20th century prose enlish test
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- wrote "Shooting an Elephant"
- George Orwell
- setting of "shooting an Elephant"
- Lower Burma
- tone of "Shooting an Elephant"
- self mocking
- theme of "shooting an Elephant"
- tyrrany of mass opinion
- Why do natives hate Orwell?
- b/c he is a Brit and they impose their customs and oppress the people
- What's Orwell's position?
- sub-divisional police officer
- why was the elephant in "Shooting an Elphant" on a rampage?
- b/c it was in "must"
- Who did the elephant kill in "shooting an Elephant"?
- a coolie, or common worker
- Why did Orwell shoot the elephant?
- B/c he didn't want to get laughed at by the natives since they wanted him to do it
- How long did it take the elephant in "shooting an Elephant" take to die?
- 30 min
- who wrote Garden Party?
- Katherine Mansfield
- What did the man smell in Garden party?
- lavender
- who wrote Heat?
- Jean Rhys
- what is the setting of "Heat"?
- Rousseau, Martinique, West Indies
- what is the point of view in "Heat"?
- first person, unreliable, limited
- what is the metaphor of "Heat"?
- "our valcano was called the boiling lake"
- Who is Clive?
- Clive is a jolly young Englishman who decided to try life on the edge, went to a volcano, tried to save his fool of a guide and fell off said edge.
- What is the mountain called in "Heat"?
- Mt. Pelee
- What city did the volcano destroy in "Heat"?
- St. Pierre
- Why does mama say the mountain was destroyed?
- according to Mama the city was destroyed because it was sinful and had an opera house ( the modern day version of Sodom and Gamora)
- Who survive the eruption?
- an underground prisoner
- How many died in "Heat"?
- 40,000
- Who is the author of "Sunrise on the Veld"?
- Doris Lessing
- What is the setting of "Sunrise on the Veld?"
- South Africa
- What is a veld?
- an open grassy area
- Why does the boy get up early?
- it's his birthday and he wants to go kill something
- How old is the boy who gets up early?
- 15
- What kills the antelope?
- ants
- Why couldn't the antelope escape the ants?
- b/c he had a broken leg
- How does the leg get broken?
- not said, but boy thinks he shot it
- How does "Sunrise on the Veld" end?
- boy going to think about it
- What kind of philosophy is shown in "Sunrise on the Veld"?
- fatalistic
- Who is the author of "The Red Dress- 1946"?
- Alice Munro
- what is the setting of "Red Dress"?
- Ontario, 1946
- what is the point of view?
- 1st person
- is the narrator boy crazy like lonnie?
- no
- narrator/mary differences/similarities
- both outsiders, boy’s don’t really like them, Mary doesn’t care what the boys think while the narrator does
- Why does the narrator want store bought clothes?
- to be like everyone else
- attitude towards dance with mason williams?
- expected him to dance very little
- who danced with narrator?
- raymond bolting
- what is raymond to the narrator?
- her savior and rescuer