American literature:

tasksBy Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová

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1) Theodore Dreiser

2) Sondra, Roberta, Clyde

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4) 5) Cuba, the sea

Santiago, Manolin

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7) Ken Kesey Psychiatric clinic

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In Cold Blood

10) Kansas, a farm, a prison

Perry, Dick 11)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

12) 13) Katrina, Ichabod, Brom Bones

Ichabod competes with Brom for Katrina’s hand but finally disappears after seeing the Headless Horseman, a ghost of a trooper.

Characters (un)known?Katrina Van TasselIshmaelHester PrynneClyde Griffi thsRip Van WinkleSlave JimAhabNick Carraway

LennyYossarianRandle Patrick McMurphyDick and PerryDean MoriartyNurse RatchedArthur DimmesdaleIchabod Crane

Match it!1/ E. A. Poe2/ Herman Melville3/ William Styron4/ Joseph Heller5/ Thomas Jefferson6/ Isaac Asimov7/ Theodore Dreiser8/ F. S. Fitzgerald9/ Nathaniel Hawthorne10/ Washington Irving

a/ Catch 22b/ The Great Gatsbyc/ The Ravend/ Rip Van Winklee/ The Declaration of Independencef/ An American Tragedyg/ Moby Dickh/ The Scarlet Letteri/ I, robotj/ Sophie‘s choice

A/ All men are created equalB/ 3 lawsC/ Sins, adultery, religionD/ revengeE/ absurd commandsF/ desire to be wealthy/ murderG/ inability to chooseH/ NevermoreI/ 20 years’ sleepJ/ Jazz age parties

Solutions:1 / P i c t u r e s :a / M o b y D i c k b ) T h e R a v e n c ) T h e O l d M a n a n d t h e S e a2 / Re a d y t o fi l l ?1 ) A n A m e r i c a n Tr a g e d y2 ) K a n s a s C i t y , C h i c a g o , N e w Yo r k s t a t e , B i g B i t t e r n L a ke , i n t h e fi r s t q u a r t e r o f t h e t w e n t i e t h c e n t u r y3 ) C l y d e s t a r t s t o d a t e Ro b e r t a , w h o i s v e r y p o o r. S h e b e c o m e s p r e g n a n t . C l y d e s e e s a c h a n c e t o b e w i t h a r i c h g i r l S o n d r a , h e t a ke s Ro b e r t a t o a l a ke a n d p u s h e s h e r i n t o w a t e r , s h e d ro w n s a n d h e i s l a t e r e xe c u t e d o n e l e c t r i c c h a i r.4 ) T h e O l d M a n a n d t h e S e a5 ) E r n e s t H e m i n g w a y

6 ) S a n t i a g o g o e s o n t h e s e a t o h u n t fi s h , h e c a t c h e s o n e b u t s h a r k s e a t i t o n h i s w a y b a c k . H e c o m e s w i t h t h e s ke l e t o n o n l y.7 ) O n e fl e w o v e r t h e C u c ko o ‘ s n e s t8 ) R a n d l e Pa t r i c k M c M u r p h y , N u r s e R a t c h e d , C h i e f B r o m d e n9 ) R a n d l e p r e t e n d s m a d n e s s i n o r d e r t o a v o i d s e r v i n g i n t h e a r m y. H e fi n a l l y u n d e r g o e s l o b o t o m y.1 0 ) Tr u m a n C a p o t e1 1 ) D i c k a n d Pe r r y a r e c r i m i n a l s w h o d e c i d e t o k i l l t h e w h o l e C l u t t e r f a m i l y o n a f a r m . T h e b o o k f o l l o w s t h e m a n d t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n . F i n a l l y , t h e y a r e e x e c u t e d f o r t h e m u r d e r.1 2 ) Wa s h i n g t o n I r v i n g1 3 ) 1 7 9 0 , a D u t c h s e t t l e m e n t , c l o s e t o N e w Yo r k

Solutions:3/ Characters:Ka t r ina Van Tasse l – The Legend o f S leepy Ho l l owI shmae l – Moby D i ckHes te r Prynne – The Scar le t Le t te rC lyde Gr iffi ths – An Amer i can TragedyR ip Van Wink le – R ip Van Wink leS lave J im – The Adventures o f Huck leberry FinnAhab – Moby D i ckN ick Carraway – The Grea t Gatsby

Le n n y – O f M i c e a n d M e nYo s s a r i a n – C a t c h 2 2Ra n d l e Pa t r i c k M c M u r p h y – O n e fl e w o v e r t h e c u c ko o ‘ s n e s tD i c k a n d Pe r r y – I n C o l d B l o o dD e a n M o r i a r t y – O n t h e Ro a dN u r s e Ra t c h e d – O n e fl e w o v e r t h e c u c ko o ‘ s n e s tA r t h u r D i m m e s d a l e . T h e S c a r l e t Le t t e rI c h a b o d C r a n e – T h e Le g e n d o f S l e e p y H o l l o w

4/ Match it!1cH, 2gD, 3jG, 4aE, 5eA, 6iB, 7fF, 8bJ, 9hC, 10dI

Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Van_Winklehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsbyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robothttp://www.online-literature.com/periods/timeline.phphttp://www.sparknotes.com/lit/http://www.gradesaver.com/study-guides/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Tragedyhttp://thebestnotes.com/booknotes/An_American_Tragedy_Dreiser/An_American_Tragedy_Study_Guide02.html

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