Sucker
By: Carson McCullers
About the author
McCullers gained early critical and commercial success for her first novel, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
• McCullers started piano lessons beginning at the age of ten and moved to New York City in 1934 to reportedly study at the famed Juilliard School of Music.
•McCullers took creative writing classes at Columbia University and New York University.
•Divorced from her husband in 1941, McCullers had mixed results with her second novel, Reflections in a Golden Eye, which was published that same year.
•McCullers suffered a final stroke on August 15, 1967, which left her in a coma for 46 days. She died on September 29 at the Nyack Hospital and was later buried at the town’s Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source:
http://www.biography.com/people/carson-mccullers-9391402?page=3
• McCullers started piano lessons beginning at the age of ten and moved to New York City in 1934 to reportedly study at the famed Juilliard School of Music.
•McCullers took creative writing classes at Columbia University and New York University.
•Divorced from her husband in 1941, McCullers had mixed results with her second novel, Reflections in a Golden Eye, which was published that same year.
•McCullers suffered a final stroke on August 15, 1967, which left her in a coma for 46 days. She died on September 29 at the Nyack Hospital and was later buried at the town’s Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source:
http://www.biography.com/people/carson-mccullers-9391402?page=3
Prereading Reflection
Have you ever wanted the attention of someone who didn't even notice you?
I have always wanted the attention of someone who didnt notice me, so I try to make hem notice me by talking to them.
How did that make you feel?
This made me feel joyful and giddy talking to new people.
How did you respond?
I respond in a calm, mannerly a when I talk to someone.
Have you ever gotten so mad at someone that you said something you didn't really mean?
Yes, I have ever gotton so mad that I say somethings you didn't really mean.
How did you feel after you calmed down?
When I calm down I feel sorry for my actions and ask of thee for forgiveness.
What did you do about the situation?
the conclusion feels pretty good after the situation got to an apology.
I have always wanted the attention of someone who didnt notice me, so I try to make hem notice me by talking to them.
How did that make you feel?
This made me feel joyful and giddy talking to new people.
How did you respond?
I respond in a calm, mannerly a when I talk to someone.
Have you ever gotten so mad at someone that you said something you didn't really mean?
Yes, I have ever gotton so mad that I say somethings you didn't really mean.
How did you feel after you calmed down?
When I calm down I feel sorry for my actions and ask of thee for forgiveness.
What did you do about the situation?
the conclusion feels pretty good after the situation got to an apology.
Vocabulary
Despise:The term despise can be defined as the act of contempt as used in the sentence "If a person admires you a lot you despise him and don't care-and it is the person who doesn't notice you that you are apt to admire." (p. 12)
Humiliated:The term humiliated can be define as making a person feel ashamed by lowering their self-esteem as used in the sentence, "Maybelle Watts, this senior at school, acted like she was the Queen of Sheba and even humiliated me." (p.12)
Sarcastic: The term sarcastic can be defined as to be using irony to mock as used in the sentence "When she said no I remarked something sarcastic." (p. 19)
Humiliated:The term humiliated can be define as making a person feel ashamed by lowering their self-esteem as used in the sentence, "Maybelle Watts, this senior at school, acted like she was the Queen of Sheba and even humiliated me." (p.12)
Sarcastic: The term sarcastic can be defined as to be using irony to mock as used in the sentence "When she said no I remarked something sarcastic." (p. 19)
Contrasting Ideas
Pete felt PROUD
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Pete REGRETS his actions
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