Answer each question in a well-developed and well-organized short essay. Each essay will consist of
two to three paragraphs of three to four complete sentences each. Each essay will have a thesis or
controlling statement that is supported with specific examples and short quotes from the text.
1. Explain why Alymer in The Birth Mark is obsessed with his wifes imperfection; why is he obsessed with the birthmark?
2. Explain Ralph Waldo Emersons purpose or point of view in either nature or self-reliance.
3. Describe the importance of literacy in Frederick Douglasss Narrative.
4. Discuss/explain the cultural significance of Margaret Fullers life and work; what did she accomplish?
5. How does Rebecca Harding Davis depict working class in Life in the iron mills? be specific.