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1 Page 1 of 10 Themes A Themes in Text Order Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter Religion / Sin Edgar Allen Poe The Black Cat Horror Walt Whitman Hear America Singing When I Heard the Learn d Astronomer People and Jobs Natural Beauty and Wonder Herman Melville Moby Dick Nautical Adventure / Life and Death Emily Dickinson I heard a Fly buzz when I died Death Because I could not stop for Death Death Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn Adventure / Class Henry James The Portrait of a Lady Men and Women / Class

2 Page 2 of 10 Kate Chopin The Story of an Hour Feminism / Repressed Women Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wallpaper Feminism / Madness Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Life and Death / Nature Carl Sandburg The Harbor Get Off This Estate City Life Materialism and Wealth vs. Poverty William Carlos Williams The Red Wheelbarrow Observation of the World Around You Ezra Pound In a Station on the Metro Observation of a Scene Eugene O Neill Long Day s Journey into Night Drink and Drugs / Family Strains Katherine Anne Porter Rope Life in the Country / Men and Women / Love Dorothy Parker The Standard of Living Class / Lack of Wealth / Dreams / Young Women F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Wealth / Gossip / Parties

3 Page 3 of 10 William Faulkner A Rose for Emily Changing Times / Modernization / Hermit Life / Love Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms Love / Tragedy John Steinbeck The Vigilante Lynching / Racism / Guilt Langston Hughes Dreams Dreams Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire Sexual Frustration / Self-Delusion / Alcoholism Tillie Olsen As I Stand Here Ironing Autobiography / Mother-Daughter Relationship / Poverty Ralph Ellison Invisible Man Racism / Violence Arthur Miller The Crucible Witch-Hunts / God The Devil Carson McCullers A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud Loneliness / Love Shirley Jackson The Lottery Cruelty / Victimization / Rituals

4 Page 4 of 10 Kurt Vonnegut Harrison Bergeron The Future / Suppression of Individualism / Fantasy Joseph Heller Catch-22 Bureaucratic Institutions and Their Power to Destroy the Human Spirit / Satire of War / Sanity vs. Insanity James Baldwin Previous Condition Racism William Styron The Confessions of Nat Turner Racism / Slavery / Rebellion Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Autobiography / Racism / Childhood Memories Edward Albee Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Relationships / Alcohol Loss of Inhibitions Toni Morrison Sula Racism / Child s View / Friendship John Updike A&P Adolescence Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar Autobiography / Suicide

5 Page 5 of 10 Don DeLillo White Noise Child vs. Adult Joyce Carol Oates Silkie Love / Growing Up Maxine Hong Kingston China Men Chinese Immigrants in the US / Different Cultures Alice Walker The Color Purple Incest / Sisterly Love / Racism / Male Oppression Leslie Marmon Silko How to Write a Poem about the Sky Nature Amy Tan The Joy Luck Club Chinese vs. American Culture / Different Generations

6 Page 6 of 10 B Similar Themes in the Texts Adventure Herman Melville: Moby Dick Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn Alcohol / Drugs Edward Albee: Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (Drink, Gossip, Parties) Eugene O Neill: Long Day s Journey into Night Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire (Alcoholism) Autobiography Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Tillie Olsen: I Stand Here Ironing Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar Changing Times William Faulkner: A Rose for Emily (Modernization) Child s View Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Don DeLillo: White Noise Toni Morrison: Sula City Life Carl Sandburg: The Harbor Class Henry James: Portrait of a Lady Dorothy Parker: The Standard of Living Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn

7 Page 7 of 10 Country Life Robert Frost: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Katherine Anne Porter: Rope Culture Differences Maxine Hong Kingston: China Men Amy Tan: The Joy Luck Club Death Emily Dickinson: I heard a Fly buzz when I died Emily Dickinson: Because I could not stop for Death Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar (Suicide) Dreams Langston Hughes: Dreams Dorothy Parker: The Standard of Living Family Relationships Edward Albee: Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Married Couples) Don DeLillo: White Noise (Father-Son) Tillie Olsen: I Stand Here Ironing (Mother-Daughter) Eugene O Neill: Long Day s Journey into Night Amy Tan: The Joy Luck Club (Family Generations) Alice Walker: The Color Purple (Sisters) Fantasy Kurt Vonnegut: Harrison Bergeron Feminism Kate Chopin: The Story of an Hour (Repressed Woman) Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper Alice Walker: The Color Purple (Male Oppression)

8 Page 8 of 10 Growing Up Don DeLillo: White Noise Joyce Carol Oates: Silkie John Updike: A&P Guilt John Steinbeck: The Vigilante Horror Edgar Allen Poe: The Black Cat Loneliness William Faulkner: A Rose for Emily Carson McCullers: A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud Love William Faulkner: A Rose for Emily Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms Katherine Anne Porter: Rope Carson McCullers: A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud Joyce Carol Oates: Silkie Alice Walker: The Color Purple (Sisterly Love, Lesbian Love) Man-Woman Relationships Edward Albee: Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady Joyce Carol Oates: Silkie Katherine Anne Porter: Rope

9 Page 9 of 10 Nature Robert Frost: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Leslie Marmon Silko: How to Write a Poem about the Sky Walt Whitman: When I Heard the Learn d Astronomer Observation of a Thing / Scene Ezra Pound: In a Station of the Metro William Carlos Williams: The Red Wheelbarrow People and Jobs John Updike: A&P Walt Whitman: I Hear America Singing Racism Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings James Baldwin: Previous Condition Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man Toni Morrison: Sula John Steinbeck: The Vigilante William Styron: The Confessions of Nat Turner (Slavery / Rebellion) Alice Walker: The Color Purple Religion Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter Arthur Miller: The Crucible (Based on witch-hunts in Salem) Sanity vs. Insanity Joseph Heller: Catch-22 Eugene O Neill: Long Day s Journey into Night Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar

10 Page 10 of 10 Suppression of Individuality Joseph Heller: Catch-22 Kurt Vonnegut: Harrison Bergeron Violence / Cruelty Ralph Ellison: The Battle Royal Shirley Jackson: The Lottery John Steinbeck: The Vigilante Wealth / Poverty F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby Tillie Olsen: I Stand Here Ironing (Lack of Wealth) Dorothy Parker: The Standard of Living Carl Sandburg: Get Off This Estate

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