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TimestampMy name:Please submit a good study question in the area provided below:Please submit a 1-2 sentence summary from your notes of something we covered in the first semester:
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1/15/2014 11:21:52Kevin CaggianoThere is much symbolism in the great gatsby. Name some of the symbolism and when it is used in the book.A Hemingway hero is a man with a very hard life who is not religious. He is a lady's man and has no emotion
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1/15/2014 11:29:08Jack BeecyIn "The Great Gatsby", why did Jay throw all of those elaborate, expensive parties for Daisy when she never showed up and he finally realized she would never show up?In "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, the "it" that they keep referencing is a baby and the girl is upset because the man talked her into getting an abortion.
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1/15/2014 14:47:49Austin MaidenHemingway wrote all of his novels after his own outlook on life. The main character is most like Hemingway as well.
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1/15/2014 14:50:46Cameron Lynchwhat where the importance of the themes of ethos, pathos, and logos?Huck Finn thought his was smart for a kid. He really wasn't, he some what like the people in his society at the time.
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1/15/2014 16:27:34Santiago EstupinanRacism is an important theme in Huckleberry Finn, and it continues to be in the modern day. How can society change this harmful practice? In the Great Gatsby, there are many themes and amongst those, colors. Colors take a deeper meaning and represent specific things and values.
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1/15/2014 16:31:03David AhlstromThe Great Gatsby showed multiple examples of how colors effect the moral or theme of the event. What is the significance of these colors?
A Hemingway hero is one of strength, toughness, and courage. A couple common trait of these heroes are over indulgence of alcohol, or indulgence in women
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1/15/2014 16:31:18Hosung LeeWhat is the biggest irony in Huck Finn? how this irony affected on Huck's life?We learned about romantic hero, also differences and similarities on our society.
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1/15/2014 16:58:50Rachel NarvaezThe Great Gatsby is a novel explaining the American Dream. What is the American Dream in your opinion?And what issues and trends was F. Scott Fitzgerald trying to portray in this novel.Ernest Hemingway Merely presents the surface details and leaves it up to the reader to connect the dots and determine the subtext. This is called the "iceberg technique"
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1/15/2014 17:05:15Zhenhua ChenIn the crucible, what its meaning of the crucible, is that really mean they burned something bad out of the Puritan town or they cheat the people in their townIn The Great Gatsby, the people are wasting their life for dancing, drinking and parties. Gatsby earned money for Daisy, Daisy loved money and the corrupt society, finally she choose to plan to framed Gatsby and ran away with her husband because her husband have more treasure.
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1/15/2014 17:21:10Patrick RohanA persona is an identity that a writer or character assumes publicly for their audience or to add a peculiar literary technique to their works. Which famous American author that we have studied assumed a persona for his audience and works, and how did he do it?"The Crucible" is a play that has several parallels to Arthur Miller's life. The characters of the play were being persecuted and accused unjustly for crimes they did not commit. This is similar to the persecution of alleged communists during the Red Scare in the 1950s, which was occurring while Miller was writing the play. In addition while writing the play, Miller was going through a divorce because he was involved in an extramarital affair, and one of the play's characters also has an extramarital affair.
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1/15/2014 17:41:11Brian MurrayGatsby represents Christ himself. How does he do this throughout the book?Huck uses many personas. A persona is a voice or character representing the speaker in a literary work.
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1/15/2014 17:53:09D'Marco McElhinneyIn the Great Gatsby, Gatsby, Daisy, and Jordan have a color to each of them what is that color and what does it mean?That the characters, signs, and buildings in the Great Gatsby all had a deeper meaning than we had intended them to have.
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1/15/2014 19:15:53Luke OlafssonThe Great Gatsby uses lots of symbolism. What are some examples F Scott Fitzgerald uses to describe the characters?Mass hysteria is the concept of being manipulated by a crowd into doing something irrational. It can lead to total chaos as it did in The Crucible where it ended up killing many innocent people.
