Micro AP Test

I didn't expect only having 15 minutes would be so difficult. Not having time to full connect and discuss my ideas was frustrating. I knew the general format for the prompts buy I felt they were more difficult than last year. Also, I dont feel fully confident in the books so there was some struggle deciding what I could expand on the most. I learned that the AP questions focus mainly on literature techniques and less on actual events in novels/works.

I learned that I need to begin more quickly and not second guess myself. Once I get going I do pretty good with timing, I just need to be able to channel my initial thoughts faster. For the exam I will study literature terms more as well as pay more attention to them and be searching for them in literature as I read.

A Tale of Two Cities - Lecture

-Had complete control of Dickens, he suffered it all himself
-play titled 'The Frozen Deep' where a hero sacrifices himself to allow his friend to be with the one they both love. (same concept in Tale of Two Cities)
-Originally named Carton 'Dick'
-Doubleness of character between Darnay and Carton, which both have his initials.
-1858 divorced wife and separated from publisher.
-Dickens moved to London as a child where he saw many unsettling sights that would haunt him.
-Paris most 'extraordinary place in the world' novelty, strange, striking things. wonderfully expressive.
-the worlds of London and Paris are very similar (opening)
-Published 1-2 chapters/week
-wrote as he went along, with peoples' reactions changed plot and characters
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A Tale of Two Cities - Questions

1) What do Lorry's reoccurring dreams mean/represent?
2) How does Lorry know Lucie?
3) Why was Manette taken prisoner?
4) What happened in Carton's past to make him care for no one?
5) Does Carton care for Lucie?
6) Why is Carton referred to as "the jackal"?
7) Why did the prisoner leave a message to DIG?
8) How does Dickens use foreshadowing?
9) What do the "hundreds of people" represent?
10) Why does Jerry's father have rust covering his fingers?

A Tale of Two Cities - Opening

The novel opens with, "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." The first chapter introduces the setting, explaining what is going on in both England and France. "France, less favoured on the whole as to matters spiritual than her sister of shield and strident, rolled with exceeding smoothness downhill, making paper money and spending it."  "In England, there was scarcely an amount of order and protection to justify such national boasting."

In the next chapters, there is a mail carrier traveling to Dover. They are approached by a man and fear he is a robber, but he brings a message for Lorry to wait to speak to someone in Dover. Lorry says he is, "recalled to life." On the way to the city, Lorry has a reoccurring dream that he must dig someone up from.his grave. In the city, he meets with Lucie, & they decide to go to Paris to visit her dying father.

Dickens was on his own at a young age, allowing his imagination to run free. This is already evident in this book. The.characters are slowly beginning to develop, mostly through plot and indirect characterization. He also uses a lot of imagery and comparing.