Examine the dichotomy between the past and the present

Division between the individual and their social world

Use short story A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner. Instructions are attached

Essay Topic Prompts (Choose One)

Examine the dichotomy between the past and the present, as illustrated in the tension between how memory shapes imagination, and vice versa, in Faulkner, Oates, or Morrison.

Analyze the struggle between the desire for freedom and the predetermined orchestrations of fate in Baldwin or Oates.

Interpret the binary of good versus evil and the murkiness between virtuous deeds and the perverse pull of egoistic ones in either Wallace, Diaz, or Morrison.

Explore the agonizing dilemma of truth versus fiction in the modern world, or the vividness of artistic representation versus the artificial liberties taken by the creative imagination, as portrayed either in Diaz or Marquez.

Analyze the division between the individual and their social world, or the way in which characters chafe against conforming to intrusive or overbearing social strictures in Marquez, Faulkner, or Chekhov.

Reflect on the transformative power of love, considering its fragility, blindness, and its consolations, in Morrison, Wallace, or Chekhov.

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