'Lit' for Literature

  Dill's explanation of his family life, escape, and babies all have a common theme. Explain. Explain how Jem “broke the remaining code of our childhood.”  Atticus discusses the Ku Klux Klan in this chapter and concludes by saying that the Klan is gone. Is this statement correct? Explain. Discuss the irony of the following statement and the situation which it describes: “…there followed what I later realized was a sickeningly comic aspect of an unfunny situation: the men talked in near-whispers.” Why does Jem openly defy Atticus and refuse to leave? What does Scout’s childish attempt at a conversation accomplish? Explain.

  Explain the possible meanings of the poem’s title How would you describe the boy’s experience? Select any TWO literary devices used by the poet and show how effectively these were used to convey meaning. Why does the writer accept defeat in the last stanza? Describe the poet’s attitude to the subject he addresses. What does 'torch throwers of night' in line 22 suggest?   

  1. In what way does Prospero compare compare life to the masque or the stage? (Act 4 Scene 1, lines 147-158) 2.  In Greek mythology, Ceres, who appears in the masque of Act 4, is associated with the concept of rebirth, a return to life, a theme that a number of the characters refer to in their closing speeches. In your opinion, has Shakespeare restored the characters to their former selves, or has he changed or developed them during the course of the play? 3.   How does the island function as a laboratory for testing human nature? For Prospero? For Shakespeare? 4. At the Masque, Ceres makes a decree of Venus and Cupid. Why do you think that Venus, goddess of love, was absent from the young lovers' celebration? [SEE LINES 85 - 99 OF ACT 4 SCENE 1]

1.  On the whole, Scout’s characterization of Maycomb’s black population is a positive one. They’re generous, welcoming, and close-knit. Is there anything troubling about this characterization? After all, “positive stereotypes” are still stereotypes. What makes “positive stereotypes” inherently negative? 2. Aunt Alexandra seems to think that she can judge a person’s personality simply by knowing their last name. QUALIFY this statement.  What grain of truth does this statement have?  Where does it fall short? Refer to specific examples from the novel.

  The poem “No Lickle Twang” written by Miss Lou (Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley OM, OJ, MBE) can be found in her book  Aunty Roachy Seh Me glad fi see yuh come back, bwoy, But lawd, yuh let me dung Me shame a yuh so till all a Me proudness drop a grung. Yuh mean yuh go dah Merica An spen six whole mont deh, An come back not a piece better Dan how yuh did go weh? Bwoy, yuh no shame? Is so yuh come? After yuh tan so lang! Not even lickle language, bwoy? Not even lickle twang? An yuh sister what work ongle One week wid Merican She talk so nice now dat we have De jooce fi understand? Bwoy, yuh couldn improve yuhself! An yuh get so much pay? Yuh spen six mont a foreign, an Come back ugly same way? Not even a drapes trousiz, or A pass de riddim coat? Bwoy, not even a gole teet or A gole chain roun yuh troat? Suppose me laas me pass go introjooce Yuh to a stranger As me lamented son what lately Come from Merica! Dem hooda laugh after me, bwoy! Me couldn tell dem so! Dem hooda seh me...