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This is an individual project. Copying or allowing another student to copy any part of your work is a violation of honor code. To Kill a Mockingbir d Allusion Notebook Due: October 23, 2017 Allusions are references to an outside source whether it’s the Bible, a historical figure, another piece of literature, etc. in order to add another layer of meaning to a text. If we don’t understand the references, then we may not completely understand what we’re reading on a deeper level. Assignment Purpose: Students will research and analyze the effect and purpose of allusions within To Kill a Mockingbird.

This must be done in MLA format (size 12 font, Times New Roman. However, you don’t have to double space between lines).

All u sio n s: You will be completing 5 of them. Choose whichever ones you want, but be sure to c h o o s e a t l ea st o n e f r o m ea ch cate g o r y .

Disturbance between the North and the South5. (Ch. 1) Religious Stock Market Crash 1929 (Ch. 2) 1. Old Testament pestilence (Ch. 5) 6. 2. Let the cup pass from you- “take this cup from me” (Ch. 9) 3. Shadrach (Ch. 12) 4. "Nearer my God to thee", hymn (Ch. 15) 5. Hunt's The Light of the World, painting (Ch. 12) 6. John Wesley’s strictures (Ch. 1) 7. Gethsemane (Ch. 12)

Literary Pop Culture 1. Dracula (Ch. 1) 1. Add-a-Pearl necklace 2. The Gray Ghost (Chapters 1 and 29) (Ch. 9) 3. Mr. Jingle, Charles Dickens’ The 2. “man who sat on a Pickwick Papers (Ch. 18) flagpole”- flagpole sitting 4. Ad Astra Per Aspera (Ch. 27) (Ch. 3) 5. Bullfinch’s Mythology (Ch. 1) 3. Jitney Jungle (Ch. 6. Ivanhoe (Ch. 11) 15) 4. snipe hunt (Ch. 15) Uncle Natchell Story Social aCSAnd Po (Ch.liti cal11) 5. 1. sit-down strikes- Great Depression (Ch. 26) (Ch.2. 12) National Recovery Act (Ch. 27) People 3. 4. Rosetta Stone (Ch. 8) 1. Stonewall Jackson (Ch. 9) This is an individual project. Copying or allowing another student to copy any part of your work is a violation of honor code. 2. John D. Rockefeller (Ch. 20) 5. Eleanor Roosevelt- Southern Conference for Human Welfare in 3. Adolf Hitler (Ch. 26) Birmingham, Alabama (Chapters 20 4. Cotton Tom Heflin (Ch. 27) and 24) 6. William Jennings Bryan (Ch. 16)

Layout: Each page of your allusion notebook should look like this page. Categ ory Name of Allusion Original Source/ Context: Research the allusion. Explain and or summarize the information. Be sure to note any contextual information that may be necessary to the understanding of the allusion. DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA. It is not a reliable research tool, and often contains faulty information.

Source Citation: MLA format (see: Purdue OWL) Note: Easybib.com can

also help you with citing. Quote/ Example from Secondary Source: Quote

the allusion as it appears To Kill a Mockingbird. Source Citation: MLA

format (see: Purdue OWL)

Effect/ Insight: Discuss the effect of the use of the allusion, and/or the insight the reader gains. Consider why Harper Lee chose this particular reference and whether or not it is effective. How does knowing the source and context of the allusion increase your understanding?

Use the following sentence stem to help you write your allusion explanation paragraph:

Allusion

 Identify the allusion (indirect reference by an author to another text, historical occurrence, or to myths and legends) and provide the context in which it appears in the text.  Describe the function of the allusion in this text. Avoid generic commentary. Provide an original insight. Pay attention to your own diction. It enhances your analysis. Model:

The author or speaker alludes to ______in order to This is an individual project. Copying or allowing another student to copy any part of your work is a violation of honor code. ______. Through this reference, the reader connects ______to ______and can more fully understand the author’s purpose to ______. Example: “For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.”

Barack Obama Obama’s allusions to Concord, Gettysburg, Normandy, and Khe Sahn offer examples of struggles that Americans have faced in the past which parallel the unique struggles Americans believe they are currently facing with our economy, environment, and world conflict. Even though the references are meant to show these struggles, the president’s desired effect is to provide hope and resolve to the listener since these battles resulted in victories for America. Citizens are reminded that they can be victorious in our modern struggles. Example Allusion Notebook Page Political “Nothing to fear, but fear itself…”

Original Source/ Context: In 1933, the United States of America was well into the Great Depression. Franklin Roosevelt, as the newly elected president, used his inaugural address, to assure the American people that the country would “revive and… prosper.” He specifically told the struggling nation, “let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.” He was trying to convince America to not be fearful of the economic crisis and to fight the battle with him, because he wanted the citizens' support and faith in his leadership. This was a monumental speech. America was at a very low point and he was able to revive America's spirit. He made the people believe that they didn't have anything to fear and that they were going to advance.

Primary Source Citation:

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933, as published in Samuel Rosenman, ed., The Public Papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Volume Two: The Year of Crisis, 1933 (New York: Random House, 1938), 11–16.

Quote/ Example from Secondary Source: “There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy, and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside of the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people. Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself” (6).

Secondary Source Citation:

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: HarperCollins, 1960.

Effect/ Insight:

Harper Lee alludes to Roosevelt’s inaugural address in order to not only provide the exact year To Kill a Mockingbird takes place but also to establish the atmosphere of the time. Franklin Roosevelt did indeed make good on his promises and the Great Depression came to an end. He encouraged people to maintain hope because the only thing they had “to fear is fear itself.” Through this reference, the reader connects Maycomb, Alabama to the rest of the United States during the Great Depression and can more fully understand the author’s purpose to understand the source of the town’s new hope for the future.