ST. JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Summer Reading 2018

FRESHMEN CLASS

College Preparatory Heroes Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths by Bernard Evslin *Activity pack due the first day of school Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

Honors

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton *Activity pack due the first day of school My Antonia by Willa Cather Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

SOPHOMORE CLASS

College Preparatory Interpreter of Maladies (short story collection) by Jhumpa Lahiri and accompanying worksheet

Honors Interpreter of Maladies (short story collection) by Jhumpa Lahiri and accompanying worksheet The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

JUNIOR CLASS

College Preparatory The Masque of the Red Death, The Tell Tale Heart and The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Kindred by Octavia Butler *With accompanying worksheet

Honors The Masque of the Red Death, The Tell Tale Heart and The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Kindred by Octavia Butler Antigone by Sophocles *With accompanying worksheet

AP Language 1984 by George Orwell The Jungle by Upton Sinclair The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald • Research paper required

SENIOR CLASS

College Preparatory Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Never Let Me Go by Kasuo Ishiguro *With accompanying worksheet

Honors Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Never Let Me Go by Kasuo Ishiguro Great Expectations by Charles Dickens *With accompanying worksheet

AP Literature One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marques One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey The Awakening by Kate Chopin Beloved by Toni Morrison • Research paper required

FRESHMEN (COLLEGE PREP) Name ______

English 9 CP Summer Reading packet for Bernard Evslin’s Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths Directions: You may type your responses or hand write them. THE GODS

THE NATURE MYTHS AND FABLES:

Prometheus: 1. Briefly summarize the story of Prometheus:

Pandora: 1. Name and describe one modern-day company named Pandora. Why do you think this name is appropriate for this particular company?

Phaethon: 1. What natural phenomenon might the story of Phaeton try to explain? Why do you think that?

Orpheus: 1. Why does Orpheus have to go to the underworld and who is his unlikely ally? Why is it strange that this person helps him?

Narcissus and Echo 1. Define the words “narcissist” and “echo”.

Eros and Psyche 1. Who is Eros? What is his other name? By which name is he most well-known? 2. What does Psyche do as a result of the doubts placed in her head by her sisters?

DEMIGODS Perseus: 1. What does “Perseus” mean? 2. Do you think that Perseus lives up to the meaning of his name? Why or why not? Daedalus: 1. Who is Daedalus? 2. Who is Icarus? What happens to Icarus and why?

Theseus: 1. What is Theseus’ secret? 2. What is still named after Theseus even to this day?

Atalanta: 1. Describe the childhood of Atalanta and Meleager. Who raised Atalanta? What kinds of advantages or disadvantages do you think she received from her upbringing? 2. How does Hippomenes win the race?

FABLES

Midas: 1. Briefly summarize this fable. 2. What moral lesson does it teach?

Pygmalion 1. Briefly summarize this fable. 2. How does Pygmalion outsmart Aphrodite?

FRESHMEN (HONORS)

Honors English 9 Summer Packet for Edith Hamilton’s Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Directions: The Quest for the Golden Fleece leads Jason and the Argonauts to various lands. Retrace their journey on this map by drawing a line of the route taken. Begin in Athens.

SOPHOMORES (ALL) NAME:______

Interpreter of Maladies

Complete the chart with the information for each of the nine short stories.

Title of Story Significance Values/Ideas/Themes One quotation that of Title embodied in the text: displays the (social, historical, identified theme cultural) (include page number) A Temporary Matter

When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine

Interpreter of Maladies

A Real Durwan Sexy

Mrs. Sen’s

This Blessed House

The Treatment of Bibi Haldar

The Third and Final Continent

About the Author:

Jhumpa Lahiri is an Indian American author. Lahiri's debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies (1999), won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name.

Lahiri's writing is characterized by her "plain" language and her characters, often Indian immigrants to America who must navigate between the cultural values of their birthplace and their adopted home. Lahiri's fiction is autobiographical and frequently draws upon her own experiences as well as those of her parents, friends, acquaintances, and others in the Bengali communities with which she is familiar. Lahiri examines her characters' struggles, anxieties, and biases to chronicle the nuances and details of immigrant psychology and behavior.

She focuses mostly on first-generation Indian American immigrants and their struggle to raise a family in a country very different from theirs. Her stories describe their efforts to keep their children acquainted with Indian culture and traditions and to keep them close even after they have grown up in order to hang on to the Indian tradition of a joint family, in which the parents, their children and the children's families live under the same roof.

Lahiri's early short stories faced rejection from publishers "for years". Her debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies was finally released in 1999. The stories address sensitive dilemmas in the lives of Indians or Indian immigrants, with themes such as marital difficulties, miscarriages, and the disconnection between first and second generation United States immigrants. Lahiri later wrote, "When I first started writing I was not conscious that my subject was the Indian-American experience. What drew me to my craft was the desire to force the two worlds I occupied to mingle on the page as I was not brave enough, or mature enough, to allow in life.” The collection was praised by American critics, but received mixed reviews in India, where reviewers were alternately enthusiastic and upset Lahiri had "not paint[ed] Indians in a more positive light." Interpreter of Maladies sold 600,000 copies and received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (only the seventh time a story collection had won the award).

JUNIORS AP Language (Juniors) Requirements

Summer Reading Books:

1984 The Jungle

The Great Gatsby *students may also use The Kite Runner

Paper Assignment: Discuss the authors’ theme of man's struggle with society as evidenced in the summer reading novels. (The struggles will vary between novels; for example, one struggle may be to retain individuality in society, another may be a struggle to defy society or a governmental entity, etc.)

5 outside sources on Literary Criticism pertaining to the theme of man's struggle with society in the novels. (Cited and notated) APA format

4 pages in length

Due the first day of school. There will also be test on all of the novels.

NAME:______

As you read Kindred & Antigone, gather four relevant quotations that fit into each theme. Include the page number (H: Complete Both Pages/CP: Complete First Page)

Kindred by Octavia Butler Power Gender Roles Violence

Antigone by Sophocles

Power Gender Roles Violence

SENIORS AP Literature Requirements-Seniors

Summer Reading Books:

The Awakening (May also use The Kite Runner) Beloved One Hundred Years of Solitude One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest

Paper Assignment: Discuss the author’s use of Biblical Allusions to enhance the theme in three of the summer novels.

5 outside sources on Literary Criticism pertaining to the use of Biblical Allusion in the novels. (Cited and notated). APA format. Sources must be scholarly articles.

5 pages in length

NAME:______

As you read Brave New World and Never Let Me Go, gather four relevant quotations that fit into each theme. Include the page number.

BRAVE NEW WORLD Dehumanization Science as a Form of Acceptance of Bad Oppression Circumstances

NEVER LET ME GO

Dehumanization Science as a Form of Acceptance of Bad Oppression Circumstances