Soo Yeon Namkung AP English Literature 12 Grade 9: Mr. Alexander Grade 10: Mr'white Grade 11: Ms. Jones All ~uiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Ballantine Books (1928) Era: Modern Genre: Novel (War) Setting: Trenches in Germany, where soldiers are fighting the WWI. Characters: Paul: caring, attentive Kat: skilled, leader Tjaden: revengeful, small, thin. Himmelstoss: evil, authority Aristotelian Appeals Pathos: The cruel reality of the war is illustrated through the soldiers, and the soldiers want the war to end which makes the reader sympathize with them
Soo Yeon Namkung AP English Uterature 12 Grade 9: Mr. Alexander Grade 10: Mr. White Grade 11: Ms. Jones The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald Charles Scribner's Sons (1925) Era: Modern Genre: Novel (Love, Wealth) Setting: In West Egg, take place before the Great Depression. Characters: Gatsby: Wealthy, living in the past, gregarious Nick: Narrator, practical Daisy: Shallow, stupid Aristotelian Appeals Pathos: The readers can see how much Gatsby loves Daisy, especially when he takes the blame for the car accident that killed Myrtle. Logos: Nick realizes Gatsby's "dream" is impossible, just like the American dream. Thus Fitzgerald points out how the past can never be re-lived. Ethos: Uke Daisy leaving Gatsbv, Fitzgerald once
Logos: The harsh conditions and life threatening situation the soldiers are in make them want to go home and forget about the whole war. However they cannot. Ethos: The experience of the author as a soldier in WWI helped him write a very accurate novel about the war. Plot Summary Since the WWI began, Paul and his friends get enlisted in the military and endure the painful experiences of the war. They realize that the war is not all about nationalism and they are afraid of dying. His friends start dying one by one, and at the end he also dies but has a calm expression. Themes Nationalism, negative effect the war has on soldiers, war. Ouotes "We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through." (Paul) ''The 'Iron Youth.'" (Kat) "Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy? If we threw away these rifles and this uniform you could be my brother just like Kat and Albert." (Paul)
experienced Zelda, his wife, leaving him since he was not economically-stable. Plot Summary Nick moves to West Egg and soon meets Daisy, Tom, Jordan and Gatsby. He soon finds out that Gatsby is in love with Daisy and cant forget his past. So Gatsby tries to get Daisy back however in the end, Daisy does not go back to him. Nick sees the hollowness of the riches: Daisy and Tom, but also sees the "Great Gatsby." Themes Fall of the American Dream, Past is the past, shallowness of the rich. Ouotes I KNOW.I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything...5ophisticated - God, I'm sophisticated. (Daisy) Can't repeat the past?..Why of course you can! (Gatsby) They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money of their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. (Nick)