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1/15/2014 20:12:35Stephanie SemaanA theme we have learned this year is deception. What is deception? What books have we read that have used decption? Give an example of deception. Mass hysteria is when a group of people join together in doing something because everyone is doing it and thats what your suppose to do. An example is when your at a concert and you start screaming when the singer performs.
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1/15/2014 20:45:23Fernando AgrontMass hysteria drove many of the characters to their respective actions in The Crucible. What is mass hysteria and what characters used it to their advantage?Moral relativism is the belief that there is no real universal right and wrong.
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1/15/2014 21:38:46Kevin ShepardThe Crucible is a story of mass hysteria in society. What is mass hysteria? Compare and contrast the characteristics of the society in Salem in the time of the Crucible to today's society.Pathos is a use of persuasion where the author tries to appeal to the reader's emotions.
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1/16/2014 4:34:20Jiahong Guowhat is the most serious issue of the society that Mark Twain tried to satirize?moral relativism shows that there is no real right or wrong, the ends justify the means.
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1/16/2014 4:41:32Jeff JoppichWhat is the reasoning behind the death of GatsbyA Hemingway hero is a stoic person who embrasses the "nada" mentality.
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1/16/2014 5:09:15Elizabeth Yockey What is the difference between a Hemingway hero and a romantic hero?A Hemingway hero is someone who is about action and being a fighter.
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1/16/2014 5:44:11Tylar ThompsonAre there any similarities and differences between the novels we have read in class? Are there any similar and/or contradicting themes the books share that we should be concerned about?F. Scott Fitzgerald and Earnest Hemingway have different perspectives on life. Fitzgerald often correlates women, themes of the exhibition era and women, while Hemingway often shows a stern, stoic, and hardened feel to his characters.
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1/16/2014 10:16:37Joseph AzurinThe crucible is based on betrayal and religion. In the book, what was the main reason why people were getting accused. Who was the main antagonist and did he/she turn on the whole town. Deism views God as an "eternal watch maker". He builds the world and sets the gears in motion, and lets things run themselves. An aphorism is a short cleverly worded observation about life.
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1/15/2014 9:04:35Eva WittkoskiHow many vocab words are there on the test or what unit are the vocabulary words from?Gallows humor is when comedy comes from something having to do with death or a dark event. The undertaker gives an example of this in chapter 27 of the The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn.
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1/15/2014 9:10:16Brian GolabHills Like White Elephants provides a dialogue of a modern American couple. Do these characters mirror people we see today? Why or why not?There are always connections and reasons for things being the way they are, it's your job to find them.
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1/15/2014 13:31:37Amanda MeszarosI understand why we needed to go over Native American works before we continued to look at other works through history, but were all of the Native American works strictly about nature and life or was there more?Many of the novels that we have read throughout the first semester have a common theme of a waste and tragedy. Many of the authors of these novels, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald for example, write about their lives and views but are embodied in different characters(the Hemingway Hero).
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1/15/2014 15:05:38Lexie LucchesiWe learned about specific themes for each book like Gatsby and Huck Finn so is there any specific themes that we should be aware of for in The Crucible?Mark Twain was an author and a humorist that specialized in three different types of writing, romanticism: the pioneer spirit and the American ideal, regionalism: capturing the dialect from different regions, and satire: criticizing the ills and flaws of society.
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1/15/2014 16:44:37Jacob SalazarHuck Finn had trouble making decisions on his own after living in a corrupt society that would sway his decision to do wrong.Jay Gatsby wasted his life pursuing something that was unattainable the whole time.
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1/15/2014 17:08:08Michael MunWhat is the meaning of Hemingway's Hero?
How would you define the American dream in the Great Gatsby?
How would you compare modern society with society in "Adventure of Huck finn", "Crucible", and "Great Gatsby"?		We have covered many novels and stories. We mostly focused on old American society such as, farewell to arm, Great Gatsby, Crucible, and adventure of Huck Finn. Their societies were different than our society because many things have changed.
