CAUSE THE WORLD ISN'T ENOUGH

CAUSE THE WORLD ISN'T ENOUGH

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DO YOU LIKE READING?

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK?

BEFORE WE BEGIN...

Do you know the meaning of these words?

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the word character ?

• desenhos

• personagens

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the word novel ?

• novela

• romance

Multiple Choice

What are the meanings of dystopia and utopia ?

• distopia e utopia

• discordar e concordar

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the word entertainment ?

• entretenimento

• encontro

• ensinar

Question 1

What does Fernando Pessoa mean with this quote?

• Suggested answer: Literature fill gaps in real life and reading is a way to experience and to create different realities.

Question 2

That song you love... That poem that touches you heart... That picture that takes your breath away... Can literature, music, or visual arts, somehow fulfill our life? How?

Personal answers.

SO MANY BOOKS, SO LITTLE TIME

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Question 3

Have you heard of these books? They represent the variety of fictional literature produced in the English language. Pay attention to each book cover and read the excerpts. Then, try to match each excerpt to its cover.

Multiple Choice

1) No wonder those poor pre-moderns were mad and wicked and miserable. Their world didn't allow them to take things easily, didn't allow them to be sane, virtuous, happy.

• a) Brave New World

• b) Americanah

• c) Midnight's Children

• d) The Bluest Eye

Multiple Choice

2) I was born in the city of Bombay... Once upon a time. No, that won't do, there's no getting away from the date: I was born in Doctor Narlika's Nursing Home on August 15th, 1947. And the time? The time matters, too. Well then: at night...

• a) Brave New World

• b) Americanah

• c) Midnight's Children

• d) The Bluest Eye

Multiple Choice

3) The only reason you say that race was not an issue is because you wish it was not. We all wish it was not. But it's a lie. I came from a country where race was not an issue; I did not think of myself as black and I only became black when I came to America.

• a) Brave New World

• b) Americanah

• c) Midnight's Children

• d) The Bluest Eye

Multiple Choice

4) The lakefront house were the lovelist. Garden furniture, ornaments, windows like shiny eye glasses, and no sign of lie. The backyards of these houses fell away in gree slopes down to a strip of sand, and then the blue Lake Erie, lapping all the way to Canada...

• a) Brave New World

• b) Americanah

• c) Midnight's Children

• d) The Bluest Eye

Question 3 - Answers

1 - A

2 - C

3 - B

4 - D

Question 4

From what you've read, what do you think these books are about? Match the descriptions to the covers.

Multiple Choice

1. Pecola Breedlove, the main character, is a black young girl who prays every day for beauty. She believes that If she had blue eyes and white skin, she could fit in among other kids.

• a) Brave New World

• b) Americanah

• c) Midnight's Children

• d) The Bluest Eye

Multiple Choice

2. It is one of the most famous dystopian novels. It is about a society in the future in which life is pain-free and science plays a major role in its organization and efficiency.

• a) Brave New World

• b) Americanah

• c) Midnight's Children

• d) The Bluest Eye

Multiple Choice

3. The narrator tells the story of his life. He was born at midnight, the exact moment that India becomes independent of British colonialism.

• a) Brave New World

• b) Americanah

• c) Midnight's Children

• d) The Bluest Eye

Multiple Choice

4. It tells the story of a Nigerian girl who studies in the United States. In America, she needs to deal with race, which is a matter that had never worried her before.

• a) Brave New World

• b) Americanah

• c) Midnight's Children

• d) The Bluest Eye

Question 4 - Answers

1 - D

2 - A

3 - C

4 - B