Assignment

Ms. Scarrone 11 AP //The Great Gatsby// and //The Sun Also Rises// Annotated Bibliography To complete your research paper requirement for English 11 AP, you must submit, on May 30, an annotated bibliography using AT LEAST four researched pieces of literary criticism. Your goal is to prove the thesis you have generated based on your readings of Fitzgerald's //The Great Gatsby// and Hemingway's //The Sun Also Rises.// For this research paper you will be required to discuss three or four rhetorical devices to prove your thesis. This is similar to the analyzing of literature we have done in class and the critical lens essays you have written over the past few years. However, to support your thesis you will need to include credible, researched sources.

You may use one of the following topics or you may come up with one on your own:


 * **Style of Hemingway vs. Style of Fitzgerald**
 * **Nick Carraway and Jake Barnes ~ role of character/narrator**
 * **Women: Lady Brett Ashley, Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson**
 * **George Wilson vs. Tom Buchanan vs. Men in //The Sun Also Rises//**
 * **Setting ~ Spain/France; Valley of Ashes and East Egg/West Egg**
 * **Thematic Concerns ~ American dream and development of a hero**
 * **Lifestyle in novels**

Due Dates:
Thesis Statement: Friday, May 4 Working Bibliography: Tuesday, May 14 Annotated Bibliography: Wednesday, May 30