AP Lit FRQ 3 Review by Elizabeth Bouyea

15 LOTF

2024-05-03 13:35:07 UTC

In the famous novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph must sacrifice being accepted and liked by others, something he does indeed want, in order to be a strong leader on the island who can lead them to rescue

15 Lord of Flies

2024-05-03 13:35:43 UTC

In the story Lord of the Flies, Piggy sacrifices his glasses for the use of the stranded group of boys which is symbolic of his value of friendship and camaraderie.

15 Lord of the flies

2024-05-03 13:36:48 UTC

"Lord of the flies" by William Golding takes place on a deserted island around the time of WW2. In this novel Ralph sacrifices his views and standards in the best interest of the group in order to be a strong leader to lead himself and the group of vulnerable boys to safety.

15 Handmaids Tale

2024-05-03 13:36:59 UTC

In Attwood´s "The Handmaids Tale", Offred's friend, Moria, sacrifices herself and goes to work at the jezabel's club in order to continue to have the freedom that she knows she will would never have as a Handmaid

15 The Kite Runner

2024-05-03 13:37:03 UTC

In The Kite Runner, the protagonist Amir deliberately sacrifices his own safety in order to attempt to save his childhood friend's son, Sohrab. This act by Amir serves to illustrate the selfless qualities of people to prove that deep down, humans are innately moral.

15. Raisin in the Sun

2024-05-03 13:37:09 UTC

In the play Raisin in the Sun, Mama sacrificed her dream of becoming a home owner and having a garden for her children and even when the money was offered to them, she was still content with giving up her dream for the success of the future generations of her family.

15) Kite Runner

2024-05-03 13:37:09 UTC

In the novel "Kite Runner", Hassan sacrifices his dignity and innocence for Amir. This moment in the novel is the changing point of Amir and Hassans relationship, further providing a dark view on what sacrifice and cost.

15. Lord of the Flies

2024-05-03 13:37:14 UTC

In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Golding illustrates Piggy's death and sacrifice committed by another boy, demonstrating the boys loss of morality and official transformation into savages by the end of their stay on the island, ultimately revealing we are all capable of losing our values and becoming our darkest selves when put in the right situation.

15.) Kite Runner

2024-05-03 13:37:25 UTC

In the novel "Kite runner", sacrifice is seen through out every character that develops their own archetype further. Hassan goes through many sacrifices to prove to Amir his devoted loyalty to him, some might say he made the ultimate sacrifice that made him the character who we all sympathize with.

15. Raisin in the Sun

2024-05-03 13:37:38 UTC

In the play "A Raisin in the Sun," Walter deliberately sacrifices his dream of becoming an entrepreneur in order to immediately benefit his family, highlighting how familial bonds can be a strong influence on our actions.

15 A Raisin In the Sun

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In the playwright "A Raisin in the Sun", Walter Lee forfeits a large sum of money in exchange for personal pride, thus, Walter showcases how some might be willing to give up opportunity in order to maintain their own personal values or desires and stay true to themselves.

15 Frankenstein

2024-05-03 13:37:45 UTC

In the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly, Robert Walton sacrifices his ambition for fame and chance to be recognized in the world for the safety of his crew after he learns of Victor Frankenstein's downfall when his strive for the same goals led to his misfortunes and demise.

15.) A Raisin in the Sun

2024-05-03 13:37:49 UTC

In Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun," Mama sacrifices a portion of her money to further the dreams of her children even when she is in financial ruins, highlighting the poignant love a mother devotes to her children in times of hardship.

15.) The Awakening

2024-05-03 13:38:00 UTC

In "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin, Edna sacrificed her whole life she built up, though never really wanted with her family in order to feel more in touch with herself, her own emotions, and wants.

15. The Kite Runner

942401 — 2024-05-03 13:38:04 UTC

We often learn the most about characters through their actions and through their growth. In the novel "The Kite Runner" Amir displays his true moral growth through the sacrifices he makes in order to save Sohrab, which displays his character growth and the things that he prioritizes.

15 The Awakening

2024-05-03 13:38:09 UTC

In the novel, "The Awakening", the main character, Edna, sacrifices her own life in order to benefit her children.

4 WAYG

2024-05-03 13:44:12 UTC

In the modern gothic short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates, the diabolical villain Arnold Friend is a nefarious devil figure whose actions serve to remind readers that evil can exist in even the most normal, everyday settings and experiences as people are not always who they appear to be.

4 Frankenstein

2024-05-03 13:44:38 UTC

In the story Frankenstien, Victor Frankenstein creates a vicious monster that kills many individuals due to Victor's neglect. This event coincides with a frame in the story which allows for character development of the ship captain guy. This enhances the meaning of the work because it explains that indirect wrongdoing is still wrongdoing.

