History of Rock Assignment 11/14/16

Hello, Rockers.

Here is your assignment for today.  Anything that you don't finish, you will be responsible for completing for HW.

1. (period 8 only): Carefully read Handout 1: Horatio Alger.  After reading the handout, answer the following questions:
1. What is Dick (the protagonist) likely to achieve by diving off the boat to save the drowning child?
2. Based on this scene, what does Alger imply about the protagonist’s moral character?
3. In a larger scope, what does Alger suggest about a person’s opportunity to achieve upward mobility in America? In other words, what traits does an American need in order to succeed?
2. Read Handout 2: John Steinbeck. Then answer the following:
1. In passage 1, what kind of imagery does George use to describe the farm to Lennie? How does George’s vision connect to the idea of the American Dream?
2. In passage 2, how does Crooks respond to George and Lennie’s dream of owning a farm? What does Crooks’ observation suggest about the state of the American Dream during the time of the Great Depression?
3. Explain how Steinbeck’s understanding of the American Dream is similar to or different from that of Alger’s.
3. Examine Handout 3: Elvis' Houses.  Analyze the two houses Presley lived in during his lifetime: a  two-room wooden house (sometimes called a “shotgun shack”) in Tupelo, Mississippi, and the Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.  After looking at the houses, answer the questions that follow (the questions are located on the handout).