June 2 Do Now: Complete the questions on the quiz on “The Devil and Tom Walker”
"Self-Reliance" and answer P. 367 # 1-4
Walden (excerpts) , p. 381, and answer #1-5, p. 392
Aphorisms from Emerson’s Self-Reliance:
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364- (line 8) trust thy self.
366- a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
To be great is to be misunderstood. (Jesus, Luther, and others)
364- whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Aphorisms from Walden by Thoreau.
1) 382. I went to the woods because I wish to live deliberately.
2) So we live meanly like ants.
3) Heaven is under our feet as well as above our heads.
4) 390. However mean your life is, meet it and live it do not call it hard names.
5) 391. The sun is but a morning star.
Aphorism- brief sayings that express a general principle about life.
Race relations- Mostly about blacks and whites.
Martin Luther King- Peace but justice.
Approaches:
1. Acceptance
2. Violence
3. Resisting non-violently
Malcolm X- Implied violence, Necessary to defend themselves.
Last Essay, The Devil and Tom Walker
Satire- Sarcasm or making fun of something to correct evil or wrong doing.
Object of satire: 1: greed, 2: religious hypocrisy. (To avoid going to hell he bought
two bibles, carried one around , he also went to church and sang louder than
everyone else.) He is making fun of religious people who are not living up to their
religion.
Name ______________________________________Section___
English 2
Mr. Horner
March 17, 2011
Quiz on "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Write in ink. Correct all mistakes with whiteout.
1. What is the origin of Washington Irving’s story?
From Germany, he took the Faust legend.
2. What is the setting of the story?
Massachusetts, 1727
3. What is the relationship between Tom and his wife?
argumentative, quarreling over money
4. What is the symbolism of the trees Tom discovers in the swamp?
the trees represent souls the devil will harvest; many are prominent church-goers
5. How is Tom Walker’s old house representative of his character?
no smoke coming from chimney—too miserly to burn wood; run-down appearance
6. How is Tom Walker’s new house representative of his character?
Gigantic, flashy, empty rooms (like his empty soul)
7. How does Tim try to get out of the deal he made with the Devil?
he goes to church, sings violently, and always has a Bible at hand—a big one on his desk
and a small one he carries
8. How is Tom captured by the Devil?
Tom argues with a man whom he cheated and exclaims “Devil take me if I have taken a
farther form you! The Devil then appears and carries him off, without Tom’s Bible!
9. In what way is the story a satire?
It ridicules greedy people and religious hypocrites
10. What is the point of the story?
The wages of sin are death, or foolishness goes before a fall