AP Summer Essay Thesis Do Now by Cara Uhrich https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz Submit your thesis for your essay as it is. Once you have posted your own, select 3 examples from other student submissions and rate them. Then comment: What makes them strong or weak? en-us 2021-09-19 16:57:05 UTC 2021-09-21 13:39:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754095692 In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hawthorne utilizes a tone of pity and darkness, which gradually transforms into one of courage and tenacity demonstrated through the character development of Hester Prynne, which reflects the romantic period in which the story was written.


]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754095692 jrgawe; 23manderson https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754096015 juhfbvuwr;afio]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754096015 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097161 Throughout the novel, My Antonia, Willa Cather’s emphasis on imagery, first person, and emotional appeals characterize her work as part of the modernist period.


]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097161 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097299 In the novel The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne criticizes the hypocrisy of Puritan society by using rhetorical devices such as religious symbolism and metaphor.]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097299 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097575 The structure Steinbeck used in his novel, Grapes of Wrath, conveys the vast hopelessness amongst migrant families during the Great Depression with the purpose of helping understand the hope that people held onto during this time period.]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097575 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097838 In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne uses rhetorical devices like diction and symbolism to clearly convey Hester’s story.]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097838 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097857 In the modernist novel Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck poignantly conveys his main message against greed by both utilizing pathos through the horrors of the migrants during the Great Depression and clearly addressing his criticisms towards society in specific and directed attacks. ]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097857 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097976 Hawthorne uses irony in order to reflect the romantic characteristic of individualism by comparing and contrasting Hester with the Puritan community and Dimmesdale with religion.

]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097976 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097978 The novel The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne reflects the characteristics of the Romantic period through the author’s self expression as he criticises Puritan culture.

]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754097978 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754098294 In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, the story and individuals are heavily influenced by its romantic time period as it includes close ties with religion, expressing individuals with emotion, and emphasizes self expression.]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754098294 In the novel Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck, the era of Modernism influenced the author as the ideas of individualism, symbolism, and experimentation emphasizes the central theme of the book. https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754098419 2021-09-20 13:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754098419 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754098726 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck shows the characteristics of the literary period in which this piece was created by giving a hopeless tone and the characteristics of the family.]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754098726 23rrepaka https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754098759 With the use of inner-chapters, first-person point of view, and symbols throughout John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, the many characteristics of Modernism are reflected.]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754098759 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754098870 Hawthrone employs many characteristics of the romantic period in The Scarlet Letter, but the most prominent one is his emphasis on Hester’s individualism and her action’s reflecting her emotions instead of society’s rules. ]]> 2021-09-20 13:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754098870 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754099019 Nathaniel Hawthorne writes his novel, The Scarlet Letter, in a satirical style in an attempt to expose the injustices occurring within Puritan society at the time; this satirical style of writing reflects characteristics of the romantic era of literature by focusing on freedom and individuality.


]]> 2021-09-20 14:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754099019 23manderson https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754099193 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was written during the American Romanticism period as evident through his consistent use of symbols and prominence of individuality over society.


]]> 2021-09-20 14:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754099193 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754099559 In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne evokes ideals of the American Romantic Literary period through the representation of the belief in religious freedom and individuality.]]> 2021-09-20 14:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754099559 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754099715 Willa Cather utilizes Antoias life as a way to demonstrate modernist life in the 19th century. She paves the way to illustrate Antonia as a symbol of nature's delicacy, immigrant struggle during the time of the novel, and the close innocent relationship shared with Jim on the Prairie to display the modernist time period.  



]]> 2021-09-20 14:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754099715 In the contemporary book Into the Wild, Krakauer utilizes imagery, simile, and Aristotle’s appeal of logos to help his readers better understand what happened to Christopher J. McCandless and why he went out into the Alaskan bush. 23spatel0 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754100122 2021-09-20 14:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754100122 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754100384 In the novel My Antonia, Cather creates an anti-consumerist and pro-immigrant narrative through the use of natural imagery and sympathetic emotional appeals. ]]> 2021-09-20 14:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754100384 23jfoster1 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754100539 In 1850, “The Scarlet Letter” was published and it was greatly influenced by the culture of the time which was led mainly by emotion rather than societal rules. ]]> 2021-09-20 14:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754100539 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754100828 In Willa Cather’s historical-fiction novel, My Antonia, Cather uses the admired Antonia as a symbol for opportunity and beauty, episodic form, and nature-based imagery and style to illuminate the complexity and importance of change.]]> 2021-09-20 14:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754100828 Thesis 23rtamez https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754101010 The author uses a third person omniscient point of view in order to show off individualism and give extensive detail about the setting.


]]> 2021-09-20 14:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754101010 23vgunaseelan https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754101159 In My Antonia by Willa Cather the author illustrates the importance of accurate and realistic representations of events and experiences through the main character, Jim Burden’s, interactions with nature and Antonia and through the use of descriptive diction and relevant allusions. ]]> 2021-09-20 14:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754101159 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754101942 In her novel, Cather repurposes the juxtaposition within the immigrant experience and gender roles, as well as the imagery of nature found in her childhood to highlight her message that life is better spent when Americans take the time to understand each other regardless of different backgrounds and experiences.


]]> 2021-09-20 14:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754101942 https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754101984 Through the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne defines the romantic literary era by utilizing skillful diction which emphasizes the novel’s fantastical and romantic elements to support his message. ]]> 2021-09-20 14:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754101984 23thoang https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754106383 In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone, key characteristics of the Romantic literary period are reflected in the novel such as the value of God in society, deviating from society’s rules, and individualism through self-expression in order to develop the book’s central themes of sin and shame.


]]> 2021-09-20 14:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754106383 In the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne's use of colonial American dialogue helps reflect the characteristics and meaning of the literary period in the book. https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754107747 2021-09-20 14:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cuhrich/a8oywbmjcot1xcsz/wish/1754107747