Actual,+Approved+Oral+Presentation+Topics

December 2nd ||
 * Name || Topic || Date of Prez ||
 * LIAM SOHI || How was Jay Gatsby influenced by the two father figures in his life: Dan Cody (mentor), and Henry Gatz (biological).? || Thursday
 * Emily Chang || **How does EB White portray the future through the essays** **//Here is New York// and //The World of Tomorrow//?** || Nov. 30 ||
 * Avril Koblitz || How Keats uses paradox to teach us that only through ugliness, sorrow and tedium can we recognize and appreciate beauty, joy and pleasure, which only exist in relation to their opposites. || Dec.2nd ||
 * Crystal Hsu || **To what extent does Nick follow his father's advice - shown on page one - throughout "The Great Gatsby"?** || Nov. 30th ||
 * Maura || Comparison between the use of Greek myths/gods within Oedipus Rex and Carol Ann Duffy's Mrs. Sisyphus. || Dec. 2nd ||
 * So Yeon || **How does Keats present two opposing ideas or concepts and establish their relationship in his poems, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "To Autumn"?** || Nov. 26th ||
 * Daisy Yu || **How does Gatsby's mansion better characterize him and reflect his current state of affairs? ** || Nov. 30th ||
 * TJ Walton || **How does 'weather' in the Great Gatsby help underscore the mood of the setting in which the characters are placed?** || Nov. 26th ||
 * Pam || **What role does Angela play in "The Eve of St. Agnes" by John Keats?** || Dec. 6th ||
 * Teresa || Examining the dualities of Oedipus' identity presented in 'Oedipus the King' by Sophocles || Dec. 6th ||
 * Alice || **Compare the presentation of the illusion of cyclic time in E.B. White's "The Ring of Time" and John Keats' "To Autumn"** || Nov. 26 ||
 * Lesedi || **To what extent does success affect the main characters of the novel?**
 * (Tom, Daisy and Myrtle)** || Nov.30 ||
 * Adrian Chentg || ** How does the speaker’s increasing detachment from reality reflect the author’s thoughts about the inevitability of death shown in the poem Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats? ** || Dec 6th ||
 * Abhinav Chhabra || How do descriptions of and allusions to nature differ within Keats' poems, "Ode to a Nightingale" and "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," and how does this reflect differing themes in the poems? || Dec. 6th ||
 * Evan || How does Fitzgerald utilize Nick's role as narrator to manipulate the reader's perception of Gatsby? || Dec. 2 ||