PPT-O. Henry, Vonnegut, Poe, Bradbury

Short Stories Novel contains story elements including protagonist conflict obstacles resolution Contains subplots and several central events Short Story 1000 20000 words Contains story elements but plot is mostly building up to one central event no subplots. or The Children’s Crusade:. A Duty-Dance with Death. Kurt Vonnegut. Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007). Born to . an upper-middle . class family who lost their wealth during the Great Depression. His mother committed suicide. . Please place your BOOK REVIEWS on your desk (and nothing else).. Presentations: Bring your book review to the front of the room. Then say something like “I read the book __________. I recommend it because __________. Thank you!”. Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”. Edgar . AllAn. Poe. Poe’s Life. Born January 19, 1809. Died October 7, 1847. January 1845 – published ‘The Raven’. 1847 – Poe’s wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis. Fahrenheit 451. Inspiration and ideas behind the book . The Life of Bradbury. Born August 22, 1920 in Illinois. As a young boy, he wrote short stories on butcher paper. Graduated from a LA high school in 1938. By Sarah Welch. Dresden, February 1945. This was the destruction of Dresden. The Americans and British firebombed the German city for three days.. Kurt Vonnegut was a survivor.. But why was he there?. Most opinion’s of Poe’s work: . A very vulgar writer.. A very dark and disturbed writer.. - Henry James: “the intellect of a highly gifted young person before puberty”. James W. . Gargano. . By Kurt Vonnegut. KURT VONNEGUT. Born in 1922 in Indianapolis, IN. Died in 2007 in New York, NY. Influences IN AUTHOR’S LIFE. Born wealthy but parents lost money during The Great Depression. In his teen years, wrote for the school newspaper and got interested in journalism. By Kurt Vonnegut. Family. Stock Market crashed when Vonnegut was seven years old. - Father and the arts. - Mother became despondent. - Vonnegut went to public school. Mother committed suicide 1944. We will walk with our own feet. we will work with our own hands. we will speak our own minds. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. Political and Social Milestones. The Louisiana Purchase - 1803. The Gold Rush - 1849. Edgar Allen Poe. One the greatest and unhappiest of American poets, a master of the horror tale, and the patron saint of the detective story. Edgar Allan Poe first gained critical acclaim in France and England. . Ray . bradbury. Science-fiction and fantasy. Best known for his novel . Fahrenheit 451. Genre. A category of literary work. Short Story – Science Fiction. 2014. Published in 1951. 220 . pages. Buildingsroman. Thematic Topics:. Alienation as a form of self-protection. The painfulness of growing up. The phoniness of the adult world. The Catcher in the rye. ”. P. 38. Kurt Vonnegut’s story paints a picture of a society that few of us would gladly embrace, even those of us who care deeply about social equality. It thus invites us to think about the society presented, its rebellious genius, Harrison Bergeron, as well as Vonnegut’s purpose. . One of the most prominent American Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, and Mystery Fiction writers of the 20. th. and 21. st. Centuries. Ray Bradbury. Best known for his . dystopian novels . Explored .