BOOKS

Name

Elaborat
e

Motive
No.1

Motive
No. 2

Motive
No.3

Motive
No. 4

Of Mice and
Men

novella
written by
Nobel
Prizewinning
author
John
Steinbeck.
Published
in 1937, it
tells the
story of
George
Milton and
Lennie
Small

The
predatory
nature of
human
existence

Lonelines
s and
compani
onship

Idealized
male
friendshi
p

The
impossi
bility of
the
Americ
an
dream

The Catcher
in the Rye

Alienation

Growing
up

1984 (by
George
Orwell)
Ethan Frome
(by Edith
Wharton)
The Scarlett
Letter (by
Nathaniel
Hawthorne

The Giverindividuali
ty

Candide (by
Voltaire)
Great
Expectations
(Charles
Dickens)
One hundred
years of
solitude (by
Gabriel

The
inevitable
burden
and
conseque
nce of sin

identity

Motive No. 5

Other
significa
nt notes

Garcia
Marquez)
Brave New
World

The use of
technolog
y to
control
society

Happines
s vs truth

Dangers
of
totalinari
anism

Alienati
on

Frankenstein

Dangerou
s
knowledg
e

Monstros
ity

secrets
of
science

To Kill a
mockingbird

don't
judge a
book by
its cover

Seclusion
because
of
physical
character
istics
prejudice

Brother's
Karamazov Dostoyevsky

(for
corruption
,
profligacy,
recklessn
ess,
swindling,
immoralit
y for
Fyodor
Karamazo
v)

Lord of the
Flies

Innate
savagene
ss vs
civilizatio
n

Othello

Accusatio
n

Macbeth

Greed

educatin
g
children'
s
innoncen
t minds

Loss of
Innocenc
e

Exceptio
ns to the

discrepa
ncy of

abortion

rule

The Kite
Runner

- Loyalty,
friendship
,

The 2 Greek
Epics Iliad
and Odyssey
Candide Voltaire

hubris

The Great
Gatsby

(a story
of a
simpleto
n in love
with a
woman
who
pursues
her all
around
the
globe; he
is robbed
by a
Dutch
pirate,
and
ridiculed
in his
proposal
for
marriage
to Miss
Cunegon
de by
her
brother.
decline
of
America

good
intentions
with bad

the
hardship
of
children.
role of
women

Love,
infidelity

appeara
nce v
reality
(Fair is
foul and
foul is
fair)
race,
sexism,
ethnicity

truth

downfall

moral
disintegr
ation in

corrupt
ion

in the
1920s,
deals
with
upper
class
througho
ut the
novel.
Animal Farm:

actions,
immoralit
y

the
1920s,

corruption
/communi
sm
absurdity
of life

abuse of
power

Julius Caesar
(play)

pride,

downfall

Les
Miserables

potential
of man,
goodness
of man

flaws of
the
criminal
justice
system

The 3
Theban Play
(mainly
Oedipus the
King and
Antigone) -

Once
again
tragedy,
downfall,
law,
loyalty,
honesty,
family,
and love
are found
here.
(for
reflections
,
epiphanie
s, racism,
controver
sy,
running
away
from

The Stranger

Huckleberry
Finn - Mark
Twain

logic v.
reality

society)
The Sun Also
Rises Ernest
Hemingway

For Whom
the Bell Tolls
- Ernest
Hemingway

Wuthering
Heights

moral
decadenc
e, 1920s,
loose
morals

(story of
a man
who
decides
to take
upon the
cumbers
ome role
of a
bomber
in
Spanish
civil war,
courage,
audacity,
defies
the
norms
---->
antagoni
st, the
drunkard
Pablo,
who is
obstinate
to the
"Ingles"'s
ideas,
but later
opens
up.)

lost
generatio
n,

BRETT
ASHLEY the
epitome
of the
sexually
liberated
woman)

seducti
on

Moby Dick
East of Eden
Pride and
Prejudice
Crime and
Punishment
The
Metamorpho
sis
Hedda
Gabler
The Prince
by
Machiavelli
Demian
The Crucible
Oedipus the
King
Faust
God of Small
Things
Tale of two
cities
PEOPLE

John Paul II -

and
bravery
in times
of
danger.

battle
with evil,

Adolf Hitler:

His life
was about
protection
, loyalty,
honesty,
faith,
goodness,
forgivenes
s,
power

corruptio
n

ambition

MLK

courage

sacrifice

Ghandi

courage

sacrifice

Standing
up

Abe Lincoln

courage,

working
hard

/
persisten
ce/selfmade
man

Rosa Parks:

antiracism,
equality
among
race

stood up
for what
she
believed
in

J. Robert
Oppenheime
r

Steve Jobs

Oprah
Winfrey
Martha
Stewart
Michael Dell
Howard
Schultz

genius,
father of
the
atomic
bomb,
realized
the
horror of
it and
founded
a
commissi
on that
tried to
stop the
arms
race

