American literature: tasks

1. American literature:tasks By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová VY_32_INOVACE_AJ3r0215

2. What works do these pictures relate to?

3. Ready to fill?

4. Characters (un)known? Lenny Yossarian Randle Patrick McMurphy Dick and Perry Dean Moriarty Nurse Ratched Arthur Dimmesdale Ichabod Crane Katrina Van Tassel Ishmael Hester Prynne Clyde Griffiths Rip Van Winkle Slave Jim Ahab Nick Carraway

5. Match it! 1/ E. A. Poe 2/ Herman Melville 3/ William Styron 4/ Joseph Heller 5/ Thomas Jefferson 6/ Isaac Asimov 7/ Theodore Dreiser 8/ F. S. Fitzgerald 9/ Nathaniel Hawthorne 10/ Washington Irving a/ Catch 22 b/ The Great Gatsby c/ The Raven d/ Rip Van Winkle e/ The Declaration of Independence f/ An American Tragedy g/ Moby Dick h/ The Scarlet Letter i/ I, robot j/ Sophie‘s choice A/ All men are created equal B/ 3 laws C/ Sins, adultery, religion D/ revenge E/ absurd commands F/ desire to be wealthy/ murder G/ inability to choose H/ Nevermore I/ 20 years’ sleep J/ Jazz age parties

6. Solutions: 6) Santiago goes on the sea to hunt fish, he catches one but sharks eat it on his way back. He comes with the skeleton only. 7) One flew over the Cuckoo‘s nest 8) Randle Patrick McMurphy, Nurse Ratched, Chief Bromden 9)Randle pretends madness in order to avoid serving in the army. He finally undergoes lobotomy. 10) Truman Capote 11) Dick and Perry are criminals who decide to kill the whole Clutter family on a farm. The book follows them and the investigation. Finally, they are executed for the murder. 12) Washington Irving 13) 1790, a Dutch settlement, close to New York 1/ Pictures: a/ Moby Dick b) The Raven c) The Old Man and the Sea 2/ Ready to fill? 1) An American Tragedy 2) Kansas City, Chicago, New York state, Big Bittern Lake, in the first quarter of the twentieth century 3) Clyde starts to date Roberta, who is very poor. She becomes pregnant. Clyde sees a chance to be with a rich girl Sondra, he takes Roberta to a lake and pushes her into water, she drowns and he is later executed on electric chair. 4) The Old Man and the Sea 5) Ernest Hemingway

7. Solutions: Lenny – Of Mice and Men Yossarian – Catch 22 Randle Patrick McMurphy – One flew over the cuckoo‘s nest Dick and Perry – In Cold Blood Dean Moriarty – On the Road Nurse Ratched – One flew over the cuckoo‘s nest Arthur Dimmesdale . The Scarlet Letter Ichabod Crane – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 4/ Match it! 1cH, 2gD, 3jG, 4aE, 5eA, 6iB, 7fF, 8bJ, 9hC, 10dI 3/ Characters: Katrina Van Tassel – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Ishmael – Moby Dick Hester Prynne – The Scarlet Letter Clyde Griffiths – An American Tragedy Rip Van Winkle – Rip Van Winkle Slave Jim – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ahab – Moby Dick Nick Carraway – The Great Gatsby

8. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Van_Winkle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot http://www.online-literature.com/periods/timeline.php http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/ http://www.gradesaver.com/study-guides/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Tragedy http://thebestnotes.com/booknotes/An_American_Tragedy_Dreiser/An_American_Tragedy_Study_Guide02.html http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Moby_Dick_p510_illustration.jpg/382px-Moby_Dick_p510_illustration.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Redon_the-raven.jpg/400px-Redon_the-raven.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Atlantic_blue_marlin.jpg