Day 12 • English 101 Section 1265
For Today:
12. M 10/15 Sentence workshop. Read to discuss: Vladimir Nabokov, Good Readers
and Good Writers.
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Attendance. (Hand back essays and quizzes.)
Quiz: Vladimir Nabokov, Good Readers and Good Writers.
Sentence workshop.
Discuss: Vladimir Nabokov, Good Readers and Good Writers.
First Impressions: The Sun Also Rises.
Next class:
13. W 10/17
DEADLINE: LIBRARY WORKSHOP. (Introduction to The Sun Also Rises.
First person narrator and novel structure.
14. M 10/22
The Sun Also Rises: first half of novel. (Hemingway discussion: context,
WWI & after. Paris and the Lost Generation. Roman à clef.) ALSO:
ESSAY SIX, OUT-OF-CLASS: REVISION.
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Nabakov Quiz: answer all questions within the context of the essay.
1. What does “aloof” mean?
2. What does “buxom” mean?
3. What does “temperament” mean?
4. Nabokov writes, “There are three points of view from which a writer can be
considered: he may be considered…” (Name them.)
5. (Second answer).
6. (Third answer).
7. In the essay, Nabokov gives a quiz on what he thinks the qualities of a good
reader are. Which are his four answers?
8. (Second answer).
9. (Third answer).
10. (Fourth answer).
* These are the possible answers Nabokov gives:
• The reader should belong to a book club.
• The reader should identify himself or herself with the hero or heroine.
• The reader should concentrate on the social-economic angle.
• The reader should prefer a story with action and dialogue to one with none.
• The reader should have seen the book in a movie.
• The reader should be a budding author.
• The reader should have an imagination.
• The reader should have memory.
• The reader should have a dictionary.
• The reader should have some artistic sense.
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Sentence Workshop:
Through incorporating a mix of patriotism, anaphora and similarities to church sermons,
King has crafted a speech that has withstood the annals of time as a memorable and
powerful piece of literary work.
Additionally, like King’s use of patriotism, his use of religion further unifies the crowd
tha he is speaking to by appealing to their religious beliefs, which can be extended to
their set of morals, which can then be extended to their very character. By appealing to
something so basal and fundamental, he evokes from the crowd a strength and inspiration
needed to fight toward their goal.
Three quote rule. Explain. “We got back a check marked ‘insufficient funds.’”
The repetition of this phrase is the reason the speech is memorable.
In his speech he uses many methods which make it a a great piece of writing. For
instance, his organization, persuasion, and figure of speeches.
His persuasion throughout his speech not only impacts his listeners, it also inclines them
to agree with what he is saying.
King starts off with the line “Five score years ago” (1), a line closely resembling the
famous “Four Score and seven years ago” (1) opening line delivered by Abraham Lincoln
in The Gettysburg Address.