Assignment

This week's lecture indicates that writers of the Realism period made a concerted effort to move away from themes depicting the extravagance of emotion and toward themes of industry, the rise of cities, the workplace, social convention, and the realities of life. No less important to presenting the realities of life was the attention paid to the verities of the values and rights Americans had fought to secure and maintain: freedom, equality, independence, and democracy, to name just a few.

This week's discussion forum invites you to select one reading from the list and indicate

How the reading presents a realist, naturalist, or romantic perspective
How the author presents one specific American value and/or right
Your response should be written in 3rd person, consist of at least 400 words, and comport with MLA style and format. Remember to also use quoted material from each text to validate your claims.

To set up your response, do the following:

Devote one paragraph of at least 200 words to the work's perspective
Devote one paragraph to discussion of one specific American value
Provide textual examples to support your contentions
Cite all examples using proper MLA format


Mark Twain, "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Walt Whitman, "There Was a Child Went Forth"
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
Stephen Crane, "The Open Boat"
Stephen Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Stephen Crane, "Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War Is Kind"
Kate Chopin, The Awakening
Edith Wharton, "The Other Two"
Jack London, "To Build a Fire"  

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