How Does Society Create Conflict?

Which kind of event takes place in a character-versus-society conflict?

• A supernatural force affects a character’s life.

• A character confronts a cultural tradition, a custom, or a law.

• A character struggles with his inner thoughts and feelings.

• A character opposes and defeats another character.

Read the story adapted from Aesop's Fables. What is the conflict in the story?

The Father and His Two Daughters

A man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter who had married the gardener, and inquired how she was and how all things went with her. She said, "All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered." Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tile maker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, "I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried." He said to her, "If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?"

• The man should have encouraged his daughters to marry men engaged in the same occupation.

• The man doesn’t know what to wish for because his daughters want opposite things.

• The man is sad that his daughter is praying for a heavy rainfall to water her plants.

• The man is sad that his daughter is praying for the sun to continue shining hot and bright.

Which two pieces of information would most likely come from a secondary source about a novel?

• summary of an incident from the novel being analyzed

• background information about outside influences on the author of the novel

• interesting facts about the background of the novel

• a direct quotation from the novel being analyzed

Which two sentences would be strong thesis statements for literary analysis essays?

• In “Barn Burning,” William Faulkner describes the lives of Sardie and Abner.

• John Updike develops his characters in “A & P” through his use of figurative language.

• In “Ways and Means,” Langston Hughes focuses on the character of Semple.

• In “Youth,” the image of the sea ties together the setting, structure, and theme of the story.

Claire is using several sources for evidence in her literary analysis essay. She wants to use a direct quotation from Jack London's The Call of the Wild. The quotation is from page 6 of the book. What is the correct method for citing the quotation?

• The text demonstrates a man's power by stating that "a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily conciliated."

• The author demonstrates a man's power by stating that "a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily conciliated" (6).

• On page 6 of The Call of the Wild, Jack London demonstrates a man's power by stating that "a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily conciliated" (The Call of the Wild 6).

• The author demonstrates a man's power by stating that "a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily conciliated" (London 6).

Which three details from the “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen provide the best evidence to support the following claim?

The story uses the invisible outfit as a symbol to show the prideful nature of people.

• "But he has nothing at all on!" at last cried out all the people. The Emperor was vexed, for he knew that the people were right; but he thought the procession must go on now!

• The rogues sat up the whole of the night before the day on which the procession was to take place, and had sixteen lights burning, so that everyone might see how anxious they were to finish the Emperor's new suit.

• "How splendid his Majesty looks in his new clothes, and how well they fit!" everyone cried out. "What a design! What colors! These are indeed royal robes!"

• And accordingly he praised the stuff he could not see, and declared that he was delighted with both colors and patterns. "Indeed, please your Imperial Majesty," said he to his sovereign when he returned, "the cloth which the weavers are preparing is extraordinarily magnificent."

• Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers; nor did he care to go either to the theatre or the chase, except for the opportunities then afforded him for displaying his new clothes.

Read the excerpt from “You are Old, Father William,” by Lewis Carroll. Identify the pair of lines that expresses a humorous tone.

"You are old, Father William," the young man said,

"And your hair has become very white;

And yet you incessantly stand on your head

— Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

"In my youth," Father William replied to his son,

"I feared it might injure the brain;

But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,

Why I do it again and again."

• You are old, Father William," the young man said,

• And your hair has become very white

• "In my youth," Father William replied to his son,"I feared it might injure the brain

• But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,

  Why I do it again and again.

What is the tone of the poem

“The Sick Rose” by William Blake?

O rose, thou art sick!

The invisible worm,

That flies in the night,

In the howling storm,

Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy,

And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.

• apologetic

• concerned

• happy

• admiring