AP Novel Coffee Talk March 11/12

AP Novel Coffee Talk March 11/12

Objectives: To enrich your literary and intellectual landscape. To strengthen your reading muscle by tackling challenging literature. To continue preparations for the AP Lit exam.

Choose one of the following to read in its entirety for AP Book Coffee Talk…

“I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness." Joseph Conrad ~ Heart of Darkness

“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.” Emily Bronte ~ Wuthering Heights

Arthur Miller ~ Death of a Salesman "The man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates personal interest, is the man who gets ahead. Be liked and you will never want."

"A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had been given her to control the working of her body and her soul. She grew daring and reckless, overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.“ Kate Chopin ~ The Awakening

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison “I remember that I'm invisible and walk softly so as not awake the sleeping ones. Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.”

Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya "The sun was good. The men of the llano were men of the sun. The men of the farms along the river were men of the moon. But we were all children of the white sun."

“My mother is a fish.” William Faulkner ~ As I Lay Dying

AP Novel Coffee Talk March 11/12