THEMES/SUBJECTS
Loss of Faith
Hope
Belief in oneself
LIT TERMS
Irony
Tone
Mood
Plot
Personification
Allegory
LITERATURE LINKS
Go Tell It on the Mountain - James Baldwin
The Natural – Bernard Malamud
“Hope is a thing with feathers”
– Emily Dickinson
Bless Me, Ultima – Rudolfo Anaya
A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
Shoeless Joe – W.P. Kinsella
Beloved – Toni Morrison
As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner
A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickins
Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
Antigony – Sophocles
Da Vince Code – Dan Brown
Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett
Inherit the Wind – Jerome Lawrence and Robert E.
Lee
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In
Ellis Paul’s whimsical song an angel lands unexpectedly
in the heart of New York City. During the last verse the
angel ironically asks the crowd gathered at city hall
“the question here is do I believe in you?”
Mindblue editors find this song to be one of the most
enjoyable to use in the classroom because of its thought
provoking narrative and powerful use of literary devices.
Mindblue’s differentiated lesson plan for “Angel
in Manhattan” is filled with multi-disciplinary
activities linking the song to Rembrandt paintings, Emily
Dickenson’s poem “Hope is a Thing with Feathers”
and films like Tom Hank’s comedy Splash.
Any text that deals with issues of faith in oneself, society,
or religion such as Bless Me, Ultima, Shoeless Joe
(the basis for the Kevin Costner film Field of Dreams)
and the play Inherit the Wind are a perfect compliments
for Mindblue’s “Angel in Manhattan”
study guide.
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