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1/15/2014 17:43:09Anil GuptaThere were many signs of symbolism in "The Great Gatsby". List a few examples of symbolism in the novel.A Hemingway Hero is a hero who is a physical, macho, unemotional person. This hero usually shows their emotion through acts of a physical nature.
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1/15/2014 17:49:59Cesar ZepedaWhat do we need to know from Farewell to arms?A Hemingway Hero is a person who is stoic and brave. they live their lives courageously, honor, and endurance
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1/15/2014 18:00:11Paolo GarciaDoes the Great Gatsby show any signs of symbolism? Will the book play a huge part in the exam?The Crucible was a story of telling the truth and lying. No one knew what to do until it started affecting them or others.
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1/15/2014 18:06:49Sara Tesfay What did Scott Fitzgerald want us to dig into in Great Gatsby? We covered the crucible in depth talking about how people can get you to change your mind by having other people against you (Mary warren and Abigail)
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1/15/2014 18:50:49Tommy MeauxReview the book. Kidding. What are the major themes present in Gatsby? And what do the colors symbolize? Huck Finn is a book about a boy who goes on an adventure. His adventure ironically ends right where it started.
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1/15/2014 19:46:07Gabriela MonjeThe book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn had many different themes. What was the most important theme and why?In the Great Gatsby, Gatsby was a man with many desires and someone who thought money was the answer to everything. He wanted to repeat the past and he was wiling to do anything to be with his one true love, Daisy.
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1/15/2014 19:52:30Amanda MeyerWhy is Jay Gatsby so fascinating? In what ways does he resemble the "American Dream"? A Hemingway Hero is someone who exhibits the principles of honor, courage, and endurance. They display qualities that in a life of pain and tension.
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1/16/2014 4:15:07Matt WisniewskiHills Like White Elephants was a relatively short story of decision. What was their decision? How did the man's differ from the woman's?A Hemingway Hero lives a life if integrity and will always bounce back in their feet. They experience traits that are similar to how Hemingway lived his life and reflect how he was feeling.
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1/16/2014 5:03:49Sam KershesGatsby was a book focusing on the pursuit of the american dream. What does Fitzgerald show in this book about the american dream and why?Ethos pathos and logos are ways that social media influence their audience. They play on peoples emotions, thoughts, and way of life to get them to buy or promote their product.
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1/16/2014 10:03:26Drew SimpsonHuck Finn is a book full of major themes. How do these themes impact Huck along the way in his story and at the end does Huck learn anything?Ernest Hemingway was the epitome of a mans man. A Hemingway Hero is What he assumed a man was to act like
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1/16/2014 11:00:02Maureen Readdy What is the true root of the racism in huck Finn?A direct characterization is when the author provides an actual post or description of a character. An indirect characterization is when the reader learns about a character through personality by the way they talk and are talked about.
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1/15/2014 12:40:07Isabelle Policarpioin the Great Gatsby we talked about the colors, what do the colors represent?in my notes something that we had covered was the symbolism in the Great Gatsby.
We talked about what the colors represented.
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1/15/2014 14:12:48Sarah HarveyHemingway included a lot of Hemingway heros in his book. What is a Hemingway hero? What are some qualities that describe someone that would fit the spot? And what are some examples of some people from his stories who are Hemingway heros?
A Hemingway Hero is described as one who exhibits honor, courage and endurance. A Hemingway hero has qualities that, "make a man a man." When the world knocks him down, the Hemingway Hero always gets back up.
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1/15/2014 14:24:13Stephen AndersonColors played an important role in "The Great Gatsby". Give an example of two of those colors and explain why they are important and what they represent. The Iceberg Technique is a writing technique used by Ernest Hemingway. At first you can only see the language the author displayed on the surface, but underwater there are feelings and thoughts.
