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Katie Buckholtz English Classroom
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11th Grade
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Written in the early 1950s,
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts
in 1692. It recounts the events surrounding the Salem Witch
Trials. This was a time when paranoia, hysteria, and deceit
gripped the Puritan towns of New England. |
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Tracks deals with the
devastation of the Anishinabe (also known as Chippewa or Objiway)
people between the winter of 1912 and the spring of 1924 in
Matchimanito, North Dakota. The novel focuses on the life of Fleur
Pillager and those with whom she comes into contact, dramatizing
their struggle for survival as well as their many-faceted
conflicts. In alternating chapters, the story is narrated by
Nanapush, a tribal elder, and Pauline Puyat, a fanatic nun of
mixed heritage. |
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The tragic story, given
poignancy by its objective narrative, is about the complex bond
between two migrant laborers. The plot centers on George Milton
and Lennie Small, itinerant ranch hands who dream of one day
owning a small farm. George acts as a father figure to Lennie, who
is large and simpleminded, calming him and helping to rein in his
immense physical strength. When Lennie accidentally kills the
ranch owner's flirtatious daughter-in-law, George shoots his
friend rather than allow him to be captured by a vengeful lynch
mob. |
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Part manifesto, part memoir, a
standout collection by the celebrated, long-imprisoned American
Indian Movement co-founder and activist. Peltier, a Sioux Indian,
has been in federal prison since 1977, convicted of killing two
FBI agents during the 1973 siege at Wounded Knee, S.D. Peltier
asserts that he did not commit these murders, writing simply,
Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over, I
didn't do it. Guilt has a thousand voices, all of them lies. |
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When Clay Jenson plays the
cassette tapes he received in a mysterious package, he's surprised
to hear the voice of dead classmate Hannah Baker. He's one of 13
people who receive Hannah's story, which details the circumstances
that led to her suicide. Clay spends the rest of the day and long
into the night listening to Hannah's voice and going to the
locations she wants him to visit. |
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The often-tortured class weirdo
has disappeared, leaving an enigmatic note on the school library
computer. Is he a runaway, a suicide, a murder victim?
Sixteen-year-old Torey Adams and his friends remember beating up
Chris Creed when his gentle but obnoxious ways exasperated them.
Now that he is gone, they joke uneasily about him to ease their
guilt. The town is full of ugly rumors, as Torey's lawyer mother
tells them "See, guys, this is what happens when a kid suffers a
personal tragedy. Nobody wants to take responsibility. Nobody
wants to admit they had a part in it. So, they spend a lot of time
pointing the finger, and things just get worse and worse."
Suspicion of murder conveniently falls on big, tough Bo
Richardson, an outcast "boon" from the boondocks edge of town.
Torey's smug assumptions about people are rattled when he
discovers that his childhood friend Ali is secretly romantically
involved with Bo, who displays surprising tenderness and maturity
in caring for her. |
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