AP Success - AP English Literature The Theme of Isolation
Question 1
Literature often delves into the theme of isolation or alienation.
Either from your own reading or from the list below, choose a work of fiction in which a character experiences profound isolation or alienation. Then, in a well-crafted essay, analyze how the character's isolation or alienation contributes to the overall meaning of the work. Avoid summarizing the plot.
In your response, you should do the following:
Respond to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible interpretation. Provide evidence to support your line of reasoning. Explain how the evidence supports your line of reasoning. Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument.
Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" Albert Camus' "The Stranger" Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go" Shirley Jackson's "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day" Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" J.D. Salinger's "Franny and Zooey" Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse"
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