Name Elaborate Motive No.1 Motive No.

2
Motive
No.3
Motive
No. 4
Motive No. 5 Other
significant
notes
BOOKS Of Mice and
Men
novella
written by
Nobel
Prize-
winning
author
John
Steinbeck.
Published
in 1937, it
tells the
story of
George
Milton and
Lennie
Small
The
predatory
nature of
human
existence
Loneliness
and
companion
ship
Idealized
male
friendship
The
impossibi
lity of the
American
dream

The Catcher in
the Rye
Alienation

Growing up
1984 (by George
Orwell)
The Giver-
individuality

Ethan Frome (by
Edith Wharton)

The Scarlett
Letter (by
Nathaniel
Hawthorne
The
inevitable
burden and
consequenc
e of sin
identity
Candide (by
Voltaire)


Great
Expectations
(Charles
Dickens)

One hundred
years of solitude
(by Gabriel
Garcia Marquez)

Brave New
World




The use of
technology
to control
society
Happiness
vs truth
Dangers of
totalinaria
nism
Alienatio
n

Frankenstein



Dangerous
knowledge
Seclusion
because of
physical
characterist
ics
Monstrosit
y
secrets
of
science
abortion
To Kill a
mockingbird
don't judge
a book by its
cover
prejudice educating
children's
innoncent
minds

Brother's
Karamazov -
Dostoyevsky
(for
corruption,
profligacy,
recklessness
, swindling,
immorality
for Fyodor
Karamazov)


Lord of the Flies Innate
savageness
vs
civilization


Loss of
Innocence

Othello Accusation
Macbeth



Greed Exceptions
to the rule
discrepanc
y of
appearanc
e v reality
(Fair is foul
and foul is
fair)

The Kite Runner - Loyalty,
friendship,
the
hardship of
children.
race,
sexism,
ethnicity
truth
The 2 Greek
Epics Iliad and
Odyssey
hubris role of
women
downfall
Candide -
Voltaire

(a story of
a
simpleton
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
Cunegonde
by her
brother.
The Great
Gatsby

decline of
America in
the 1920s,
deals with
upper class
throughout
the novel.
good
intentions
with bad
actions,
immorality
Love,
infidelity
moral
disintegrati
on in the
1920s,
corruptio
n

Animal Farm: corruption/c
ommunism
abuse of
power

The Stranger absurdity of
life
logic v.
reality

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.

Huckleberry
Finn - Mark
Twain
(for
reflections,
epiphanies,
racism,
controversy,

running
away from
society)
The Sun Also
Rises - Ernest
Hemingway

moral
decadence,
1920s,
loose morals
lost
generation,
BRETT
ASHLEY -
the
epitome of
the
sexually
liberated
woman)
seductio
n

For Whom the
Bell Tolls -
Ernest
Hemingway
(story of a
man who
decides to
take upon
the
cumberso
me role of
a bomber
in Spanish
civil war,
courage,
audacity,
defies the
norms ---->
antagonist,
the
drunkard
Pablo, who
is obstinate
to the
"Ingles"'s
ideas, but
later opens
up.)

Wuthering
Heights

Moby Dick
East of Eden
Pride and
Prejudice

Crime and
Punishment

The
Metamorphosis

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 - His life was
about
protection,
loyalty,
honesty,
faith,
goodness,
forgiveness,
and bravery
in times of
danger.
battle with
evil,

Adolf Hitler: power corruption ambition
MLK

courage sacrifice
Ghandi courage sacrifice Standing
up

J. Robert
Oppenheimer

genius,
father of
the atomic
bomb,
realized
the horror
of it and
founded a
commissio
n that tried

to stop the
arms race
Abe Lincoln courage, working
hard
/persistenc
e/self-
made man

Rosa Parks: anti-racism,
equality
among race
stood up
for what
she
believed in

Steve Jobs





Oprah Winfrey
Martha Stewart
Michael Dell
Howard Schultz


Jack Welch
Anna
Politskovskaya



truth and
objectivity

Holden-
detached from
world (you
could use him
for so many
things)
Aung San Sun
Kyi


Napoleon/Hitler
- History repeats
itself



Rosa Parks: anti-
racism, stood up
for what she
believed in -
equality among
race


Malcolm X: civil
rights leader -
anti-racism.

John Rabe-
Loyalty



Bill
Gates/Warren
Buffet: wealthy
people who
strive to donate
to charities:
money can or
cannot be
powerful - can
argue either
side;.
grew up
with
nothing, and
accomplishe
d a lot of
things

Henry Clay
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
overcoming
hardship
innovative
Rachel Carson - launched
the Global
Environme
ntal
Movement
courage persistance
st. francis of
assisi
born into
wealth but
hated that
lifestyle,
chose a life
of poverty
and love,
etc.

Frederick
Douglass

Alexander the
Great

Winston
Churchill

Stalin
Galileo
Steven
Hawkings

Michael Jordan
George
Washington

Socrates
Nelson Mandela
Alfred Kinsey
Mohammed
Yunus

HISTORICAL
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
Revolutionary
War


Reagan Era


Pequot war


encroaching on
Indian land,
Indian removal
act 1830

Andrew
Jackson;
corruption of
Jackson's
cabinet.

Vietnam learning
from our
mistakes, a
"failure"

Soviet-American
Cold War/Arms
Race
technology
American
Revolution :
tenacity courage British
being
overconfid
ent

Trojan War
WWII
Civil Rights
Movement

French
Revolution

The Holocaust
Americas use of
atomic bomb
against Japan

MOVIES Metropolis




Birth of a Nation

Vertigo

Citizen Kane
Ender's Game severe
pressure
emotional
distress
deception THERE IS A
BOOK BY
Orson
Scott Card
Beloved dwelling
on/getting
over the
past,
starting a
new life,
effects on
human
psyche
THERE IS A
BOOK BY
Tony
Morrison
The Truman
Show


OTHER
Beowulf A classic
Old English
poem/
movie
Loyalty, love
Wiglaf stays
and helps
Beowulf
while the
dragon ends
up killing
Beowulf;
Wiglaf never
leaves his
side, while
Beowulf's
other men
have already
fled.
nationalism evil v.
good, war

U.S. Auto
Industry - The
Big 3


Post 9/11 - e.g.
Patriot Act


Enron Scandal -
e.g. Sarbanes-
Oxley of 2002

Microsoft creativity change technology
Apple
Advertising/Mar
keting
How first
impression
s/how
something
is
presented
affects a
person's
view on
something

stem cell
research
two sides
to an issue
practicality
vs. morality

Photography

Famous
photos
you've
seen., ,
Great
Depression
photos of
Woodstock
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)