Honors English 10 Current Unit
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Independent Reading (Whole Class Assignment) = The Language of Baklava (a North Country Reads Selection): Field trip: April 3 to meet Diana Abu-Jaber at Ogdensburg Free Academy
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A TALE OF TWO CITIES Themes/Notes Outline
Love
has the power to heal, comfort, and redeem
Lucie best represents this theme (heal and comfort)
Acceptance of long lost father
Mother figure
Caress,
care for the lost mind of her father
Returns father from mental relapses
Other characters
Jarvis Lorry (heal and comfort)
A man of business?
Love (as a guardian, protector) of Lucie
Loyalty for Dr. Manette
Cares for during 9 day relapse
Sydney Carton (redeem)
Love
for Lucie
Self-sacrifice
for others happiness
Gives up his life
Eternally happy
At death, first time feels worth in life
Imprisonment
Dr. Manette
Literal
17
years
unjust
release
Figurative
Mental
prison
Cause
– Charles Darnay
Savior
– Lucie
Escape
?
Charles Darnay - literal
Three instances
Treason
- accusers
Death sentence
Escape
Émigré
- accusers
Death sentence
Escape
Denounced
as an aristocrat
Accusers – Defarge’s and Dr. Manette
Death
sentence
Escape
Sydney Carton – figurative
His life
No
self-motivation
Lacks
self respect
Knows
he can do more, but doesn’t. But does for others (Stryver)
Changing
point
Escape?
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Analytical
Essay - Due April 10
Your Task:
Write a critical essay in which you
discuss the concept of revolution from the particular perspective
of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay, provide a valid interpretation of the
statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and
support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary works and
apply the correct literary elements (such as themes, characters, and symbols)
from two works (one MUST be A Tale of Two Cities, and chose one of
these: Five Men, from “Darkness at Noon”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, or
"The Strike").
Critical
Lens:
One of the original sins of humanity
has been the inability to live at peace. – PW Singer
Guidelines:
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