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Realism

Realism. b lunt, tell-it-like-it-is focused on lives of ordinary people rejected the class system darker view of the world fate is an illusion; lives shaped by forces we cannot see or understand. Modernism. overwhelming technological changes grief over the loss of the past youth culture

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Realism

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  1. Realism • blunt, tell-it-like-it-is • focused on lives of ordinary people • rejected the class system • darker view of the world • fate is an illusion; lives shaped by forces we cannot see or understand

  2. Modernism • overwhelming technological changes • grief over the loss of the past • youth culture • alienation • disconnected from the world

  3. “To Build a Fire” • Story of survival! • Realistic  man dies and doesn’t miraculously find a way to survive • Man is unprepared for the journey and over confident. • Tries to kill his dog for warmth • Cannot light a fire because his hands are too frozen and he cannot hold the matches

  4. “A Pair of Silk Stockings” • A woman struggles between spending money on what she wants and what she needs • This struggle would be unfamiliar to someone of the upper class who could get both • The woman is familiar with more expensive luxuries  this tells us she probably experienced them before • Ends up being selfish and spends money on herself

  5. The Great Gatsby • Jay Gatsby: mysterious, clings to the past • Nick tells us the story of his summer on Long Island • Gatsby and Daisy connected in the past  Gatsby wants to go back and start over • Daisy runs over Myrtle; Gatsby takes the blame • Wilson kills Gatsby and himself

  6. The Great Gatsby • Nobody comes to the funeral • Gatsby is forgotten • Tom and Daisy leave town for a while; careless • We all live in the past; clinging to something we hoped to achieve • Gatsby equated success with Daisy

  7. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” • Daydreams to escape his boring reality: • hydroplane (Navy) pilot • anesthesiologist • defendant in court • Air Force pilot • firing squad • Always brought back to earth, except when he imagines himself facing a firing squad

  8. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” • wants to be a hero • always seen as heroic in his daydreams • others view him as the best • others envy him and want to be him • naggy wife • seems more like his mother

  9. “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” • Wants to ask a question, but holding himself back • afraid of being judged • afraid of getting the wrong answer • seeking love • talks about the women • mermaids singing; won’t sing to him • nobody wants him • isolated and lonely

  10. “Richard Cory” • Everybody loves him, wants to be him • People want his money, style, personality • Very friendly, always says hello • Inside  unhappy, depressed • kills himself • we don’t know why

  11. “MiniverCheevy” • alcoholic • born too late • dreams of the past • feels lonely in the present • longs for previous days when there was chivalry and heroes

  12. “A Rose for Emily” • Emily is a monument in the town • old family; in town for generations • fallen  doesn’t become anything and is a disappointment • Refuses to pay taxes • told she didn’t have to by former mayor so she sticks with this • told it was because her father gave town money • actually because she won’t accept charity and she has no money

  13. “A Rose for Emily” • Strange smell • town spreads lime around her house at night • rude to tell a woman she/her home smells • Homer Barron • “dated” Emily, but not the marrying kind (liked men) • Emily compromised; town assumes they married and he abandoned her

  14. “A Rose for Emily” • Emily dies • discover Homer’s body in an upstairs bedroom • Emily had slept next to the body • Afraid to be alone, isolated • in denial about her father for 3 days • refuses to let Homer leave her • shuts herself away from the town

  15. Harlem Renaissance • rise of African American culture • music • dancing • art • singing • style • ended with the Great Depression • no money to continue; laid the path for future

  16. “I, Too” • Langston Hughes • reference to “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman • hopeful for equality • knows he will soon be eating with company • non-judgmental, not angry • knows they will be ashamed • that is enough for him

  17. Funeral Sermons • “Go Down, Death” by James Weldon Johnson • positive views about death • eternal life; God watching over all • God ends suffering • “of De Witt Williams on his way to Lincoln Cemetary” by Gwendolyn Brooks • “He was nothing but a / plain black boy” • racism; nobody really cares

  18. Others • “America” by Claude McKay • struggle of African American experiences • loves America despite “her” treatment • ready to stand for equality without anger or resentment • “Tableau” by Countee Cullen • innocence only corrupted by outside • black and white boys playing together • judged by those watching; lack of understanding

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