American Literature Summer Reading List Summer 2014 Belmont High School English Department The following list was complied from the recommendations of the Belmont High School English department and contains some of the best-known works of American literature. Each book addresses the American Dream and/or American identities. All entering 11th graders must read at least one book from the list below over the summer. Students entering English 11 Honors must read at least one contemporary AND one classic
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ENGL 327ONLINE – African American Literature Essay 2 8/1/13 Support or refute the contention that Booker T. Washington refuses to verify slavery as a brutal and evil institution. Booker T. Washington was the most famous African America between 1895 and 1915 in this country. He was also considered the most influential black educator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries as he controlled the flow of funds to black schools and colleges. He was born a slave on a plantation
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American Literature Young Goodman Brown: The fall of man “Young Goodman Brown” is the short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne is best known today for his short stories and romances written between 1850 and 1860. Hawthorne’s works belong to romanticism and discuss guilt‚ sin‚ good‚ and evil. The themes of his works often focus on the inherent humanity and bring out some moral lessons which Puritan New England inspired much. One of his most famous works is The Scarlet Letter which
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Native American Literature Over the years Native American tribes have all had their own creation myths‚ a few of these tribes are the Iroquois‚ the Okanogan‚ and the Karankawa. The stories that these people created were used by parents to tell children the places they come from‚ or why they live their life the way that they do. These stories include “The World on the Turtle’s Back”‚ and the story of the “Coyote and the Buffalo”. These stories were told by the Iroquois and the Okanogan. The Iroquois
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Creationism v. Darwinism (Evolution) in Public Schools Raquel Cade Walden University October 4‚ 2010 Creationism v. Darwinism (Evolution) in Public Schools Should evolution be taught in public schools? This question has raised intense discussions since the 1925 trial of Scopes v. The State of Tennessee. As Tungate (2006) stated “The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a law prohibiting the teaching of human evolution in a split decision despite noting it was not drafted
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Throughout most of our American Literature readings the common theme that was being written about was religion‚ faith in God and in turn self-reliance. I believe that the authors of early America were contingent upon their religion and their faith to develop their own resources to aid them through the various trials and tribulations of their lives. One of the early authors that exhibited self-reliance is William Bradford. Bradford believed God to be guiding the Pilgrims and he on the right path
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challenged the laws of segregation on interstate buses. The Freedom Riders were brave men and women wanting to make a difference. Though the Freedom Riders were not the first people to go up against segregation they held a part in what we as our African American history. According to Mr. Raymond Arsenault the recent death of Rosa Parks refocused nationwide attention on one of the crucial figures of the civil rights movement the Freedom Riders. However without the heroism of hundreds of unsung activist‚ Rosa
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Literature on the American Civil War is very intriguing. The Civil War brought a highly desired end to slavery‚ but it also came with very undesired death and destruction. The Civil War changed how writers write forever. In the South pre-Civil War life revolved around agriculture‚ mostly on large farms or plantations where enslaved African Americans were forced to do most of the labor. In the North pre-Civil War‚ the soil and climate favored smaller farmsteads rather than large plantations‚ which
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A handful of the works that our class covered in the past month addressed an assortment of social issues and made appeals to the public to take the initiative and do something about these mishaps. Thomas Hood’s “The Song of the Shirt” and Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” are both fitting examples of this. Both pieces implore the public to open their eyes to what is occurring around them either directly or indirectly. “The Chimney Sweeper” and “The Song of the Shirt” both took place around the same
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ruin‚ they proceed from the notion that the apocalypse will usher in an era of sanctified Darwinism: survival of the most weaponized”. One may agree that the apocalypse will create the era of sanctified
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