek.com (click on “list of illustrations and cartoons”) http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery_pictures.htm (a number of pictures and links through slavery and civil war) http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/civilalbum.html (go to the Abraham Lincolon link and select one of the smaller pictures to enlarge it) http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/SCARTOONS/car1860.html (cartoons are interspersed with the text—select continue at the bottom of the page to continue your investigation) http://www.bostonafricanamericana.org/Collections.htm (click on “Collections at a Glance” at the bottom of the page to begin your search) After viewing the websites below, write a paragraph for each of the following prompts:
1) How has our conception of race changed over time? 2) How did prior conceptions of race impact slavery? 3) Discuss 3 key shifts in terms of race in America. “Is Race for Real” http://www.pbs.org/race/001_WhatIsRace/001_00-home.htm Documenting Slavery: Timelines and Theme http://www.pbs.org/race/003_RaceTimeline/003_00-home.htm Using the 3 questions on p.448, develop a coherent and well-supported response to each question and post. 11 sentences. Due before next class.
Post the final draft of your story that has taught you lessons about living.400-500 words.
After reading literary examples of American romanticism in poetry, examine the paintings featured. Why do you believe these are romantic poems and paintings? What visual aspects do the poets/artists employ to interact with the view? How do they create the "romantic" landscape? What do you think are the characteristics of a romantic art and poetry? How do they reflect the ideals of manifest destiny? How do they reflect a worship of nature?
Use the questions to write a well-developed thesis about how one specific poem (using specific evidence) relates to the "romantic" ideals presented in one or more paintings (using specific objects and emotional impact in the paintings). Be specific in making your connections between the poem and the paintings. 200 words. American Romantic Poetry "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173917 "The Chambered Nautilus" Oliver Wendell Holmes http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173644 Poetry Packet: Whitman poems. Collection of Paintings http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma02/freed/paintings/ Niagara (1857) Frederick Churchhttp://collection.corcoran.org/collection/work/niagara The Lackawanna Valley (1855) George Inness http://www.nhvweb.net/nhhs/SocialStudies/DDuerring/George%20Inness.pdf Kindred Spirits (1849) Asher Durand http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/L.2008.21 Looking Down Yosemite Valley (1865) Albert Bierstadt http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/downloads/pdfs/Resource_Guide_Chapters/PictAmer_Resource_Book_Chapter_8A.pdf Romantic Landscape with Ruined Tower (1832-1836) Thomas Cole http://www.albanyinstitute.org/details/items/ruined-tower-mediterranean-coast-scene-with-tower.html In "Song of Myself" and "I Hear America Singing," Walt Whitman presents a sense of who is he and what the world presents to him. He is out exploring the world. Emily Dickinson, the famous recluse, lived a rather isolated life, and thus, her poetry reflects an inspection of her interior in "This is my letter to the World" and "Because I could not stop for Death." Both of these poets reflect a break with the prior poetic conventions; however, they do not merely disregard the rules but craft poems which do pay tribute to rhythm, to rhyme, to imagery, to word choice.
Your poems should be a minimum of 20 lines and should reflect an inspection of the world or an inspection of the interior issues. You can set the poem in the time period or you can fast forward the subject to the modern world. |
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