You now will have the opportunity to voice your own thoughts, impressions, and conclusions about the literary representations of American values and ideals across the centuries.

To accomplish this, you may have to do:

A letter to the editor of the Washington Post newspaper of at least

500 words.

You may also want to take a look at an article written in 1984 by L. Robert Kohls, Executive Director of The Washington International Center, Washington, D.C.

Here you will find a re-evaluation and examination of the values Kohls identifies as central to Americans' lives and self-perceptions.