4. W.A.Y.G.W.H.Y.B

2024-05-03 13:45:08 UTC

In the short story "Where are you Going, Where Have you Been" by Joyce Carol Oates, The Villain, Arnold Friend fulfills the devil archetype to convey the idea that there is danger lurking everywhere especially for young people.

4 LOTF

15569712 — 2024-05-03 13:45:22 UTC

In his novel "The Lord of the Flies" William Golding introduces the character of Jack as pompous and arrogant. As the novel progresses, Jack becomes tyrannical and savage in the search for power, thus, Golding illustrates how evil tendencies and the thirst for power is within all of us, even those in society who we see as most innocent - children.

4.) The Black Cat

2024-05-03 13:45:28 UTC

In Edgar A. Poe's "The Black Cat," the narrator's tendency to downplay his heinous actions and constant attempts to gaslight the readers into believing his actions are just exemplifies the unreliability of humans and how many appears to be one way on the outside, but another on the inside.

4 WAYGWHYB

2024-05-03 13:45:32 UTC

In Where are You Going, Where Have You Been, the main antagonist of the story, Arnold Friend, has severe villainous tendencies that serve to showcase the meaning of the work. Arnold appears as an innocent boy, with intentions of taking Connie on a date, but we later find out that he plans on taking her away and hurting her. The author wants to enforce the idea that you should not trust strangers or people solely based on how they look or act, as people are not always as they seem.

4) Frankenstein

2024-05-03 13:45:33 UTC

in the novel " Frankenstein", the monster is portrayed to be the villain of the story, but behind his actions were not only revenge but a feeling of isolation from society. Depicting how our society can shape the youth into becoming the worst part of themselves.

4. WAYG WHYB

2024-05-03 13:45:38 UTC

In the short story Where are you Going Where have you Been, Arnold Friend was used as an omnipotent force to represent temptation and a devil figure to reel Connie in and to take advantage of her vanity.

4 Lord of the Flies

2024-05-03 13:45:58 UTC

In William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" the antagonist Jack is characterized by his blood lust and need for power, even as a child, a symbol of innocence; his uprising as a main villain within the story describes how the work displays that anyone can become a villain.

4.) Lord of the Flies

2024-05-03 13:46:08 UTC

In the novel "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding, Jack the main antagonist of the story proves time and time again how if any human is place din an area where there is no laws, now authority, and no leadership man vs. man arises with good vs. evil. Jack's "villainy" adds the complexity to the story by illustrating the decisions the boys have to make on surviving and there own selfish agendas.

4. The Bluest Eye

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Throughout the novel "The Bluest Eye," the author emphasizes Cholly, who is made out to be the villain of the story. The writing style enhances the meaning of the book by forcing the reader to feel sympathy for the villain which is not what we are used to doing, proving that there is more to peoples backgrounds that we don't always know that can be explanatory on why they act the way they do, proving that society is the real villain.

4 LOTF

2024-05-03 13:46:29 UTC

In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, Jack is one of the older boys who strives to overthrow Ralph as the islands leader, in order to attain the power and glory he so desires, ultimately he does so and becomes a villainous, authoritative leader. Jacks actions demonstrate how our desires can warp our perceptions and make us become someone we are not.

4 LOTF

2024-05-03 13:46:48 UTC

In the allegorical novel "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding, Roger acts as a villain in order to show that anyone can become evil when put in the right circumstances. When the boys first arrive on the island it is apparent that Roger has an innate evil within him which Golding was trying to portray in the midst of World War II.

4. The Great Gatsby

2024-05-03 13:47:04 UTC

In the novel The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan's recklessness ultimately leads to the direct death of his mistress, and the indirect murder of Jay Gatsby himself. The detached, yet cruel nature of his villainy serves to highlight the destructive attitudes among society's upper class that can lead to unnecessary suffering for others.

4 Frankenstein

2024-05-03 13:47:22 UTC

Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" depicts how selfish and immoral acts can lead to unknown and horrific consequences for those around. Victor Frankenstein makes himself a villain by neglecting his very own creation, leaving him to fend for himself and destroy the lives of those he crosses paths with.

4.) Frankenstein

2024-05-03 13:47:35 UTC

In the gothic novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein's god complex and morally skewed thought process behind creating a monster exemplifies the sometimes malicious things that science can be used for.

17 Kite Runner

2024-05-03 13:53:28 UTC

In "Kite Runner" by Khaled Housseini, Amir observes first-hand the injustices of the Taliban and the cruelty with which they rule his country. His understanding of justice comes from those who help him in his escape from injustice, to which he pays that forward to those in need of it.

