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1. Choose a free choice novel to read for pleasure. Please choose a book that you have not read before. Be prepared to create a project using this book when you return. Feel free to use post-it notes or take notes as you read, but it is not required.
1. Choose a free choice novel to read for pleasure. Please choose a book that you have not read before. Be prepared to create a project using this book when you return. Feel free to use post-it notes or take notes as you read, but it is not required.
2. Choose a novel from the list and complete the AP essay provided (below). Most of the books are free
online. Search the title and full text and it should come up. Also, see the library home page to get access to
online and audio books: https://cazlib.weebly.com/. You should neatly handwrite the essay or type it and
turn it in on the first day of class. Please choose a book that you have not read before.
Choose one book from the list:
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens - 2018
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - 2006
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr - 2014
Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 2020
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See - 2005
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini - 2007
The Color Purple - Alice Walker - 1982
Beloved - Toni Morrison - 1987
The Road - Cormac McCarthy - 2006
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut - 1969
The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien - 1990
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith - 1947
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood - 1985
Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel - 2014
1984 - George Orwell - 1949
Emma - Jane Austen - 1815
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - 1813
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte - 1847
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte - 1847
The Awakening - Kate Chopin - 1899
The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane - 1895
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - 1861
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - 1837
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens - 1859
Moby-Dick - Herman Melville - 1851
Choose one of the following Question 3 tasks:
Suggested time—40 minutes. For this essay, you will not have the book/text in front of you, so use specific details, instead of quotes, when answering the question.
1. Select a literary work that features a character whose origins are mysterious or unusual. Then write an essay in which you analyze how these origins shape the character and that character’s relationships, and how the origins contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole. (2017)
2. It has often been said that what we value can be determined only by what we sacrifice. Consider how this statement applies to a character from a novel or play. Select a character who has deliberately sacrificed, surrendered, or forfeited something in a way that highlights that character’s values. Then write a wellorganized essay in which you analyze how the particular sacrifice illuminates the character’s values and provides a deeper understanding of the meaning of the work as a whole. (2014)
3. Many works of literature feature characters that have been given a literal or figurative gift. Then gift may be an object, or it may be a quality such as uncommon beauty, significant social position, great mental or imaginative faculties, or extraordinary physical powers. Yet this gift is often also a burden or a handicap. Select a character from a novel, epic, or play who has been given a gift that is both an advantage and a problem. Then write a well-developed essay analyzing the complex nature of the gift and how the gift contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. (2018)
4. Many writers use a country setting to establish values within a work of literature. For example, the country may be a place of virtue and peace or one of primitivism and ignorance. Choose a novel or play in which such a setting plays a significant role. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the country setting functions in the work as a whole. (2006)
online. Search the title and full text and it should come up. Also, see the library home page to get access to
online and audio books: https://cazlib.weebly.com/. You should neatly handwrite the essay or type it and
turn it in on the first day of class. Please choose a book that you have not read before.
Choose one book from the list:
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens - 2018
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - 2006
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr - 2014
Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 2020
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See - 2005
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini - 2007
The Color Purple - Alice Walker - 1982
Beloved - Toni Morrison - 1987
The Road - Cormac McCarthy - 2006
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut - 1969
The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien - 1990
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith - 1947
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood - 1985
Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel - 2014
1984 - George Orwell - 1949
Emma - Jane Austen - 1815
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - 1813
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte - 1847
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte - 1847
The Awakening - Kate Chopin - 1899
The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane - 1895
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - 1861
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - 1837
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens - 1859
Moby-Dick - Herman Melville - 1851
Choose one of the following Question 3 tasks:
Suggested time—40 minutes. For this essay, you will not have the book/text in front of you, so use specific details, instead of quotes, when answering the question.
1. Select a literary work that features a character whose origins are mysterious or unusual. Then write an essay in which you analyze how these origins shape the character and that character’s relationships, and how the origins contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole. (2017)
2. It has often been said that what we value can be determined only by what we sacrifice. Consider how this statement applies to a character from a novel or play. Select a character who has deliberately sacrificed, surrendered, or forfeited something in a way that highlights that character’s values. Then write a wellorganized essay in which you analyze how the particular sacrifice illuminates the character’s values and provides a deeper understanding of the meaning of the work as a whole. (2014)
3. Many works of literature feature characters that have been given a literal or figurative gift. Then gift may be an object, or it may be a quality such as uncommon beauty, significant social position, great mental or imaginative faculties, or extraordinary physical powers. Yet this gift is often also a burden or a handicap. Select a character from a novel, epic, or play who has been given a gift that is both an advantage and a problem. Then write a well-developed essay analyzing the complex nature of the gift and how the gift contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. (2018)
4. Many writers use a country setting to establish values within a work of literature. For example, the country may be a place of virtue and peace or one of primitivism and ignorance. Choose a novel or play in which such a setting plays a significant role. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the country setting functions in the work as a whole. (2006)
