Write the essay examining how a vivid central character, such as, Sammy in “A&P,” Maggie in “Everyday Use,” or the narrator of “Cathedral.”
Compare and contrast the “loss of innocence” experienced by the protagonists ‘Barn Burning”
August 3, 2019How does Dos Passos use technique in “The Body of an American” to convey the upheavals of war?
August 3, 2019Write the essay examining how a vivid central character, such as, Sammy in “A&P,” Maggie in “Everyday Use,” or the narrator of “Cathedral.”
Question Description
At least 750 words.
Updike’s “A&P,” Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” Walker’s “Everyday Use,” Carver’s “Cathedral,” Chopin’s “The Storm,” Tan’s “A Pair of Tickets,” Faulkner’s “Barn Burning,” Steinbeck’s ‘The Chrysanthemums,” or Achebe’s “Dead Man’s Path.”
Write the essay examining how a vivid central character (like Sammy in “A&P,” Maggie in “Everyday Use,” or the narrator of “Cathedral” e.g.) evidences significant change or development in the story. You may not write on any story not on this list—as fine as many of the other stories in ch. 1-7, are they do not feature the kinds of dynamic characters that these stories do.
