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?

Don't forget to cite your sources!!!

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”