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1/15/2014 15:04:36Vanessa BarahonaWhat is romanticism? Which American author used romanticism in their work?Archetypes are a universally understood symbol or term upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated. Stories use archetypes to convey both a literal meaning and a universal message.
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1/15/2014 15:16:12Emma HolleranWhat is the difference between a Hemingway Hero and a Romantic Hero? What are the characteristics that make up each?In Hemingway's writing he uses the "Iceberg Technique" which means the words are short and simple but the meaning beneath the words is a lot more deep than what is on the page.
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1/15/2014 16:34:58Krisitan LaursenWhat is mass hysteria and how did it appear in The Crucible?Direct Characterization: When an author provides an actual list of descriptions or details.

Indirect Characterization: When a reader learns about a character's personality by the way they talk or behave.
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1/15/2014 17:18:04Natalie Magee"The Great Gatsby" was about a great waste. What makes this book a waste?
Heroes are not always like superman and batman with super powers and everything but they can be just about anyone who has helped you. There are different kinds of heroes.
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1/15/2014 17:31:52Hodari RobinsonErnest Hemingway coveys big emotions with short, concise sentences. What style of writing is and how does it coney the message the author wants you to feel.Hemingway Heroes are characters that show elements of Ernest Hemingway's writing style. Hemingway Heroes show courage, anti-religious life styles, a belief that life ends in death, and that you should live for physical pleasures.
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1/15/2014 18:12:33James TothWhat is symbolism and how is it used in the Great Gatsby?Mass Hysteria is a condition where a group of people fall victim to excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplainable symptoms of illness.
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1/16/2014 5:47:10Jordan HuntHow does Huck act towards Jim and why?The theme of The Great Gatsby is betrayal and no forgiveness.
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1/16/2014 9:52:30Megan LeeWhat is the difference between ethos, pathos, and logos?The iceberg technique is used in literature where the text and language may seem like it has little meaning, but it actually has a much deeper meaning behind it that has to do with feelings, fear, thoughts, etc...
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1/16/2014 13:03:06Teresa WilliamsIn Great Gatsby, Gatsby's name means waste. What else in the book was a waste?


I tried..		What is a Hemingway hero?

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1/16/2014 13:24:52Jack carterThe namesake of the play the Crucible has a very important meaning. Explain what a crucible is and how it metaphorically relates to the events in the play itself.The author of A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway, has a very specific idea of a hero. In his mind a hero is a mans man who indulges in the pleasures of this world. He doesn't talk he just acts. And in general is not religious and believes in no afterlife. This description of a hero is referred to as a "Hemingway Hero" after Ernest Hemingway himself.
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1/16/2014 13:37:59Chris OutlawIn The Great Gatsby their were several colors that represented different emotions and characteristics. What color represents hope? What are 2 examples of hope from the story? Direct characterization is when the author/narrator provides an actual list of description or details to tell readers exactly what a character is like. Indirect characterization is when the reader learns about a character's personality by the way that they talk, are talked about, or behave.
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1/16/2014 13:38:15Chris OutlawIn The Great Gatsby their were several colors that represented different emotions and characteristics. What color represents hope? What are 2 examples of hope from the story? Direct characterization is when the author/narrator provides an actual list of description or details to tell readers exactly what a character is like. Indirect characterization is when the reader learns about a character's personality by the way that they talk, are talked about, or behave.
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1/16/2014 13:44:16Rj Villarhow does Huck relate to freedom?
why does jim told huck not to look a the body?
a crucible is a pot that melts things at a high tempeture.
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1/18/2014 0:20:30tiffani conradGatsby's colors is what? Gatsby is a romantic hero because he has a weakness.
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1/26/2014 16:23:23Carlos LopezHemingway's novels usually have to do with a character following the tropes of a "hemingway hero". What does this mean?Every good book has a theme its trying to get across through the tone of the story. There is a lot more in very little.
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