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=Week 5 = =American Literature = ===Unit Five: The Changing Face of America 1855-1925 Part 1 Women's Voices, Women's Lives === ===Reading Assignments: === || Poetry || || Poetry ||
 * Monday || pages 740-745 || Introduction & Background ||
 * Tuesday || pages 746-762 || Poetry ||
 * Wednesday || Free Read || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Free Read ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">pages 746-762
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">pages 746-762

__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussion: __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The quotation by Margaret Mead (1901-1978) explores the composition of American culture. How do you define this culture? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What do you think Mead means when she says that "we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities"? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What can you infer about the subjects on the Sargent painting on this page? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is interesting about the woman's clothing?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is your impression of the speaker of this poem? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What can you infer about the message she wants to share with others? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What might Nature’s “simple News” be? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How does Dickinson feel about Nature?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This is my letter to the world **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Who prizes success most? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What were you thinking as you finished reading this poem? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How do you interpret lines 3 and 4? Explain how they relate to lines 1 and 2. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Why might the defeated soldier be better able to appreciate victory than a winning solider? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">According to the speaker, what are the meanings of madness and sense? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What might Dickinson have been feeling when she wrote this poem?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Success is counted sweetest **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What are the dying person’s last sensations? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is your reaction to the way the poem ends? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How would you describe the view of death presented in the poem?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I heard a fly buzz when I died **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How is Death portrayed in lines 1-8? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What do you think this house represents? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How does the speaker seem to feel about the length of time that has passed?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Because I could not stop for Death **