Setting Symbolism Theme

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Setting Symbolism Theme
Advertisements

Monday, November 29 th.  Today, I will read a given text, identify a theme, and provide support from the text by selecting relevant quotes and explaining.
Supporting Your Child With Reading In Preparation For SATs.
Supporting Your Child With Reading In Preparation For SATs.
The 1960s.
The 1960s. The Baby Boomers 70 million post-war babies became teenagers Movement away from the conservative fifties Result: real change in the cultural.
Quick Quiz 1.Why were feminists not happy with the abortion act? 2.Why did feminists say it was right for women to get 50% of property? 3.How did advertising.
Paper 1 Section A Reading Non-Fiction & Media AO2ii – Fact & Opinion.
Themes of the 1950s & The Cold War. Prosperity American consumers, after being held in check by the Great Depression and wartime scarcities, finally had.
Paper 1 Section A Reading Non-Fiction & Media AO2ii – Fact & Opinion.
The Year Of 1968 It was year of seismic social and political change across the globe From the burgeoning anti- Vietnam war and civil rights movement in.
Unit 9 Day 9 (Baby Boom) Quote: “The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own.”
Short Story by John Updike. Definition: A writer's attitude toward subject, audience, and self.subject, audience, and self. Tone is primarily conveyed.
Life in the 1960’s By: Devin Merriman & Kiran Penn 03/06/12.
“A & P” by John Updike  The era of "A & P" is the late 1950's, early 1960's, where social conservatism was mirrored in the dress code and when conformity.
A & P by John Updike Setting Setting SymbolismSymbolism ThemeTheme.
A Penny for Your Thoughts. ALLIE Reread the section concerning Allie’s death Holden’s parents were going to have him psychoanalyzed when Allie died. In.
Surf smart training.
What was life like on plantations?
Determine Author’s Point of View
A taste of analyzing literature
What to Do?.
LET’S REVIEW. We have learned three signposts. What are they?
Monday, October 17, 2016 Today you will need: Pencil Novel.
How is the theme of responsibility explored in An Inspector Calls?
THEME  .
Indonesian Batiks.
Harcourt Journeys: Story Selection
“A & P” Prompt: Write 2 paragraphs—each paragraph analyzing one of the devices below. You must cite two pieces of text for each paragraph: Tone Mood Diction.
Breakfast Club.
Make Recommendations.
Catcher in the Rye Holden's Taxonomy Project   Brooke Adams Brooke Hogoboom Jordan Mullins Hannah Garza Anna Farello Megan Freiburger.
There’s A Skeleton in God’s Closet
How would you describe the two main characters, Hazel and Gus
Chapter 10: Changing Times
NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: This presentation is designed to help people who implement shared plans of care to explain the practice to other professionals.
(in general… and for this essay)
A Single Story jonathan peel jls 2016 Sunday, 11 November 2018.
10/13/15.
Girls didn’t always have this kind of freedom!!
Short Story Responses (For Journals).
To explore the different themes of the play and their representation
Introducing the Ideas One of Six Traits:
Reading Unit: 2 Lesson: 4 Module: A Objectives:
Paragraph Development
WRITING MODELS FOR THE EXAM
FSA Reading Boot camp.
BELLRINGER OCT 23: Write your response in your notebook
(in general… and for this essay)
Girl with a pearl earring
Book Review Over the next few weeks you will be studying a novel of your choice in detail.
Who Am I Really? Your Name Here.
Academic Vocab. Weeks 3 & 4.
Staying Safe at School ALICE TRAINING for STUDENTS: ELEMENTARY LEVEL :Derived from Akron City Schools Teacher talk is in BOLD. Modify wording if needed.
Facts Today, one-third of American children are being raised by single mothers. According to the White House, full-time working women earn 77% of what.
Staying Safe at School ALICE TRAINING for STUDENTS: ELEMENTARY LEVEL :Derived from Akron City Schools Teacher talk is in BOLD. Modify wording if needed.
4.5.2 Human sexuality and the idea of sexual rights
BELL-WORK Today, I want you to imagine that you are the author of the next “Great American Novel,” but no one can ever know you wrote the novel, and no.
SATs Reading Paper.
Choose one of the following quotes from The Little Prince and
AGENDA Bell Ringer: MUGShot Sentence
Bellringer: Nov. 12 On page R30-31 in the blue textbook, the resources pages describe how to write a good introduction. Read through the suggestions and.
(in general… and for this essay)
Thesis & Evidence Guidelines
4.5.2 Human sexuality and the idea of sexual rights
4.5.2 Human sexuality and the idea of sexual rights
Hooks, Transitions, Conclusions
Double page spread layout ideas
CIVIL RIGHTS ESSAY A GUIDE TO WRITING THE ESSAY.
“A & P” by John Updike.
Presentation transcript:

Setting Symbolism Theme A & P by John Updike Setting Symbolism Theme

Why a Supermarket? 1) What is it about a supermarket context which would make the sight of girls in bathing suits shocking or possibly offensive? 2) a. How does Sammy feel about the supermarket, his fellow workers and its clientele? b. What do you think is the writer’s attitude towards them? Explain your answer. “Girls, I don’t want to argue with you. After this, come in here with your shoulders covered. It’s our policy.” Given that Lengel is a Sunday School teacher and he makes reference to “policy” and “shoulders covered”, how might you say he sees the supermarket? Explain your answer. 4) What do you think the supermarket symbolises in contrast with the free-spiritedness of Sammy and the girls?

1960s America In the early 1960s women still wore dresses, hats, and gloves most of the time when they were in public. 70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults.  The movement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in revolutionary ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life.  No longer content to be facsimiles of the generation ahead of them, young people wanted change. The changes affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment.  Many of the revolutionary ideas which began in the sixties are continuing to evolve today. 

Symbolism in A & P 1) Given that he finds himself at odds with Lengel’s ideas, what might Sammy’s “check-out slot” represent in the context of the story? Why do you think Updike chose to have the girls wearing bathing suits? Explain your ideas. In what ways do you think Sammy sees the A & P customers as “sheep”? “…some young married screaming with her children about some candy they didn’t get by the door of a powder-blue Falcon station wagon” a) Who or what do you think this woman represents? b) Why might the writer have inserted this detail into the final paragraph after Sammy has quit his job?

Theme: What is A & P Really About? You are going to address the following questions to help you make notes on Updike’s theme in A & P. Write in detail and make reference to quotes from the story. What do you think is a central theme of the story? Pick out three ways in which you feel Updike has addressed this theme and, in each case, explain how it comes across. Have you taken a particular message from the story? Explain.