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The materials for the AP Language exam on satire are located in this folder. For the test, you should be familiar with the following readings and materials:
- Satire Notes
- My Satirical Self (Wyatt Mason)
- Shooting an Elephant (George Orwell)
- A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
- Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain (Jessica Mitford)
- The Damned Human Race (Mark Twain)
- Bringing Sexy Back (Maureen Dowd)
- Dr. Strangelove
- The iMe
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Two of these questions will be on the exam over The Great Gatsby tomorrow in English III. For each, you need to be prepared to write a detailed response, incorporating
details from the text and our class discussion.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said that "there are no second acts in American lives." Do the life and death of Jay Gatsby demonstrate this claim or refute it? Does the novel ultimately argue that one can never re-invent himself?
- Point of View is one of the most powerful techniques of The Great Gatsby. Explain how Fitzgerald's use of a 'witness' point of view impacts the reader and allows Fitzgerald to develop his themes. Why does he occasionally transgress this point of view, and with what impact?
- Fitzgerald is known as the preeminent chronicler of the Jazz Age, perhaps better depicting its excesses and virtues better than anyone. How does Nick Carraway demonstrate both attraction to and repulsion from the lives of the incredibly rich inhabitants of Long Island?
- How does Fitzgerald use the juxtaposition of Carraway/Gatsby and Buchanan/Carraway to reveal more about each character?
- What is ultimately the most to blame for the tragic end of the novel: Gatsby's nostalgic desire for the past, Daisy's selfishness, or Nick's silence?
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