One of the biggest problems in American history, literature, and identity is dealing with the necessity for recognition of the individual in the midst of the masses. By necessity, America is a nation built on ingenuity, self-reliance, and initiative. With the advent of the zombie apocalypse, characters like Rick and Glen are heroes because of their ability to command the most integral quality of American survival. Using Whitman's "Song of Self" and/or Emerson's "Self-Reliance," explain: 1) The changes and/or problems in the American identity. 2) The potential outcome or result of embracing the foundational ideas of America (read: what Whitman and Emerson call for) It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love-- I and my Annabel Lee-- With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me-- Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we-- Of many far wiser than we-- And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea-- In her tomb by the sounding sea. Compare American Horror Story (Violet and Tate's relationship) to "Annabel Lee." What is a theme in American Literature in terms of love and its effect on a person, the future, and anything else you mi Themes Sinners in the Hands The Walking Dead
of an Angry God Cultural The Great Awakening: Episode 1: Rick wakes up to America is swept by a a world that is completely wave of spiritual renewal changed. The world has gone that breaks from the current from living to surviving. religious "complacency" in All of the old systems are gone. favor of more intense worship. The old way of life is gone and Encouraged breaks from leaders, now all must figure out everything government, and society. from food sources to shelter. Religious Hell is a real and functional America--buildings, homes, cities, and place. People suffer the people--still exists, but they are horrific torments of hell and are not versions of themselves. No one is protected safe from evil or those who and anyone could turn into a zombie. Even would harm them. in death they are not safe as they are transformed into hellish. Etc….What else can you see? 1700-1820:
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God "Savages" Benjamin Franklin The Federalist "No 1" Alexander Hamilton ______ 1820-1865: Self-Reliance-Emerson Rip Van Winkle-Washington Irving Annabel Lee- Poe Philosophy of Composition- Poe Speech to the Women's Rights Convention -Sojourner Truth Song of Self- Whitman Emily Dickinson- #185, 287, 510, 449, 712, 754, 1129 _____ 1865-1914: Of Mr. Booker T. Washington- W.E.B. Dubois "Yellow Wallpaper"- Charlotte Gilman Realism & Naturalism (Section Information) From Novel Writing and Reading- W.D. Howells A Plea for Romantic Fiction- Norris |
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