17 kite runner

2024-05-03 13:53:49 UTC

Hosseini's novel "Kite Runner" depicts Amir's constant internal search for justice for his friend Hassan. Amir witnessed Hassan sacrifice himself for Amir in a terrible way, yet he did nothing about it, for the rest of the novel Amir is pained by constant guilt for the situation and ultimately redeems himself and gets justice for his dear friend by going to rescue Sohrab.

17. Fahrenheit 451

2024-05-03 13:54:01 UTC

In Bradbury's novel "Fahrenheit 451", after having an epiphany while reading a stolen book, Guy Montag joins the hidden society of people set on saving books from being burnt in order to preserve the real truth from the tyrannical government

17. A Raisin in the Sun

2024-05-03 13:54:31 UTC

In A Raisin in the Sun, Walter Lee Reacts with aggression towards his "Friend" who stole the money when realistically he should of felt at fault for handing Mama's money out. This act made everyone mad at him and opened up his eyes that it is Mama's money and he owes it to her to give her her dream.

17.) Frankenstein

2024-05-03 13:54:53 UTC

In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," the monster sets out for the ruination of his father's life in vengeance for the ruination of his own childhood, highlighting the great perils of childhood neglect and the vast negative impacts, as well as the unintended consequences, of such a poor childhood on humans.

17 -LOTF

2024-05-03 13:54:56 UTC

In the novel Lord of the Flies, the main character Ralph has a sidekick of sorts, Piggy, who represents the need for wisdom and logic; throughout the novel, Piggy's quest for fairness and justness directly contrasts with the antagonist's Jack's point of view, who seeks out power and forgoes his moral compass, thus proving the concept that not every human being always acts with justice and fairness, but we should never let go of our morals.

17 LOTF

2024-05-03 13:55:02 UTC

In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the logical boy on the island, Piggy, stands up against the other boys barbaric actions and advocates for order and fairness which he feels should be just in their democracy. His search and attempts to establish this justice is unsuccessful, ultimately leading to the other boys dislike towards him and his death, revealing that sometimes our efforts are not worth their outcome especially when up against a larger force.

17 Raisin

2024-05-03 13:55:17 UTC

In the story A Raisin in the Sun, Walter and his family are told by a member of a white neighborhood's HOA that they should not move into the house they just purchased as it is in the interest of both them and the families that already live there. After much deliberation, the family decides that they will move into the neighborhood despite the warning of the white man which is significant to the family's constant attempt at upward mobility in a racist and classist environment and describes the idea that bettering socioeconomic status was very difficult for African Americans in the Civil Rights movement.

17) The Handmaids Tale

2024-05-03 13:55:20 UTC

In the novel " The Handmaids Tale", Offered is on a constant search for a way out of the prison society has made for women. She wants justice for the happy life that was ripped away from her too early, which applies to how Margret Atwood wants humanity to feel scared of this future and to want justice themselves for actions that haven't happened yet.

17.) LOTF

2024-05-03 13:55:29 UTC

In Williams Golding's, "Lord of the Flies", the soft, loving, and intelligent character piggy tries to stand up to Jacks injustices to sway the boys that the only way off the island is together. Golding's allusions to every character displays the works whole of mans innate evil and how what is inside of us isn't always shown on the outside and when it is, a good outcome doesn't always follow.

17. The Handmaids Tale

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Throughout the novel "The Handmaids Tale," Margret Atwood explores ideas of injustice through Offred's inner diolauge, eventually progressing to her taking matters into her own hands. The injustices in this novel are so extreme that all the other characters are blinded by its consequences and Offred feels alone but stays strong in her morals and keeps her dignity.

17 The Awakening

15569712 — 2024-05-03 13:55:54 UTC

In her novel, "The Awakening", Kate Chopin illustrates her main character Edna as a upper class woman who is forced into motherhood. As the story progresses, it is revealed that Edna is miserable with her unjust role in society as a sessile mother, resulting in Edna taking her own life to break the chains of oppression she felt because of her lack of choice and influence within her own life; thus, Chopin highlights how when we are denied power over our own lives, we are shoved into misery and forced into desperate measures to find meaning within our own lives.

17. Frankenstein

2024-05-03 13:56:30 UTC

In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, the creature embarks on a cruel campaign of torture against Victor Frankenstein in order to rectify the injustice of abandonment committed toward him, ultimately highlighting how one's desire for revenge can become all-consuming and self-destructive.

11. The Awakening

2024-05-03 14:01:54 UTC

In the novel The Awakening, Edna realized she did not want to just be a wife and mother if at all and wanted to be an artist. Due to this epiphany, she takes her own life leaving her children and husband in a selfish manner in which she justified by making it seem for her family.

11 awakening

2024-05-03 14:02:35 UTC

In the story, The Awakening, the character Edna is burdened with a marriage and motherhood which she does not seem to have any interest in. She expresses a passion for artistry and spends much time ignoring her family to paint. She knows that this is wrong, but her own happiness is her main priority over her other obligations which describes the dilemma many women faced in the early 1900s trying to balance their wants with what society expects from them.