Jack Welch
Anna
Politskovskay
a

truth and
objectivity

Holdendetached
from world
(you could
use him for
so many
things)
Aung San
Sun Kyi
Napoleon/Hit
ler- History
repeats itself

Rosa Parks:
anti-racism,
stood up for
what she
believed in equality
among race
Malcolm X:
civil rights
leader - antiracism.
John RabeLoyalty

Bill
Gates/Warre

grew up
with

n Buffet:
wealthy
people who
strive to
donate to
charities:
money can
or cannot be
powerful can argue
either side;.
Henry Clay

nothing,
and
accomplis
hed a lot
of things

Franklin D.
Roosevelt

overcomi
ng
hardship
courage

Rachel
Carson -

st. francis of
assisi

Frederick
Douglass
Alexander
the Great
Winston
Churchill
Stalin

launched
the
Global
Environ
mental
Moveme
nt
born into
wealth
but
hated
that
lifestyle,
chose a
life of
poverty
and love,
etc.

innovativ
e
persistan
ce

Galileo
Steven
Hawkings
Michael
Jordan
George
Washington
Socrates
Nelson
Mandela
Alfred Kinsey
Mohammed
Yunus
HISTORICA
L EVENTS

Woodrow
Wilson's
reluctant
declaration
of war in
1918. He
initially
wanted
peace. After
Lusitania &
Arabic war
was
inevitable.
FDR and the
New Deal you can't go
wrong
writing about
the New
Deal; it
exemplifies
government
intervention
for the better

of the public.
Munich
conference appeasing
others'
wishes
TR and the
Trust
breaking (as
well as the
Big Stick
Diplomacy)
- for those of
you who
were in
APUSH this
year, this
was a large
section of
the
curriculum;
TR was
cognizant of
the abuse of
monopolies
and trust,
and Upton
Sinclair's
FICTION
novel
exacerbated
the tensions
of the time.
TR also
passed the
Food and
Drug Act of
1906
Civil War

Revolutionar
y War
Reagan Era
Pequot war
encroaching
on Indian
land, Indian
removal act
1830
Andrew
Jackson;
corruption of
Jackson's
cabinet.
Vietnam

SovietAmerican
Cold
War/Arms
Race
American
Revolution :

Trojan War
WWII
Civil Rights
Movement
French
Revolution

learning
from our
mistakes,
a "failure"
technolog
y

tenacity

courage

British
being
overconfi
dent

The
Holocaust

MOVIES

Americas
use of
atomic bomb
against
Japan
Metropolis

Birth of a
Nation
Vertigo
Citizen Kane
Ender's
Game

severe
pressure

emotiona
l distress

Beloved

dwelling
on/getting
over the
past,
starting a
new life,

effects
on
human
psyche

Loyalty,
love
Wiglaf
stays and
helps
Beowulf
while the
dragon
ends up
killing

nationali
sm

deceptio
n

The Truman
Show
Beowulf
OTHER

A classic
Old
English
poem/
movie

evil v.
good,
war

THERE IS
A BOOK
BY Orson
Scott
Card
THERE IS
A BOOK
BY Tony
Morrison

Beowulf;
Wiglaf
never
leaves his
side,
while
Beowulf's
other men
have
already
fled.
U.S. Auto
Industry The Big 3
Post 9/11 e.g. Patriot
Act
Enron
Scandal e.g.
SarbanesOxley of
2002
Microsoft

creativity

Apple

Advertising/
Marketing

How first
impressi
ons/how
somethin
g is
presente
d affects
a
person's
view on
somethin
g

change

technolo
gy

stem cell
research

two
sides to
an issue

practicalit
y vs.
morality

Photography

Famous
photos
you've
seen., ,

Great
Depressio
n

photos of
Woodsto
ck

photos
of 9/11.

My Name is Asher Lev - Two conflicting cultures

Nineteen Minutes - Conformity
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - Standing up for what you believe in, civil
disobedience, simplicity, non confomity, protecting nature
Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck (shows the cruelty of man, man cruel to kin, man
deserting kin (Casey deserts Ruth), competition over jobs, downturn of the world,
world is changing for the worse, lack of government intervention, hedonistic or
avaricious goals are solely guiding life.)
The Namesake, or The Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri (story of conflicting
cultures, growing up in parents' shadows, trying to become independent, becoming
successful, in a country unfamiliar to your parents)
The Jungle - Upton Sinclair (IS NOT INTENDED TO SHOW THE HORRORS OF THE
MEATPACKING INDUSTRY, it is meant to show the adversity faced by immigrant
workers and factory workers during the early 20th century, as well as the corruption
of politics, the intertwining political connection, monopolies, vertical - horizontal
integration of companies)