Welcome to Honors Literature 11

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Welcome to Honors Literature 11

• Mrs. Starrett
• T2

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Summer Project Due Today!

• Grapes of Wrath Literary Analysis is due! 100
  points possible!
• Make sure your name is on the front page.
• If you do not have your project completed and
  ready to turn in at this point, you will lose
  your spot in Honors Literature 11.
• Please have your novel with you every day!

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The Grapes of Wrath

• Chapter Analysis
• (NOT summary)

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Part I Chapter Analysis

• For homework
• Reread Ch. 25. (3 ½ pages)
• Summarize this chapter in one paragraph.
• Analyze the purpose of the chapter in 1-2
  paragraphs.
• Explain how this chapter is so important to the
  meaning of the entire novel.
• Why did Steinbeck feel the need to include this
  chapter, in your opinion?

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Part II Visual Chapter Analysis

• Groups 1 3
• - Ch. 5 field clearing
• - Ch. 7 car sales
• - Ch. 9 personal sale
• - Ch. 11 empty fields
• - Ch. 12 highway 66

• Groups 2 4
• - Ch. 15 Al and Maes hamburger stand
• - Ch. 17 people moving
• - Ch. 19 CA perspective
• - Ch. 27 cotton picking
• - Ch. 29 rains

Briefly describe the scene from each chapter.
Analyze the purpose behind each chapter.
(Basically, why would Steinbeck include each
chapter, when there is limited dialogue between
the main characters (if any at all), and the plot
seems to stand still until the following
chapter.)