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Roaring 20's Interesting Facts 
 * St. Valentines Day Massacre
 * There were only 106,521,537 people in the United States
 * 2,132,000 unemployed
 * 343,000 in Military
 * Average Annual earning $1236; Teacher's salary was $970
 * Illiteracy rate reached a new low of 6% of the population
 * One could buy a Ford for $290
 * The 19th Amendment passed allowing women to vote in national elections
 * Some of the best-known writers, journalists, and artists in New York City were: Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott, Heywood Broun, Robert Benchley, Robert Sherwood, George S. Kaugman, Franklin P. Adams, Marc Connelly, Harold Ross, Harpo Marx, and Russell Crouse
 * Babe Ruth broke Baseball's Home-Run record

Gothic Genre- 
 * Morbid
 * Death
 * Remote Setting
 * Supernatural
 * Physical or Pyschological torment



Aaron King, Timothy Scott, Chris Snyder

Chris: Genres of period, Background historical information, movement titles, discussion questions.
Weebly site:Username:ec11elco pass:ec11elco Writers to focus on: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe

QUOTES  Edgar Allan Poe "I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it." "I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror"

Ralph Waldo Emerson " A great man is always willing to be little" "A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. "

Nathaniel Hawthorne "A pure hand needs no glove to cover it." "Easy reading is damn hard writing."

Emily Dickinson "Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell. " "Forever is composed of nows."

Henry David Thoreau "Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it." "Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something"

Walt Whitman "Be curious, not judgmental" "Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.



Brief Bio's

Edgar Allan Poe™

Edgar Allan poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 18, 1809. His parents died when he was very young; his father died in 1810, and his mother a year later in 1811. He is known for being an American Poet, a critic, and short story writer, and an author. He is best known for his writings about horror and science fiction. Poe enlisted in the United States Army in 1927 because of his inability to support himself. Poe married his 13 year old cousin Virginia Clemm. Poe died in the year 1849, at the age of 40.

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE™

Of Plymouth Plantation
 * -A THOROUGH EVALUATION. -KK 10/10 **

1. REACTION: It really seemed like the times on the boat could sometimes be really hard and sometimes they were not so bad. There would be times when not many people would die over a period of time, but other times, many people would die in short periods of time. They had to endure furious storms and high winds. They had to deal with horrible diseases and lack of food. Many people onboard the ship died from lack of food and diseases.

2. HARDSHIPS: Some of the major hardships they faced were lack of food and horrible diseases. Their was not much they could do for food when they were on the water, so whenever they did get something to eat, they all felt a little better. Lack of food was one of the main reasons why so many people died onboard. Another serious problem they had was diseases. If someone got a serious disease, there was not much they could do about it, so that person would most likely end up dead.



 Origin Myth Story...

ex: "Huswifery" Robe= Spiritual Life.
 * //Conceit__//**- Comparison between two different things in a poem. (metaphor)

Controller Metaphor- the entire poem is organized by the metaphor. Poem may talk about one thing, but it's really about something else. You have to figure out what it is about.