Step 1: After reading Ch.2, answer the following prompt in CEC format. Remember, CECs must be a minimum of 4 complete sentences (1 sentence for your
claim, 1 sentence for textual evidence/supporting quote, & 2 sentences for commentary)!

Prompt: Consider the recurring themes mentioned throughout the "Keeping Up with
the Joneses" reading (i. e. social status/class, social pressure, wealth, power, greed,
competition, material possessions, etc). How do these topics relate to Gatsby's
interpretation of "The American Dream?" What does the drunken party in chapter 2
reveal about the hidden despair of the Roaring 20's? What is the irony behind this
seemingly endless race to the top of the social ladder?

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”