Transcript modern american fiction

Study Guide
 Protagonist
 Antihero
 Conflict
(internal & external)
 Foil
 Theme
 Motivation
 Inference
 Setting
Born in Chicago
 Father instilled a love of the outdoors in him
 Boxed and played football
 Rejected by the Army because of an eye injury
 Worked as a reporter for The Kansas City Star
 Worked as an ambulance driver for the American
Red Cross in Italy
 His life was used as inspiration for many of his
stories
 Committed suicide

 Know
the plot line of the story
 How is Krebs an antihero?
 What is Krebs internal conflict, and how does
he resolve it?
 Describe Harold’s relationship with his
parents and his sisters.
 Why is Charley Simmons a foil?
 What is the theme of the story?
 Named
for Francis Scott Key, an ancestor
 Attended Princeton University
 Stationed at Camp Sheridan in Alabama
 His wife, Zelda, was from Montgomery
 The Great Gatsby is his most well-known
work
 Helped to name the era of the 1920s the Jazz
Age
 Know
the plot of the story.
 What do Dexter’s dreams to be a golf pro or
a diving champion say about his motivation?
 How would you describe Judy?
 What does it mean when we are told that
Dexter wanted the “glittering things”?
 Why does Dexter lie about his hometown?
 Why does Dexter not want to change Judy?
 What is Judy’s motivation throughout the
story?
 What is the theme of the story?
 You
are responsible for ALL of the vocabulary
from the stories, but not all of the words will
be on the test.