PRE AP 2 Reading for 9/9 or 9/12

1st Period - Read Harrison Bergeron

Identify all the plot elements, conflict, examples of irony with support, and what you you believe Vonnegut is trying to tell the reader about life and being human. Questions to follow

8th Period - Read Everyday Use

(1)  Roughly where and when are we to imagine the action of this story taking place?  What are some of the features of the story that we might find more understandable if we take this context into account?

(2)  How would you characterize the narrative point of view of this story?

(3) What do you take to be the central conflict in the story? 

    Follow-up:  what seem to be the deeper issues at stake in this conflict?

(4) At which precise moment does the title concept come into play?

(5) What moment best qualifies as the story's climax?

    Follow-up (5a):  How does noticing this help us decide whether the author has structured the story so as to cast the older daughter, or her mother, as the story's protagonist?

    Follow-up (5b):  what are some of the deeper issues at stake in this moment?