11- The Awakening

2024-05-03 14:02:41 UTC

The short novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin porrays a woman stuck in an unhappy marriage with children with whom she does not feel a maternal bond. Throughout the novel, her quest for identity and purpose leads her to turn away from her moral responsibility of motherhood in order to pursue her passion for art, thus symbolizing that sometimes we must confront our deepest desires and as a result, our actions may be deemed selfish by society

11.) The Awakening

2024-05-03 14:03:03 UTC

In Chopin's "The Great Awakening," Edna forfeits her role of being a responsible mother in a desperate search to be free from the iron chains that society has imposed on women, exemplifying that in order to obtain something valuable, one must sacrifice something that is just as costly.

11 the bluest eye

2024-05-03 14:03:16 UTC

In Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" Cholly exhibits his internal conflict. Not only does he confront his internal, private, passion, but he acts upon it, he unfortunately takes his own daughters innocence, on multiple occasions and completely disregards the biggest responsibility of all, being her father.

11 The Kite Runner

2024-05-03 14:03:18 UTC

In Khaled Housseini's novel "The Kite Runner", Amir witnesses Hassan, his best friend, get attacked by bullies. His private feelings of wanting to help but being to ashamed to speak about what he saw and the backlash that would follow because of his unwillingness to help conflicts with his moral duty of being a good friend, and brother, to Hassan, demonstrating how fear can skew a person's thoughts and motives.

Handmaids Tale

15569712 — 2024-05-03 14:03:19 UTC

In Margaret Atwood's novel, "The Handmaid's Tale" the protagonist Offred pursues a forbidden relationship with Nick, a driver for Offred's surrogate family. Through their romantic yet frowned on relationship, Atwood illustrates how we may seek comfort and passion with another, even if it may harm us, in order to escape the evils and injustices within our own lives.

11 Frankenstein

2024-05-03 14:03:30 UTC

In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", Victor Frankenstein creates a monster out of his own selfish desire and passion for scientific achievement. However, he does not take responsibility for his actions and leaves the infant creature to fend for himself which ultimately leads to severe negative consequences and deaths of his loved ones. The significance of these events are in relation to the nature versus nurture argument and how important it is to care for growing children properly.

11) A Raisin in the Sun

2024-05-03 14:03:43 UTC

In the novel " A Raisin in the Sun", Walter is faced with the choice of following his dream for power in the household or listen to his family and their dreams. Ultimately he chooses selfishly against his moral compass and loses all of the families money and will have to live with the consequences.

11.) LOTF

2024-05-03 14:03:46 UTC

In Lord of The Flies, Jack, after being named the leader of the island, has a responsibility to keep the children safe, and return them home. His passion and hunger for power gets in the way of the ultimate mission of the boys stranded on the island. Using fear tactics and abusing the power he has been endowed with, he ends up killing some of the boys, and setting their mission completely off track. These actions highlight the fact that some passions, right or wrong, have tendencies to conflict with ones moral duty or responsibilities.

11. Raisin in the Sun

942401 — 2024-05-03 14:03:49 UTC

In the play "Raisin in the Sun" the author gives us real life dilemmas faced by families living in poverty through Walter's actions. Walter finds himself conflicted between making realistic, safe choices that will be beneficial for the future of his family, or following his passions because he feels trapped and unimportant in the life he is currently living. This conflict tears apart the family and leads to many moral dilemmas coming into discussion.

11. The Great Gatsby

2024-05-03 14:03:50 UTC

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, the titular character's strong private desire to marry Daisy threatens to uproot his entire life, and ultimately leads to his untimely demise, demonstrating that our personal desires can easily spiral out of control and become self-destructive.

11 The Awakening

2024-05-03 14:04:02 UTC

In the Awakening by Kate Chopin, Edna is conflicted with her desire for freedom and self discovery and her responsibility she has as a wife and mother. In this awakening, Edna steers away from her moral duties she has as a typical woman in society and focuses on her own personal desires causing a shift within her family, ultimately conveying how listening to our own selfish wants and focusing on ourselves can poorly impact those around us.

11.) LOTF

2024-05-03 14:04:42 UTC

In Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies" The power hungry antagonist, Jack, is driven the the need for power and dictatorship while leaving the others to be caught in the back fire. Golding's use of this character portrays the conflicts the other boys had to face with decisions between an unmoral yet pleasing leader to a every man archetype that is viewed as the leader they must follow.

11. ATTWN

2024-05-03 14:06:03 UTC

In the Novel "And then there were none", the character Vera allowed a child to drown simply to gain the romantic attention of the child's father.